Kenji Maki

Películas

Go Seppuku Yourselves
Director of Photography
A man is tasked with assisting in the ritual suicide of a samurai who won't die without condemning the corrupt powers that be.
Shiver
Director of Photography
A music movie featuring a performance of Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble ‘Kodo’ and Koshiro Hino. Filmed entirely on Sado island.
Child of the Stars
Director of Photography
When Chihiro was a baby, she suffered from eczema. Her parents tried to find a cure, but nothing worked. Her father's co-worker then gave him some water from a strange religious group. Chihiro was miraculously cured by the water. Her parents began to follow the strange religion and became fervent followers. Chihiro is now in the 3rd grade of middle school and she faces changes in her life.
The Day of Destruction
Director of Photography
Seven years ago, a mysterious monster was found deep in a rural coal mine. Since then, rumors of a plague spread through the small town, and people experience an unexplainable mental illness. A young Shugendo practitioner goes missing only to resurface transformed, intent on exorcising the world from the monsters haunting it.
Gekijou
Director of Photography
El director de una compañía de teatro está en crisis y sus actores han perdido la confianza en él. Un día, conoce a una mujer que usa los mismos zapatos que él, lo que inmediatamente provoca química entre los dos.
When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
Director of Photography
When Satoshi was little, his mother Akiko always took good care of him. She was gentle, but mentally strong. However, two years ago she was diagnosed with cancer and now it's Satoshi's turn to comfort and care for her. However, despite his best efforts, she passes away. A year after Akiko's passing, Satoshi, his father Toshiaki and his older brother Yuichi start new lives. Around that time, Satoshi receives a present from his mother.
Every Day a Good Day
Director of Photography
A university student attends a Japanese tea ceremony near her house with her cousin. There she has the Japanese tea ceremony in her life and it's there for her during moments when she is sad or happy.
River's Edge
Director of Photography
Basada en el manga de Kyôko Okazaki, cuenta la rebelión de un grupo de adolescentes durante la crisis económica de Japón de 1990.
El bosque de los sueños
Camera Operator
Un estadounidense (McConaughey) y un japonés (Watanabe) se conocen en el tristemente famoso "bosque del suicidio", un lugar al que la gente va para quitarse la vida. Tras entablar conversación, abandonan sus proyectos de suicidio y juntos emprenden un viaje a través del bosque.
The Black Square
Director of Photography
Zhao-ping, a young Chinese artist, lives in an artists’ community near Bejing with his Japanese girlfriend Hana. One day he sees a black square floating in the sky. When the object lands, a bewildered naked man appears from it. He looks Japanese, but he doesn’t know who he is, or where he came from. Zhao-ping takes him under his wing. Is it an alien visitor? Then how is it possible that everyone the stranger meets thinks they know him from somewhere?
砂漠の民カザック
Director of Photography
The Cossacks have left their beautiful wife and child behind. Every morning, he goes to work, and at night, when he comes home, he finds his wife and child. The man begins to feel that something is different. He can't sleep, he can't laugh, and he has no answers. One day, a woman chased by a suspicious foreigner runs into the cinema where he works. A few days later, by chance, he meets the woman again and decides to accompany her on her "last dangerous job", without knowing what is going on. During the short journey. The man is convinced that she is the answer to his life... The story could be seen as a dream of a Peter Pan man who wants to be a boy forever, but thanks to the characters and good performances of the lead actors, it is successfully made into a physical reality. The result is a bittersweet, "slightly older" boy meets girl story.