Cinematography: Akiko Ashizawa
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Akiko Ashizawa. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Titles found: 35
Tokyo Sonata
2008 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Teruyuki Kagawa · Kyôko Koizumi · Yû Koyanagi · Inowaki Kai
Synopsis An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.
7.1
1K votes
7.1
1K votes
Direction Shinobu Yaguchi
Cast Shôta Sometani · Masami Nagasawa · Nana Seino · Hideaki Ito
Synopsis After failing his university entrance examinations and being left by his girlfriend, Yuki Hirano decides to join a forestry training program only to discover that the job is much harder than he expected working under his high demanding boss.
6.8
89 votes
6.8
89 votes
The Chef of South Polar
2009 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan
Direction Shûichi Okita
Cast Masato Sakai · Kengo Kora · Kōsuke Toyohara · Katsuhisa Namase
Synopsis Nishimura has a passion for cooking, but never would he have imagined the task before him now: He is unexpectedly assigned to a south polar mission to serve as head chef at the Dome Fuji station. Leaving wife and daughter...
6.5
24 votes
6.5
24 votes
To The Ends of the Earth
2019 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Atsuko Maeda · Ryo Kase · Shôta Sometani · Tokio Emoto
Synopsis A young Japanese woman named Yoko finds her cautious and insular nature tested when she travels to Uzbekistan to shoot the latest episode of her travel variety show.
6.4
421 votes
6.4
421 votes
6.3
84 votes
Foreboding
2018 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Masahiro Higashide · Kaho · Shôta Sometani · Ren Osugi
Synopsis Something’s wrong and Etsuko is one of the first to notice. Etsuko suddenly begins hearing strange noises and an increasing number of inexplicable things are happening around her. When Miyuki thinks she sees a ghost in her father and newscasters...
6.3
23 votes
6.3
23 votes
Tamako in Moratorium
2013 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan
Direction Nobuhiro Yamashita
Cast Atsuko Maeda · Shôko Fujimura · Rie Hagiwara · Yasuko Tomita
Synopsis Tamako graduated from a university in Tokyo, but she now lives with her father back in Kofu. Tamako doesn't help her father or tries to get a job. She spends her time just eating and sleeping throughout the four seasons...
6.2
30 votes
6.2
30 votes
Go See the Fall
2014 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Shûichi Okita
Cast Michiko Watanabe · Chigusa Yasuzawa · Kumiko Kawada · Yuriko Ogino
6.2
31 votes
6.2
31 votes
Direction Kôji Fukada
Cast Irène Jacob · Jérôme Kircher · Nijiro Murakami · Hirofumi Arai
Synopsis In the not distant future Japan has again experienced a nuclear incident and is gradually becoming uninhabitable. The entire population has to evacuate before being deluged by radiation poisoning. To achieve this a ticketing system has been implemented. Not prioritized...
5.7
22 votes
5.7
22 votes
Retribution
2006 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Kôji Yakusho · Manami Konishi · Tsuyoshi Ihara · Hiroyuki Hirayama
Synopsis An experienced police detective has to investigate the murder of an unknown woman dressed in a scarlet drpess. All the clues he finds relate to him, which troubles him a lot. A ghost dressed in a scarlet dress soon starts...
5.5
487 votes
5.5
487 votes
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
2021 · Movie · 114 min. · Indonesia
Direction Edwin
Cast Marthino Lio · Ladya Cheryl · Sal Priadi · Reza Rahadian
Synopsis Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung, Ajo gets beaten black and blue,...
5.4
39 votes
5.4
39 votes
Before We Vanish
2017 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Masami Nagasawa · Ryuhei Matsuda · Hiroki Hasegawa · Mahiro Takasugi
Synopsis Narumi and her husband Shinji are going through a rocky patch when Shinji suddenly vanishes, returning several days later, utterly transformed. At the same time, a family is brutally murdered, and the town beset by strange phenomena. Journalist Sakurai begins...
5.3
232 votes
5.3
232 votes
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Takeru Satō · Haruka Ayase · Jô Odagiri · Kyôko Koizumi
Synopsis A mysterious journey into the human subconscious for the origins of trauma and true love, REAL marks acclaimed director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's maiden voyage into the realm of science fiction. Based on Rokuro Inui's award-winning novel The Day of the Perfect...
5.0
149 votes
5.0
149 votes
The Sylvian Experiments
2010 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Hiroshi Takahashi
Cast Yuri Nakamura · Kimika Yoshino · Nagisa Katahira · Yoichiro Saito
Synopsis Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments with Manchurian, Russian and Japanese guinea pigs that had been found in the basement of a wrecked hospital. Out of the blue, there is a white light and when...
4.4
29 votes
4.4
29 votes
Direction Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Cast Miki Nakatani · Etsushi Toyokawa · Hidetoshi Nishijima · Yumi Adachi
Synopsis A prize-winning writer, Leiko (Miki Nakatani), moves to a quiet sub-urban house to finish up her new novel with a help from the editor. That night while sleeping, she sees a man in a storage room transporting an object wrapped...
3.7
413 votes
3.7
413 votes
The Real Exorcist
2020 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan
Direction Shokyo Oda
Cast Fumika Shimizu · Mirai Irako · Rin Kijima · Joe Hyuga
Synopsis Sayuri, a coffee shop waitress, uses her supernatural powers to help those who are troubled by spiritual phenomena. She gradually gets involved in serious matters, eventually facing a fierce battle with the devil.
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The Girl of Silence
1995 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Genjiro Amato
Cast Mami Nakamura · Kaori Momoi · Michio Akiyama
Synopsis 14 year old Nakamura is sexually abused by her stepfather. She invents a friend who is coming to her rescue when she really needs it.
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Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007 · Movie · 70 min. · Japan
Direction Osamu Minorikawa
Cast Ryuhei Matsuda · Reina Asami · Akira Emoto · Mikako Ichikawa
Synopsis Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan. In the first segment, we eavesdrop on the thoughts of a woman edging into her forties (Miyuki Matsuda) as she goes through her...
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Hana-Dama: The Origins
2014 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan
Direction Hisayasu Sato
Cast Tomori Abe · Shun Asada · Kei Fujiwara · Daisuke Iijima
Synopsis Transfer student Mizuki is bullied mercilessly by her classmate. Nevertheless, she is always able to maintain her composure. Kirie, who is also bullied, becomes interested in Mizuki and longs for her. The two become close.
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Direction Shô Igarashi
Cast Misato Tanaka · Susumu Terajima · Ryo Kase · Katsuo Nakamura
Synopsis Tells the life story of Teru Kaneko, who was born and raised in a small coastal town. While working as a clerk in a book shop, Teru starts writing her own verses to get away from the worries of a...
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