Cinematography: Yonezo Maeda

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


The Family Game

1983 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast Yusaku Matsuda · Jūzō Itami · Saori Yuki · Ichirôta Miyakawa

Plot A sendup of the stereo-typical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success;...

6.9

45 votes

6.9

45 votes

Minbo

1992 · Movie · 123 min. · Japan

6.9

45 votes

6.9

45 votes

The Funeral

1984 · Movie · 124 min. · Japan

Direction Jūzō Itami

Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki · Nobuko Miyamoto · Kin Sugai · Hideji Ôtaki

Plot The debut film from acclaimed Japanese director, Juzo Itami shows a very untraditional side to a very traditional ceremony. When Chizuko's (Nobuko Miyamoto) ornery father unexpectedly dies, the undertaking of...

6.9

71 votes

6.9

71 votes

A Quiet Life

1995 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

6.6

28 votes

6.6

28 votes

A Taxing Woman

1987 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

Direction Jūzō Itami

Cast Nobuko Miyamoto · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Masahiko Tsugawa · Shinsuke Ashida

Plot Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in...

6.6

66 votes

6.6

66 votes

A Taxing Woman II

1988 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

6.4

27 votes

6.4

27 votes

Supermarket Woman

1996 · Movie · 127 min. · Japan

6.3

45 votes

6.3

45 votes

Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea

2007 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan

Direction Shinichirô Sawai

Cast Takashi Sorimachi · Rei Kikukawa · Mayumi Wakamura · Eugene Nomura

Plot A look at Genghis Khan's life, from his birth to conquests in Asia.

6.2

51 votes

6.2

51 votes

Pistol Opera

2001 · Movie · 112 min. · Japan

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Makiko Esumi · Sayoko Yamaguchi · Hanae Kan · Masatoshi Nagase

Plot Long, lean, raven-haired model turned actress Makiko Esumi is Miyuki Minazuki, an assassin in black kimono and high-heel boots better known as "Stray Cat". Rated number 3 in the Assassins...

5.6

135 votes

5.6

135 votes

The Woman with Red Hair

1979 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Tatsumi Kumashiro

Cast Junko Miyashita · Renji Ishibashi · Ako · Moeko Ezawa

Plot At his working place, Kozo and his colleague gangrape the boss' teenage daughter. Then, on the highway, he picks up a red-haired woman walking on the road back to his...

4.9

27 votes

4.9

27 votes

Mirai no omoide: Last Christmas

1992 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

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Sometimes... Like a Prostitute

1978 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

Not rated

Not rated

Female Teacher

1977 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Noboru Tanaka

Cast Eiko Nagashima · Masato Furuoya · Moeko Ezawa · Osamu Tsuruoka

Plot A young teacher (Eiko Nagashima) is raped by students. She tries to resign but then decides to return and face the class.

Not rated

Not rated

Days That Will Not Return

1978 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Toshiya Fujita

Cast Jun Etô · Toshiyuki Nagashima · Mayumi Asano · Kaori Takeda

Plot A high school student boarding in Tokyo returns to his hometown in the countryside for his father's funeral.

Not rated

Not rated

Tokei - Adieu l'hiver

1986 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction So Kuramoto

Cast Ayumi Ishida · Tomoko Nakajima · Tetsuya Watari · Takanori Jinnai

Plot Ishida plays a figure skating coach named Reiko Hayami coaching her young daughter Yuko, played by Tomoko Nakajima.

Not rated

Not rated

And Then

1985 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan

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Not rated

Like a Savage (Barbarian Alike)

1985 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Kyôhei Shibata · Michiko Kawai · Norihei Miki

Plot Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Not rated

Not rated

Uneasy Encounters

1994 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

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Not rated

Last Scene

2002 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

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Not rated

Deaths in Tokimeki

1984 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshimitsu Morita

Cast Kenji Sawada · Kanako Higuchi · Naoki Sugiura

Plot An emotionless hit man is sent on a mission to a remote town. There he stays with a caretaker / driver / servant / doctor who is given minimal instruction...

Not rated

Not rated