Makoto Shiina
Nascimento : 1944-06-14, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
História
Makoto Shiina is a Japanese novelist , essayist , photographer , and film director .
Novel
Sasaki has had a difficult period, going through a divorce and losing his job. To take a break and start anew, Sasaki decides to visit Iriomote Island. While there, Sasaki's belongings are stolen by four homeless men. Sasaki then lives with three other people: a survivalist, a city man and a girl who speaks Kansai dialect. One day, Sasaki hears news about the four homeless men and decides to get revenge ...
Original Story
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.
Novel
Wada é funcionário de uma multinacional japonesa e é escalado para fazer uma viagem à província de Yun Nan, China, para investigar uma possível descoberta de um valioso veio de pedras de jade. Wada sabe apenas que um guia o levará às montanhas, mas ao desembarcar e encontrá-lo descobre que foi seguido por um mafioso japonês que tem negócios pendentes com sua empresa.
Writer
Anthology consisting of three films.
Director
Anthology consisting of three films.
Writer
Naran and his five brothers and sisters are returning to the family farm for summer. During the rest of the year, they must attend school in the city. Once they arrive, the family heads off to summer pastures for their horses and sheep. One day, Naran meets a lone minstrel and hears the tale of Sukh and his white horse who win the great Naadam horse race. Naran is deeply moved and swears that he will compete in the race with his own beloved white horse.
Director
Naran and his five brothers and sisters are returning to the family farm for summer. During the rest of the year, they must attend school in the city. Once they arrive, the family heads off to summer pastures for their horses and sheep. One day, Naran meets a lone minstrel and hears the tale of Sukh and his white horse who win the great Naadam horse race. Naran is deeply moved and swears that he will compete in the race with his own beloved white horse.
Story
A five-part comedy and horror anthology
Writer
A man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains
Director
A man fed up with city life moves to a village in the mountains
Novel
The second TV series of Kiyoshi Kurosawa just after the crush of a economic babble in Japan. His comical (and melodic...) analysis of the Japanese society responds to the Godard's films about the French society of the 60s,...
Writer
A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life there.
Director
A mother and her daughter move from the urban sprawl of Tokyo to the remote island of Ishigaki in the Ryukyu archipelago, and try to adapt to life there.
Novel
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing way.
Writer
A dog is separated from his master and searches for him across the wilderness
Director
A dog is separated from his master and searches for him across the wilderness
Novel
Writer
A wordholic man, acting as the chief editor by a certain publishing company, is confined by the writer who wishes to publish.
