Tokushô Kikumura

Nacimiento : , Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Películas

Snow on The Blades
Director of Photography
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
Dakishimetai: Shinjitsu no monogatari
Director of Photography
Tsukasa tuvo un grave accidente automovilístico cuando era estudiante de secundaria. Todavía sufre los efectos de ese accidente, tiene problemas de memoria y necesita usar una silla de ruedas. Tsukasa se enamora del taxista Masaki. Aunque tienen dificultades, intentan formar una familia feliz juntos, pero se encuentran con otra situación grave.
Another
Director of Photography
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 Lady Shogun and Her Men
Director of Photography
In the year 1716 a mysterious epidemic stickens men in the country of Japan, dropping the population of men to 1/4th of its prior state. With the drastic reduction of men, the gender roles have become reversed in Japan. Woman become the dominant members of society and males are sought out for the ability to produce children. A young man named Unoshin Mizuno hopes to marry childhood sweetheart Onobu, but due to class differences realizes this is almost impossible. To raise his social status and also save his poor family, Unoshin Mizuno enters the Ohoku (inner chambers of the Shugun's castle) and attempts to vie among 3,000 other men for the affection of the female shogun. What Unoshin Mizuno quickly learns about the Ohoku is that the men there are all beautiful, but highly ambitious and conniving. In this environment, the 7th shogun Tokugawa passes away and the new shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa takes the thrown and enters the Ohoku.
Fireworks from the Heart
Director of Photography
On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.
After the Flowers
Director of Photography
Relato de un extraordinario romance. El samurai de bajo rango Eguchi se encuentra con Ito, hija de un oficial del clan. Intrigado por la fama de su habilidad con la espada, Eguchi la reta a un duelo que hará saltar chispas.
Silver Rain
Director of Photography
Happy Flight
Director of Photography
A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers!
Yamazakura, The Cherry Tree in the Hills
Director of Photography
Based on a short story written by Shuhei Fujisawa (who also wrote Twilight Samurai, The Hidden Blade, Love and Honor), the film depicts the uneasy life of Noe Isomura (Rena Tanaka) with the difficult family she has married into after her former husband passed away. One day as she tries to brake off a branch of a cherry tree, she is aided by a samurai who she does not recognize but who recognizes her. He turns out to be a former suitor that she never met named Yaichiro Tezuka (Noriyuki Higashiyama) and who teaches swordsmanship to the local samurai. Meanwhile, the powerful new chief retainer of the village enacts land policies that threaten the survival of the local farmers.
Death Note: L cambia el mundo
Director of Photography
En algún lugar de Tailandia, Un virus creado por manos humanas hace la gente de una pequeña villa muera a causa de una horrible enfermedad en la piel (de hecho, se les derrite la piel). El virus rápidamente se convierte en el arma que todos quieren obtener en el mercado negro… pero hay un problema, el virus muta y el antídoto ya no funciona. La villa es destruida pero un pequeño niño escapa… Esta contagiado y logra huir a Tokio de una banda de Eco-Terroristas que quieren salvar al mundo usando el virus para acabar con la humanidad. En Tokio, L se promete a si mismo usar los días que le quedan de vida para proteger a este niño.
Apartamento 1303
Director of Photography
Aunque el apartamento 1303 es céntrico y bonito, todas las chicas que entran a vivir en él acaban saltando al vacío desde sus ventanas. La última en suicidarse ha sido Sayaka, y su hermana Mariko no logra comprender qué ha podido ocurrir; sólo piensa en la extraña expresión que tenía su hermana momentos antes de saltar. En su intento por encontrar una explicación, Mariko se muda al apartamento 1303, y descubre que entre las paredes del apartamento hay mucho más horror del que se puede ver, incluido el fantasma de su hermana, que lucha por descansar en paz. (FILMAFFINITY)
Happy Dining Table
Director of Photography
On the first day of school for third-year junior high student Nakahara Sawako (Kitano Kie), her father (Haba Yuichi, Off Balance) announces that he is quitting his teaching position and absolving from all parental responsibilities. For Sawako, this is only the latest episode in her family's parade of problems. Three years ago her father attempted suicide, and since then, things haven't been quite the same, with her mother (Ishida Yuriko, Miracle in Four Days) moving out and her studious older brother (Hiaraoka Yuta, Be With You) giving up school. Amidst the family drama, Sawako finds her own balance, working hard in school and developing a romance with cheerful transfer student Oura (Katusji Ryo, Aegis). But more obstacles lie ahead, changes that will throw her already fragile life further awry.
Cat-Eyed Boy
Director of Photography
A film adaption of the manga Cat Eyed Boy by famous horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu. The film follows a strange boy with cat like features.
Death Water
Director of Photography
Newspaper correspondent Kyoko Togakure visits a nursing home in the outskirts of Tokyo. She finds the dead body of a resident. It was an apparent suicide. He's holding a piece of paper with the mystifying word "Death Water" written on it. Nearby are blood-stained scissors, and his eyes are squashed. She has no idea that this death is just the beginning of a horrendous nightmare.
A Heartful of Love
Director of Photography
Hiroshi, a 30 year-old businessman, has traveled back in time 20 years. He encounters Kazumi, a young woman who was gravely ill. Hiroshi regarded this as an opportunity to help the young woman from his past, the memory of whom he had always cherished.
El pozo
Director of Photography
Secuela de "Llamada perdida". Kyoko (Mimura), profesora de jardín de infancia, disfruta de una cena en compañía de unas amigas en el restaurante donde trabaja su novio Naoto (Yu Yoshizawa) cuando, de repente, suena en el móvil una melodía que resulta escalofriantemente familiar. La melodía les trae el recuerdo de aquel suceso... el grito de terror de la propia voz presagiando la muerte... el inevitable fin. La maldición no ha terminado. Junto a Takako (Asaka Seto), una joven reportera que trata de dar con el origen de la maldición, se sumergirán en el abismo del horror e indagarán en el espantoso tormento sufrido por una niña. Antes de que sea demasiado tarde...
River of First Love
Director of Photography
Niño de 8 años, Shimpei, amante de la pesca y la pintura, vive con su bella madre, rodeado de naturaleza. Su madre, Satsuki, tiene una constitución débil y perdió a su esposo hace años. Cuida a su hijo con amor, pero a veces estrictamente, sola. El amor de infancia de Shimpei, Sayuri, es sordo, pero de alguna manera pueden entenderse y siempre pasan tiempo juntos.
La maldición 2 (The Grudge 2)
Director of Photography
Los espíritus de Kayako y Toshio continúan una maldición de la que nadie podrá escapar. En esta ocasión, la maldición cae sobre el equipo de televisión que lidera Kyoko, una actriz especializada en películas de terror. Acuden a la casa para grabar un programa sobre asuntos paranormales.
Resurrection
Director of Photography
When dead people starts returning to the small Japanese town of Aso, government official Kawada is dispatched to uncover the “truth”.
La maldición (The Grudge)
Director of Photography
Rika es una joven que cuida a una anciana en cuya casa suceden cosas muy extrañas. Un día, Rika encuentra en el piso de arriba a un niño de seis años que lleva un gato negro en los brazos. Re-edición de "Ju On", realizada en el año 2000 por el propio Shimizu para vídeo.
Love Ghost
Director of Photography
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.
Harmful Insect
Director of Photography
13-year-old Sachiko is about to encounter the most difficult moments in her young life. Her father abandons her and her mother attempts to commit suicide by slashing her wrist. Her teacher, whom she relies on heavily, leaves for northern Japan to take another job. Other students start to gossip about Sachiko and her former teacher. Sachiko then drops out of school and attempts to find herself.
Chaos
Director of Photography
A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that night, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?
Crazy Lips
Director of Photography
After her brother is accused of murdering four people, his sister, desperate to prove his innocence, goes to a psychic for help. The price they ask, however, is far more than she expected, and the answers they give her are nothing she could ever have imagined. And what is the FBI doing investgating a murder in Japan?
Ping Pong Bath Station
Director of Photography
An unhappy housewife regains her passion for life by taking over a failing bath house.
Cure
Director of Photography
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.
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero
Director of Photography
Yuji and Kosaku become involved with a brother and sister who want to drive a local yakuza gang member out of their neighborhood.
Green
Director of Photography
Midori is a coming-of-age drama set amongst the heady high school world of peer rivalry and sexual awakening, featuring an emotionally-detached high-school girl who, her parents dead, lives with her brother and his overprotective wife. After being sent out of class due to a dizzy spell, she becomes acquainted with Shun, a boy in the class below, in the school sanatorium. As the two begin feigning illness together on a regular basis, their uncomfortable flirtations soon blossom into a full sexual relationship.
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Gamble
Director of Photography
Having lost everything to horse racing, Yûji accidentally gets 10 million yen. But this sum belongs to a Yakuza.
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot
Director of Photography
Yûji and Kosaku are hired to track down an old man. But when he suddenly dies, his granddaughter surfaces with a map to his buried fortune, which the yakuza and a dirty cop are determined to find.
Men of Rage
Director of Photography
Yakuza Taxi
Cinematography
The Yakuza clan Inoshika decides to help a small family business, Taxi Tanaka, lured by the clan Jinryûkaï and deeply in debt.
High School Jingi 2: Taihen yoku dekimashita
Director of Photography
Based on the comic book series by Shuushi Mizuho.
Misty
Director of Photography
The Last Embrace
Director of Photography
Akamatsu was a popular actor in his youth, and now in his forties, he plays supporting roles in dramas. It is well known that he is gay, and whenever he has time, he goes to Sachi, a gay bar owned by Michiru and Takashi. One day, Wakamatsu's friend, producer Shinozaki, introduces him to Kikuo, an aspiring screenwriter. Reading Kikuo's script, Wakamatsu's desire to make him a top-notch screenwriter arises, but before long, Wakamatsu realizes that he is seriously in love with Kikuo... A slightly sad love movie.