Cinematography: Norimichi Kasamatsu

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Norimichi Kasamatsu. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


August in the Water

1995 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Sogo Ishii

Cast Shinsuke Aoki · Rena Komine · Kou Machida · Reiko Matsuo

Synopsis After an accident, the teenage girl Isuku gets super powers, and understand that she now has a special role in the universe.

7.3

45 votes

7.3

45 votes

Villain

2010 · Movie · 139 min. · Japan

6.9

54 votes

6.9

54 votes

Under the Open Sky

2020 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan

Direction Miwa Nishikawa

Cast Kôji Yakusho · Taiga Nakano · Masami Nagasawa · Isao Hashizume

Synopsis A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years where he was placed for murder. He is struggling to adapt to society and freedom, find a job and...

6.8

32 votes

6.8

32 votes

Unforgiven

2013 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Lee Sang-il

Cast Ken Watanabe · Jun Kunimura · Yûya Yagira · Koichi Sato

Synopsis Japan, late 19th century. A fleeing ronin (Ken Watanabe) is lured by a mercenary gig to avenge the mutilation of a prostitute. However, taking on the mantle of bounty hunter...

6.8

299 votes

6.8

299 votes

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Labyrinth of Dreams

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Sogo Ishii

Cast Rena Komine · Tadanobu Asano · Kotomi Kyono · Tomoka Kurotani

Synopsis Tomiko is a conductor in a rural bus driven by the handsome Niitaka. Tomiko had received a letter from her best friend Tsuyako, a conductor in another bus company, just...

6.5

70 votes

6.5

70 votes

Blue Spring

2001 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

Direction Toshiaki Toyoda

Cast Ryuhei Matsuda · Sosuke Takaoka · Hirofumi Arai · Yusuke Oshiba

Synopsis In a school surrounded by misleadingly picturesque cherry trees in full bloom, it's the students who set the rules while uncooperative teachers are dangled from windows.

6.5

146 votes

6.5

146 votes

Electric Dragon 80.000 V

2001 · Movie · 55 min. · Japan

Direction Sogo Ishii

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Masatoshi Nagase · Masakatsu Funaki

Synopsis This comic-book style story stars Tadanobu Asano as Dragon Eye Morrison, who was electrocuted as a child but survived, and now must do battle with his nemesis, Thunderbolt Buddha.

6.2

120 votes

6.2

120 votes

Before The Coffee Gets Cold

2018 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Ayuko Tsukahara

Cast Kasumi Arimura · Motoki Fukami · Haru · Kento Hayashi

Synopsis Kazu Tokita (Kasumi Arimura) works at cafe “Funiculi Funicula,” which her relative Nagare Tokita (Motoki Fukami) runs. Their is a mysterious rumor that if a customer takes a specific seat...

6.1

33 votes

6.1

33 votes

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Angel Dust

1994 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Sogo Ishii

Cast Kaho Minami · Takeshi Wakamatsu · Etsushi Toyokawa · Jin Akiyama

Synopsis Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist...

5.7

39 votes

5.7

39 votes

Chameleon

2008 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

5.3

37 votes

5.3

37 votes

5.2

57 votes

Shuffle (S)

1981 · Movie · 34 min. · Japan

Direction Sogo Ishii

Cast Yosuke Nakajima · Tatsuya Mori · Shigeru Muroi · Genjiro Amato

Synopsis Hiroshi Kobayashi is on the run, both away from the police who want him for the murder of his girlfriend Naomi, and towards the yakuza Kimura, from whom he wants...

Not rated

Not rated

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The Goofball

1998 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

Second Virginity

2011 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Kurosaki

Cast Kyoka Suzuki · Hiroki Hasegawa · Kyôko Fukada · Yoshihisa Amano

Synopsis Set 5 years after the ending of the NHK drama series "Second Virgin," Nakamura Rui is transferred to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while still taking care of Suzuki Marie.

Not rated

Not rated

My House

2002 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Junji Sakamoto

Cast Arisa Mizuki · Yûma Yamoto · Yuki Tanaka · Claude Maki

Synopsis A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

Not rated

Not rated

The Human Trust

2013 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan

Direction Junji Sakamoto

Cast Koichi Sato · Shingo Katori · Mirai Moriyama · Arisa Mizuki

Synopsis Yuichi Mafune is known as a finance broker, but he's actually a conman. One day, two men show up in front of Yuichi. One man is "M" and the other...

Not rated

Not rated

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Akame 48 Waterfalls

2003 · Movie · 159 min. · Japan

Direction Genjiro Amato

Cast Takijiro Onishi · Shima Ohnishi · Shinobu Terajima · Michiyo Oguso

Synopsis A man is trying to flee from his past, and he ends up in an underworld filled with strange characters. He finds a job skewering meat in a dirty old...

Not rated

Not rated

Battle Without Honor

2000 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

Okiku and the World

2023 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Junji Sakamoto

Cast Haru Kuroki · Kanichiro · Sôsuke Ikematsu

Synopsis Edo-era Japan. If you are familiar with the attitude of Sakamoto Junji, you don’t even need the cheeky welcome to understand that the samurais, nobles, and landlords in this jidaigeki...

Not rated

Not rated

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