Masahiko Nagasawa

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders with their own burdens. A funny, sweet, and tender coming-of-age drama with a rich range of memorable characters.

After her parents’ divorce, ten-year-old Nagi moves with her mother to a small island in Setouchi. Traumatic visions of her alcoholic father Shimao abusing her mother trigger panic attacks. She slowly regains her ability to smile, while trying to help the islanders with their own burdens. A funny, sweet, and tender coming-of-age drama with a rich range of memorable characters.

An omnibus recorded in a short film by five film directors with the motif of the song "Kai Band".

교통사고의 영향으로 지난 10년간의 기억을 잃어버린 여자가 잃어버린 기억을 더듬어 가면서 자신의 잔인한 과거와 마주하는 모습을 현실감 넘치는 영상으로 그려낸 작품.

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city and leaves for deep in the mountains, where she finds one lonely house. Then she attempts to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills in the guest house but she fails.... This is the beginning of her new life.

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city and leaves for deep in the mountains, where she finds one lonely house. Then she attempts to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills in the guest house but she fails.... This is the beginning of her new life.

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijokan), and more for a total of 18 shorts. This time around the theme is "24 hours," where filming for each work must have been completed in 24 hours in order to appear in this film.

남녀공학인 북고에서는, 해마다 보행제라는 것이 열린다. 이는 아침 8시부터 다음날 아침 8시까지 80km를 걸어서 다시 학교에 되돌아오는 일종의 주야간행군 같은 행사이다. 재학생들은 매우 싫어라 하지만, 졸업생들 사이에서는 학장시절 가장 기억나는 이벤트로 누구나 보행제를 말 할정도로 단연 최고의 이벤트로 뽑히는 이벤트이다. 주인공인 고다 다카코는 졸업 전 마지막 보행제에서 어떠한 결심을 하고 보행제를 하는 24시간동안 그것을 이루기 위해 행동하는데...

남녀공학인 북고에서는, 해마다 보행제라는 것이 열린다. 이는 아침 8시부터 다음날 아침 8시까지 80km를 걸어서 다시 학교에 되돌아오는 일종의 주야간행군 같은 행사이다. 재학생들은 매우 싫어라 하지만, 졸업생들 사이에서는 학장시절 가장 기억나는 이벤트로 누구나 보행제를 말 할정도로 단연 최고의 이벤트로 뽑히는 이벤트이다. 주인공인 고다 다카코는 졸업 전 마지막 보행제에서 어떠한 결심을 하고 보행제를 하는 24시간동안 그것을 이루기 위해 행동하는데...

A collection of shorts spun off from the movie "Night Time Picnic" that take place on the day before the movie's events. On the last day of high school, ten young people explore their feelings while participating in a "walking festival" in which 1000 people walk 80 km over the course of the day. This collection includes 9 episodes by 6 directors, including "Murishi" starring Mikako Tabe and "Unrequited Length" starring Rosa Kato.

Masaki is about to move to the U.S. with his parents, much to the dismay of five girls who all like him in different ways. Tomboyish Takako always gives him a hard time; Haruna is a childhood friend; Alisa has fancied him since a shopping trip in nearby Shibuya; Naoko is still readjusting after a long spell in the U.K.; and Yumi ikes practicing basketball with him at night. All wonder who his "special girl" is, but Masaki isn't saying.

Japanese TV movie from 2003

Japanese TV movie from 2003

A short movie distributed on the website of Masahiko Nagasawa, the director of "Kokoni Irukoto". A giant golden turtle appears in Tokyo Bay! The film vividly depicts the emotional interaction between waitress Nana and the eccentric people who gather at the restaurant, including Terumi, a woman who earnestly tells such a fishy story.

살인죄로 복역하고 있던 미카미 준이치는 형기를 4개월 남기고 가석방된다. 형무 주임이었던 난고 쇼지는 준이치를 찾아와 변호사인 스기우라를 도와 키하라 료라는 사형수에 관한 조사를 해 줄 것을 부탁한다. 료는 가석방 중에 감찰 보호관 부부를 살해한 혐의로 구속되었지만, 사건에 대한 기억을 전혀 가지고 있지 않았다. 현장 조사 결과 틀림없이 료가 범인이라고 지목되고, 준이치 일행은 료의 마지막 기억하는 계단을 단서로 사건을 밝혀나가는데...

Asami, a junior-college student two months from graduation, lends a red umbrella one day to Mayama, a Psychology instructor. Her artlessly forward approach leaves Mayama embarrassed and confused. She has, in fact, been watching him for some time. Meanwhile Mayama’s girlfriend Izumi, unable to find her own place in his heart, has resolved to leave him. Seeing Mayama in torment, tied to his past, Asami decides to set his heart free. Set in present-day Tokyo, this story of the wandering and revival of souls beset by feelings of loss is brought quietly and gently to the screen by the outstanding talent of Nagasawa Masahiko.

Asami, a junior-college student two months from graduation, lends a red umbrella one day to Mayama, a Psychology instructor. Her artlessly forward approach leaves Mayama embarrassed and confused. She has, in fact, been watching him for some time. Meanwhile Mayama’s girlfriend Izumi, unable to find her own place in his heart, has resolved to leave him. Seeing Mayama in torment, tied to his past, Asami decides to set his heart free. Set in present-day Tokyo, this story of the wandering and revival of souls beset by feelings of loss is brought quietly and gently to the screen by the outstanding talent of Nagasawa Masahiko.

범인을 인도하러 서울에 온 일본 형사 하야세 유타로(나가세 토모야)는 현금수송차를 강탈하는 사건을 목격하고 범인들을 뒤쫓는다. 그 와중에 경찰과 범인이 각각 1명씩 사망하고, 1명이 도주한다. 서울 경시청으로 호송당한 하야세 유타로는 형사부장 김윤철(최민수)에게 느닷없이 한 방을 맞고, 이후 "여긴 한국이야!" "시간 엄수!" "명령에 따라!" 등등의 말투에 시달리며 사건 조사에 참여한다. '민족의 새벽'이라는 테러 단체가 8개국 정상회담을 이용한 은행강탈사건을 벌이자 유타로는 김윤철 부장과 사건을 체류기간인 72시간 안에 해결하기 위해 협력한다.

After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.

After being sent away from the man she loves, Shino wanders in Osaka, waiting for him to reach out again.

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.

A group of young people are attacked by a tragedy from a video that a young man borrowed from a rental video shop. The horrific scenes from the video become a reality for the young man and his friends. The elite staff of director Shunji Iwai have gathered to create an entirely new psycho-horror movie that is finally born here.

사랑했던 연인 후지이 이츠키가 죽은 지 2년. 그의 약혼녀 와타나베 히로코는 여전히 그를 잊지 못하고 있다. 추모식 날, 히로코는 그의 중학교 졸업 앨범에서 지금은 이미 국도가 되어 버린 그의 중학교 시절 주소를 발견한다. 그리운 마음에 안부를 묻는 편지를 띄우는 히로코. 하지만 며칠 후, 후지이 이츠키로부터 거짓말처럼 답장이 날아오고, 히로코는 편지를 보낸 그 사람이 그와 같은 이름을 지닌 여자이며 그의 중학교 동창이라는 것을 알게 된다. 후지이는 히로코의 부탁으로 중학교 시절을 추억하고, 아름다웠던 중학교 시절의 이야기가 히로코에게 편지를 통해 들려진다.

Kaori, who can find nothing in her daily life but sex with her male friend Taro, suddenly meets a middle-aged man named Kosuke. She hopes that Kosuke will quench her thirst, but is disappointed to learn that he has a woman named Naomi. Upon learning of Kaori's feelings for him, Taro...