Cinematography: Satoru Karasawa

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


Beck

2010 · Movie · 145 min. · Japan

6.5

148 votes

6.5

148 votes

20th Century Boys

2008 · Movie · 142 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Toshiaki Karasawa · Etsushi Toyokawa · Takako Tokiwa · Teruyuki Kagawa

Plot 20th Century Boys centers around normal, average guy Kenji [Casshern’s Toshiaki Karasawa], who has turned into a mere shadow of his rebellious, determined childhood self. He runs a failing convenience...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Jam Films

2002 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Daizaburo Hanada · Jôji Iida · Shunji Iwai · Ryûhei Kitamura

Cast Natsuko Akiyama · Hirofumi Arai · Haruka Ayase · Ryoko Hirosue

Plot "The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets...

5.2

30 votes

5.2

30 votes

Tokyo Ghoul

2017 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Kentarô Hagiwara

Cast Masataka Kubota · Fumika Shimizu · Yû Aoi · Nobuyuki Suzuki

Plot Ken Kaneki is a bookworm college student who meets a girl named Rize at a cafe he frequents. They're the same age and have the same interests, so they quickly...

5.0

482 votes

5.0

482 votes

Forbidden Siren

2006 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Yui Ichikawa · Suzuki Matsuo · Leo Morimoto

Plot A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown...

4.5

131 votes

4.5

131 votes

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Hanako of the Toilet

1998 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Hiroiki Ariyoshi · Eri Fuse · Maya Hamaoka · Satomi Ishii

Plot When a young girl discovers that her new middle school is the same one her sister mysteriously disappeared from eleven years before. She and her new friends join forces to...

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Sushi King Goes to New York

2008 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Kôichi Dômoto · Yuichi Nakamaru · Yumiko Shaku · Satomi Ishihara

Plot A genius sushi chef travels to New York to battle it out with the local competition there.

Not rated

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Ataru: The First Love & the Last Kill

2013 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Hisashi Kimura

Cast Masahiro Nakai · Kazuki Kitamura · Chiaki Kuriyama · Gô Rijû

Plot A mystery unfolds with a woman named Madoka (Maki Horikita), who is a killer, and Ataru (Masahiro Nakai). The woman possesses the same extraordinary memory and deductive reasoning abilities as...

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EGG.

2005 · Movie · 73 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Inuko Inuyama · Hye-yeong Jo · Jirô Satô · Megumi Ujiie

Plot A woman sees an egg every time she closes her eyes. One day she sees the egg start to crack and a creature hatch. She struggles to come to terms...

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The Big Bee

2015 · Movie · 138 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Yôsuke Eguchi · Masahiro Motoki · Yukie Nakama · Gou Ayano

Plot Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, government and media all receive a fax that if the...

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Chinese Dinner

2001 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

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Pika**nchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy

2004 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

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Keizoku: The Movie

2000 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Miki Nakatani · Atsuro Watabe · Raita Ryô · Inuko Inuyama

Plot Keizoku," unfolds in the present, beginning in the dimly lit basement office of the Metropolitan Police Office's Criminal Investigations Section One, which is charged with pursuing "pending" (keizoku) investigations --...

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Drowning Fish

2001 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

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The Sword of Alexander

2007 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Kyoko Hasegawa · Kankurô Kudô · Meisa Kuroki

Plot Orichalcum is a rare and powerful material from a meteorite that was forged into three priceless artifacts. Those that can unite the three items are said to attain great power...

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Himitsu no Akko-chan

2012 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Kawamura Yasuhiro

Cast Haruka Ayase · Masaki Okada · Teruyuki Kagawa · Ren Osugi

Plot "Himitsu no Akko-chan " live-action film.

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