Cinematography: Osame Maruike
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Osame Maruike. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Sleeping Man
1996 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan
Direction Kôhei Oguri
Cast Ahn Sung-Kee · Christine Hakim · Jun Hamamura · Kôji Yakusho
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7.1
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Bonfire at Dawn
2019 · Movie · 72 min. · Japan
Direction Koichi Doi
Cast Motonari Okura · Yasunari Okura · Raiju Kamata · Akira Sakata
Plot The Okura family has 650 years of history as performers of Japan's traditional stage art, Kyogen. One winter, Motonari Okura and his son, Yasunari, head off to undertake training in...
5.6
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5.6
33 votes
The Panda Story
1988 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan
Direction Taku Shinjo
Cast Chen Rui · Yuriko Hoshi · Tongyu Liang · Ken Mitsuishi
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Chibusa
1993 · Movie · 57 min. · Japan
Direction Kichitaro Negishi
Cast Kaoru Kobayashi · Mai Oikawa · Kumija Kim · Naoto Takenaka
Plot Based on the novel of the same name by Shizuka Ijûin.
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Mo no shigoto
1991 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan
Direction Takumi Kimizuka
Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Shoko Tamura · Kaori Fujii · Tsunehiro Arai
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Domain of Murder (Hello Porcupine)
1991 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuo Matsumoto
Cast Johnny Okura · Setsuko Karasuma · Ren Osugi · Toshiaki Karasawa
Plot The story of a detective agency that sniffs the incident and sets out to make a profit, but eventually works hard for justice. Nanase Goro, who is good at staking...
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Video Girl Ai
1991 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Ryu Kaneda
Cast Ken Osawa · Kaori Sakagami · Hiromi Hiraguchi · Naoki Hosaka
Plot Live-action film version of "Video Girl Ai" manga.
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Karate Cop 5
1987 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan
Direction Rokuro Sugimura
Cast Tetsuya Takeda · Chikako Kaku · Honami Suzuki · Kunio Murai
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Uhohho tankentai
1986 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
Direction Kichitaro Negishi
Cast Yukiyo Toake · Kunie Tanaka · Masatoshi Murakami · Shinji Motoyama
Plot Enokoto Entrance is an interviewer and writer. There are Taro Junior High School student and Jiro of elementary school student and two children between husband and Kazuya who are research...
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Bonds
1998 · Movie · 123 min. · Japan
Direction Kichitaro Negishi
Cast Kôji Yakusho · Ken Watanabe · Yumi Asou · Yôsuke Saitô
Plot Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel...
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No Life King
1989 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan
Direction Jun Ichikawa
Cast Ryo Takayama · Neko Saito · Nobuo Nakamura · Issei Ogata
Plot In a world slowly overrun with technology the line between reality and virtuality begins to blur as not only the younger generation, but also the older one is becoming absorbed....
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Ruby, the Thief (Mysterious Thief Ruby)
1988 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Makoto Wada
Cast Kyôko Koizumi · Hiroyuki Sanada · Kumi Mizuno · Masumi Okada
Plot Toru Hayashi lives alone with his mother. Young salaryman whose life is staggeringly banal, he is what we can call a man stuck, until a pretty young woman moves into...
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Nurse Call
1992 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan
Direction Shunichi Nagasaki
Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Yuki Matsushita · Gitan Ôtsuru · Atsuro Watabe
Plot "Nurse Call" deals with the harried, overworked lives of Japan's nurses. Based on the book by Keiko Nobumoto who used to be a hospital nurse.
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