Hirokazu Kanakatsu

Películas

Hotel Iris
Production Design
Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and thrifty Japanese woman (Nahana) and her lonely half-Taiwanese daughter Mari (Lucia). One night, Mari hears the cries of a woman from the upper floors. Heading up to investigate, she witnesses a distraught woman in a red camisole dress escape an impeccably dressed but violent man (NAGASE Masatoshi) whose cold voice is entrancing. Mari’s initial shock turns into a strange fascination which drives her to follow the man to discover more about him. He is a translator who lives on an isolated island one can only reach by boat and rumours swirl around him and recent murders. The closer she gets to the man, the more a hidden layer of Mari’s personality awakens as she allows herself to be engulfed by his strange passions…
Blue, Painful, Fragile
Production Design
Two outsider college students set up a secret society circle, "Moai," which aims to change the world. But one day, one of them disappears.
Star Sand
Production Design
In the closing days of World War II, Japanese-American Hiromi, a girl age 16, encounters an American deserter, Bob, and a Japanese soldier, Iwabuchi, living together in a cave on a small island in Okinawa. The two men are deserters from their armies; yet both vow never to harm another human being again. Hiromi looks after the deserters until another soldier appears and the peace of the cave is shattered. It leads to the death of three of them and a fascinating mystery that isn't solved until the present day.
Let's Go, Jets!
Art Direction
Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instructions from their teacher Kaoruko Saotome. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship.
Let's Go, Jets!
Production Design
Female students, including Hikari Tomonaga, from a high school cheerdance club follow strict instructions from their teacher Kaoruko Saotome. They compete at the USA Cheerdance Championship.
Heroína Descalificada
Production Design
Hatori y Rita han sido amigos de la infancia, y apesar de que Rita sea un casanova, Hatori siempre entiende, por que al parecer ella opina que es la protagonista de esta historia shojo. Pero hay un problema. Rita decide andar con Adachi, una chica de bajo perfil que al parecer tiene demasiadas cualidades para ser protagonista shojo. Hatori se empieza a cuestionar si esta historia es para ella, y decidida ante todo, no se rendira a ser un personaje secundario y asi, quedarse con su amor de toda la vida, Rita. Mientras tanto, el estudiante masculino más popular, Kosuke Hiromitsu se interesa por Hatori.
It's a Beautiful Life - Irodori
Production Design
A group of elderly women come together to sell vegetable leaves.
Postcard
Art Direction
Drama sobre los efectos de la segunda guerra mundial. La acción comienza en 1944, cuando el soldado Sadazo Morikawa recibe una emocionante postal de su esposa Tomoko, justo en la noche antes de partir al frente en Filipinas. Para evitar la censura militar, y temiendo que no fuera a sobrevivir al combate, Morikawa le pide a otro soldado que vuelve a Tokyo, Keita Matsuyama, que le entregue a su esposa en mano la postal con la respuesta.
Tokyo Island
Art Direction
Men and one woman have drifted to an uninhabited island. The only woman will try to survive by taking advantage of her own sexual attractiveness.
Te doy mi primer amor
Art Direction
Cuenta la historia de Takuma, un chico que sabe que va a morir antes de los 20, y Mayu, una chica que está enamorada de él...
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge
Production Design
A year after the celebrated cracking of “The Glorious Team Batista” case, the talented medical staff at Tojo University Hospital once again finds itself embroiled in a web of intrigue and scandal.The scandal occurs this time in the ER when a mysterious letter arrives for Dr. Kimiko Taguichi. The letter reads: “Chief Surgeon Hayami of the Emergency Center has a collusive relationship with a medical supplies maker. And the head nurse is in on it with him.” An unimaginable truth then awaits.
A Gentle Breeze in the Village
Production Design
Based on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan's countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.
L'amant
Production Design
When three older men buy a 17-year-old schoolgirl named Chikako for a year's-worth of sexual services -- her motivation, aside from money, is never explained -- the relationships among the men (whom she calls A. B and C) keep shifting in ways that redefine power and sex.
Robot Contest
Art Direction
Satomi is aimlessly attending a vocational school and becomes a member of the robot club by chance. There are two robot clubs at her school. The first club's members are handpicked elite and have regularly participated in the robot contest. The other one, which Satomi belongs to, is full of hacks and the club is about to close down. The second club participates in a local contest, but can't even pass the first stage. However, their unique idea is praised and they are invited to attend the National Robot Contest. Satomi, who hates losing, burns with passion for the contest in order not to be disgraced in public.
Alone in the Night
Art Direction
Nami es la mujer de un policía de narcóticos asesinado en cumplimiento de su deber. Sorprendida de que su marido, en lugar de ser enterrado con honores, ha sido acusado de relacionarse con el crimen organizado. Para limpiar su nombre, Nami intenta introducirse en la yakuza, pero pronto es víctima de una brutal violación que le incita a cometer suicidio. Lo evita un policía llamado Muraki, junto al que trabaja para tratar de resolver el caso
Tokarev
Production Design
A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.