Tomoyuki Maruo

Películas

Phases of the Moon
Production Design
Osanai Kei enjoys a peaceful and happy life with his wife Osanai Kozue and daughter Osanai Ruri, but his wife and daughter die in an accident. Osanai Kei's life suddenly changes. One day, a man named Misumi Akihiko visits Osanai Kei. Misumi Akihiko tells him that on the day Osanai Kozue and Osanai Ruri died, Osanai Ruri, who was a complete stranger to him, was coming to see him. Misumi Akihiko tells him about a woman named Masaki Ruri, who he once loved. These people, who don't seem related, connect under the name of love.
Michiko's Long Night
Production Design
Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There are no new jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and diners and internet cafes are closed. Michiko is at her wits' end, but there in front of her is a bus stop that stands slightly brightly in the darkness, illuminated only by the streetlights.
You've Got A Friend
Production Design
Yoshio is a man who works for the city's water department and live with his mother. He regularly visits to the SM Queen Miho, but he still cannot forget the legendary SM Queen Yukiko.
Noise
Production Design
Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) begins to produce black fig on Shishikari Island. Because of his well received product, the island is close to receiving a 5 billion yen grant from the government, which is part of the goverment's policy to reinvigorate rural economy. The residents of the island are excited, but their peaceful days changes by the appearance of Mutsuo Komisaka. Keita Izumi and his friends Jun Tanabe (Kenichi Matsuyama) and Rookie Police Officer Shinichiro Moriya are suspicious about him. One night, Keita Izumi's daughter goes missing. Due to that, Keita Izumi, Jun Tanabe and Shinichiro Moriya happen to kill Mutsuo Komisaka. They decide to hide Mutsuo Komisaka’s murder to protect the future of the island and their families. It turns out Mutsuo Komisaka was a psycho killer. Police officers come to Shishikari Island to catch Mutsuo Komisaka.
Contigo a muerte
Production Design
Su esposo abusivo ha muerto a manos de una amiga lesbiana que haría cualquier cosa por ella. Ahora huyen para ponerse a salvo.
It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up
Production Design
Two girls dream of the same man. One remained in their hometown, went with Shiina and wants to revisit the happy times with him again. The other moved away, returned to move back in with her parents and establishes contact with Shiina and other friends. It may be that either a rivalry or a triangle is in the offing.
Come On Irene
Production Design
Iwao Shishido has found a wife. After paying three million yen for a bridal tour to the Philippines, he comes home with Irene, who is promptly confronted by Tsuru—Iwao’s freshly widowed mother, who’s infuriated her loser son has married a woman she’s never met.
Marmalade Boy
Production Design
La historia empieza cuando los padres de Miki le comunican que van a divorciarse. Han conocido a otro matrimonio, el amor ha surgido entre ellos y han decidido intercambiar de pareja. Pero para que no se diga que no piensan en su hija, han tomado la decisión de vivir todos juntos en la misma casa: las dos nuevas parejas, Miki… y el guapísimo hijo adolescente de los Matsuura, Yuu.
The Lowlife
Art Direction
Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry.
Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Production Designer
El señor Namiya responde a la gente que le escribe pidiendo consejo en su pequeña tienda. Muchos años después, los consejos y sus consecuencias siguen cambiando vidas y una noche, tres chicos y las cartas entran en un mundo atemporal.
Miracles of the Namiya General Store
Art Direction
El señor Namiya responde a la gente que le escribe pidiendo consejo en su pequeña tienda. Muchos años después, los consejos y sus consecuencias siguen cambiando vidas y una noche, tres chicos y las cartas entran en un mundo atemporal.
Side Job
Production Design
Tras el desastre de Fukushima, los habitantes de la ciudad intentan sobrellevar la tragedia, viviendo unas vidas de supervivencia en todos los sentidos.
Policeman and Me
Production Design
Kako, una adolescente de 16 años, va a un mixer que simula ser 22. Mientras está allí, se encuentra con Kouta, quien al principio tiene un aura muy intimidante. Pero una vez que la salva de una situación incómoda, quiere saber más sobre él como él. Eso es hasta que descubre que no tiene 22 años. Al día siguiente, Kako se encuentra con él otra vez, pero esta vez está trabajando como oficial de policía. Kako todavía quiere acercarse a Kouta, pero no le interesa ... ¿o es así?
Hurricane Polymar
Art Direction
In order to counter the rapidly increasing organized crime, the development of Polymar Suits resumed under the direction of the newly inaugurated police superintendent. But when three of the test version Polymar Suits are stolen, former street fighter and current detective Takeshi Yoroi is tasked with recovering them and the invincible hero Hurricane Polymar is born!
Hurricane Polymar
Production Design
In order to counter the rapidly increasing organized crime, the development of Polymar Suits resumed under the direction of the newly inaugurated police superintendent. But when three of the test version Polymar Suits are stolen, former street fighter and current detective Takeshi Yoroi is tasked with recovering them and the invincible hero Hurricane Polymar is born!
La Chica Lobo y el Príncipe Negro
Production Design
Erika Shinohara, una chica vanidosa de 16 años le habla a sus amigos sobre su vida amorosa, aunque en realidad no tiene novio. Va diciendo por ahí que un chico guapo de una foto es su novio, pero resulta que ese chico es un compañero de clase que se llama Kyouya Sata. Por desgracia, Sata, aunque parezca una persona agradable, es una persona cruel y malvada, que se aprovecha de la debilidad de Erika y la trata como si fuera su perro.
Hana's Miso Soup
Production Design
Yasutake Shingo is a newspaper reporter whose only redeeming feature is his earnestness. He meets Matsunaga Chie, who attends a music college, and they start dating. Each day becomes all the more bright and enjoyable for Shingo because of the lively Chie. She loves to laugh, sing and eat. After one and a half years, Chie is employed as a music teacher. One day, Shingo is informed that Chie has breast cancer. After thinking about it, he decides to share a lifetime with her and proposes. His proposal gives her the courage to undergo surgery which she had been mulling over. One day, Chie starts to teach 5-year-old Hana the “important things in life” such as laundry, cleaning and cooking. She thinks that even if she is no longer around, her daughter and husband will be able to live.
Her Granddaughter
Production Design
Tsugumi Dozono trabaja en una gran empresa de electrónica en Tokio. Le gusta pasar sus vacaciones con su abuela en el campo. Cuando la anciana muere, Tsugumi decide trasladarse a vivir a la casa de ésta y trabajar desde allí, pero cuando lo hace se encuentra con Jun Kaieda, un hombre de mediana edad un poco extraño, que le cuenta que es un antiguo alumno de la abuela, quien le dio una llave de la casa. Sin saber a ciencia cierta la relación entre Jun y la fallecida, Tsugumi decide aceptarle y comienzan a compartir la vivienda
Chokolietta
Production Design
Chiyoko’s mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the Italian movie "La Strada," which her mother liked. Chiyoko soon acts in a movie directed by Masamune.
Girl's Blood
Art Direction
Four girls take part in illegal underground fighting event "Girl's Blood" held at an abandoned school building in Roppongi every night. The girls have their own stories and quirks from their private lives. Satsuki (Yuria Haga) suffers from a gender identity disorder, Chinatsu (Asami Tada) ran away from an abusive husband, Miko (Ayame Misaki) is a S&M queen and Mayu (Rina Koike) has a Lolita face.
To Cry a 100 Times
Production Design
Fujii tuvo un accidente de moto hace 4 años. Debido al accidente, perdió el último año de su memoria. Un día, en la boda de un amigo, Fujii tiene un encuentro fatídico con Kami. Disfrutan de los momentos felices juntos y Fujii piensa en casarse con Kami. Pero Kami enferma. Una triste verdad se oculta en la memoria perdida de Fujii.
Nobody's Perfect
Production Design
"Daijobu 3 Kumi" depicts the interactions between new teacher Shinnosuke Akao, who was born without arms and legs, and the 28 students in his 5th grade class, told from the vantage point of school board member Yusaku Shiraishi
Yellow Elephant
Production Design
Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One day, a letter arrives for Ayumu. Because of this letter, the couple become estranged...
Another
Art Direction
Después de una espiral de muertes en un instituto, un nuevo estudiante transferido Koichi Sakakibara se fija en una chica enigmática que parece obtener la llave del oscuro misterio que se esconde detrás de todo.
The Final Judgement
Art Direction
26-year-old Shogo Washio sense danger from the expansion of Asian superpower nation Ouran. Shogo Washio teams up with Kenzo Nakagishi and establishes a new political party. He loses in the elections to gain a seat in the house of representatives. A few years later Japan is now invaded by the country of Ouran and falls under the military occupation of that country. Basic freedoms like speech and religion are lost, while protestors are killed. In this environment, Shogo Washio joins the underground resistance organization ROLE.
Mitsuko Delivers
Art Direction
Mitsuko is 24, heavily pregnant and estranged from the American father of her child. Her parents believe she is happy and successful in America and are unaware that she has secretly returned to Tokyo. Making the biggest decisions on the slightest whim, she moves back into the tenement street where she lived as a child. The move changes lives, reignites old romances and creates a supportive circle of love that may be exactly what Mitsuko needs.
The Egoists
Production Design
Kazu attacks a bar in Kabukicho, a Tokyo red-light district, and flees to his hometown with abducts Machiko, a pole dancer he's been stuck on. They begin living together, but their happiness is short lived as their pasts torment them both.
Everyday Mom
Art Direction
Rieko Saibara is a cartoonist and mother of a 6-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl. When she has a difficult time, she throws away her problems with laughter. Her husband Kamoshitda used to be a war camera man, but now he's addicted to alcohol. He struggles to overcome his problem, but keeps failing. Finally, they get divorced. After Kamoshida loses his family, he realizes how precious they are. He focuses on getting away from alcohol, but another disease comes to him. Even though Saibara knows that he can not make it for long, she accepts him back to her family again. Since then a happy, but short, time exists for the family of four.
Box: The Hakamada Case
Production Design
Based on the true story of former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada who has spent over 40 years incarcerated on death row. Iwao Hakamada was arrested for the June 10, 1966 murder of a family in Shizuoka . Iwao Hakamada has always insisted on his innocence and many others also believe Iwao Hakamada has been falsely accused ...
April Bride
Production Design
On April 5, 2007, a couple married in a church. At first glance, it was a typical wedding. The bride, however, was suffering from late-stage breast cancer and had been given only a month to live. A young woman is diagnosed with breast cancer but keeps the information from her boyfriend. When he finds out, he decides to plan a wedding even though she only has one month to live. Based on the true story of Chie Nagashima, a women afflicted with breast cancer and her husband Taro Akasu.
Zen
Production Design
La historia, ambientada en el período Kamakura, trata sobre un monje budista, que cumpliendo los últimos deseos de su madre, dedica su vida a la meditación, divulgándola entre los japoneses.
You'll Die Six Hours Later
Art Direction
"You will die six hours later." Keishi, a youth who proclaims himself a seer, suddenly says this to Mio, who is walking along the streets of Shibuya. At first, Mio scoffs at it as nonsense but ever since her acquaintance was murdered a few days ago, she realises that she has also become a victim of a stalker. Half believing it, she decides to hang around with Keishi. Later, with the help of Sawaki, a detective she knows, the stalker is identified. She thinks the case is closed but a totally unexpected person attacks her...
Tokyo Sonata
Production Design
Una rutinaria familia nipona empieza a desintegrarse cuando el padre pierde su trabajo en una empresa que parecía tener un buen futuro...
Dororo
Art Direction
Narra la particular vendetta que Hyakkimaru mantiene con los 48 demonios que se repartieron buena parte de su cuerpo, tras el pacto satánico que firmó su propio padre. En su epopeya contará con la ayuda de Dororo, una ladronzuela que también guarda una cuenta pendiente...
Ghost train
Production Design
En el camino a clase, la joven Nana contemplará con sus propios ojos un accidente de tren. A partir de ese momento, a ella y a su amiga Kana les comenzarán a ocurrir fenómenos extraños. Un día, la hermana pequeña de Nana desaparecerá, y parece ser, que todo tiene relación con unos espíritus que ella puede ver.
The Locker 2
Production Design
Empieza la historia desde donde termina la primera parte; Ayano va a visitar a su profesora Rieka al hospital y ésta le da la llave de la popular taquilla de Shibuya. Ayano, decide buscarla por todo Shibuya a fin de resolver el misterio de lo que está sucediendo, mientras el hospital y la policia también investigan. Descubrir la causa del mal no será suficiente para parar las muertes. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Locker
Production Design
Seis amigos cuentan cuentos de fantasmas alrededor de un fuego en una noche de campamento. Al regreso, recogen sus pertenencias en un armario de monedas, del cual dice una leyenda urbana que al pedir un deseo, este se hará realidad. Pero lo único que encontraran allí será el comienzo de una pesadilla. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Princess Blade
Art Direction
Yuki, asesina profesional que trabaja para el gobierno, y Takashi, mago informático al servicio de la rebelde oposición, descubren que han sido traicionados por sus respectivos líderes. Mientras deciden que hacer surge, incontenible, el amor.
Love Ghost
Production Design
Midori acaba de regresar a su pueblo natal después de haber recorrido varios colegios del país. En el instituto local reconoce a Ryusuke, un amiga de la infancia. Al mismo tiempo, surge un rumor en el pueblo: por los alrededores dicen haber visto un chico guapo y misterioso que siempre viste de negro y cuya belleza es tal que los corazones de las chicas se paran y sus cuerpos caen fulminados ante su presencia.
Pulse (Kairo)
Production Design
Hace tiempo que Michi, Yunko y Yabe no tienen noticias de un amigo. Cuando Michi va a visitarlo a su casa lo encuentra un poco extraño. Aunque él dice encontrarse bien, al poco rato se encuentra colgado del techo. Por otro lado tenemos a Ryusuke, que prueba a conectarse a internet por primera vez, sin mucho éxito. De pronto su ordenador comienza a entrar solo en la red, y aparece una extraña página web, donde aparecen turbadoras imágenes de habitaciones oscuras y finalmente un inquietante mensaje: "¿Quieres ver un fantasma?".
Monday
Production Design
A simple funeral turns a man's world Topsy turvy. He wakes up in a posh hotel room, totally clueless about how he got there. Slowly, he recalls what happened a day before.
Séance
Art Direction
Se llama a un detective experimentado para rescatar a un político secuestrado por un lunático. En un breve momento de incertidumbre, pierde la oportunidad de actuar. Dejando su trabajo y su familia sin explicación, se dirige a un bosque de montaña y se encuentra con un árbol peculiar llamado Carisma.
License to Live
Art Designer
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family is not intact anymore: father, mother and sister live at different places. Yutaka decides to re-open the pony farm that his family once ran.
French Dressing
Art Direction
Drama about a narcoleptic senior-high student, Mayumi, and his relationships with a male teacher who raped him and a female classmate whose boyfriend keeps bullying him.
Eyes of the Spider
Art Direction
Nijima, a white-collar worker, finds the man responsible for his young daughter’s murder. He tortures and interrogates the man, who maintains his innocence, before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow, until he meets an old friend who introduces him to his hapless band of hired killers.
La senda de la serpiente
Art Direction
Después de que su hija de 8 años sea raptada y asesinada, el yakuza Miyashita (Teruyaki Kagawa) busca venganza. A él se le une un misterioso personaje (Sho Aikawa) con el fin de ayudarle.
Cure
Production Design
El policía Takabe investiga unos extraños asesinatos. Las víctimas aparecen con una herida de arma blanca en forma de "x" y los culpables son personas totalmente normales sin ningun motivo para haber cometido el asesinato. Takabe empieza a sospechar que algo está influenciando a la gente para matar.
High School Girl Story Indecent Fruit
Art Direction
20th Century Nostalgia
Production Design
A young student believes that the spirit of an alien from another planet has gone back in time, taking over his body to infiltrate and study humanity in order to find the reasons why our civilization is doomed to future destruction. He replicates the spirit of another alien in a girl that he meets, and together they use their video cameras to document modern urban Japanese society.
The Revenge: A Scar That Never Disappears
Art Direction
Second half of the violent tale of revenge from actor Sho Aikawa and director Kiyoshi Kurosawa! It's been five years since he left the force, lost his wife, and waged all out revenge, and now our hero is idling his time with a failing yakuza group. When he discovers the secret of one of his superiors, he takes up the gun of vengeance and realizes that his life has only been to serve that purpose.
The Revenge: A Visit from Fate
Art Direction
Sho Aikawa plays a police detective whose dark personal history makes it impossible for him to stay within the limits of the legal system. But he is not just a detective; he is also a husband who has to explain to his wife how he got blood on his sleeve. And the criminals he pursues turn out to be as imperfect and oddly human as he is-and just as determined to protect their own families. This is the first of Kurosawa's films to pay homage to 1970s American gunslingers like Dirty Harry and reinvent them for modern Tokyo.
Focus
Production Design
A short, direct and to-the-point media-commentary thriller. A sleazy TV producer trying to exploit a quiet otaku (an obsessive hobbyist) whose hobby is electronic eavesdropping ends up getting a lot more than he bargained for when they eavesdrop on the wrong conversation and he prods said otaku into helping him "investigate" the lead, only to find out that some things (and people) are not always as they seem, when a minor altercation causes things to take a rather nasty turn....
Rape Panic Mansion
Production Design
about a Japanese lady that gets abducted on her way back to her apartment, and endures hours of rape and mind-fiuck games at the hands of some of Emperor Hirohito's cruelest motherfuckers. And, it being Japanese, of course the heroine comes to be defined by this horrifying event.
Space Ship Remnant 6
Production Design
In the year 2046, overpopulation and exhaustion of resources has forced humanity to travel into space. A colony is established on Mars. This film is about what happens when one cargo ship traveling between Mars and Earth collides with an asteroid.
KISS ME
Art Designer
A hard-boiled touch love story that depicts the momentary love between a hitman and a woman who had a dangerous escape together.
Sanctuary - Part 3
Art Direction
Standing in the way of Hojo and Asami is Secretary-General Isaoka, and a new enemy, the Russian Mafia. The magnificent war between front and back society has finally reached its climax! What is the incurable disease that hit Asami when the secret bond between the two was revealed? Two men work to transform their lives and reshape Japan.
Sanctuary - Part 2
Art Direction
Two people who lead Japan to "Sanctuary". Hojo aims to unite the Yakuza organization in the Kanto region, and Asami to create a faction "Rifukakai," aiming to destroy Isaoka's system of the ruling Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the connection between Hojo and Asami is revealed.
Forever with You
Production Design
Ruby Fruit
Art Direction
Maiko is a recently widowed young woman travelling to Bali to distract herself from the loss of her husband, Esau. At the airport she meets Kioko, who gives her a dagger and a photo of a woman. She tells Maiko she must find the woman, Shireni, in Bali and convince her to return to Japan, or she must use the dagger to kill her. Soon after her arrival in Bali she meets Shireni and is invited to stay with her. Quickly Maiko finds herself trapped on Shirini's island paradise, by her own confusion and her developing love for Shireni. She discovers Shireni to be immortal, a former spirit medium whose only goal is to find pleasure, body and soul.
Angel Dust
Production Design
A police psychologist suspects her former lover of serial murders on the Tokyo subway.
Tokyo Snuff 3: Broken Love Killer
Art Direction
Una detective novata investiga la pista de un misterioso asesino en serie y lo persigue a través de Japón.
Human Scramble: Road
Production Design
Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane
Human Scramble: Rain
Production Design
Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.
Human Scramble: Delinquent
Original Music Composer
Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.
Human Scramble: Delinquent
Production Design
Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.
Misty
Art Direction
Orchids Under the Moon
Art Direction
Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.
Knockout
Art Direction
A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.
Stay Gold
Art Direction
Three girls go on a trip after a friend commits suicide and learn about friendship.
The Last Cabaret
Art Direction
Roman Porno from 1988. An allegorical requiem for Nikkatsu studios.
Snake Hole
Art Direction
An abusive husband subjects his wife to different forms of sexual abuse and torture, including upside down rope bondage, hot candle wax and walking her around with a collar in public.
Come On Girls!
Assistant Art Director
Three high school boys leave their dormitory and go to a resort and fall in love.
Preparation for the Festival
Assistant Art Director
Tateo, young and neurotic, wishes to leave the village his mother has raised him in.