Cinematography: Kenji Takama

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


6.7

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Haru's Journey

2010 · Movie · 134 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiro Kobayashi

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Eri Tokunaga · Hideji Ôtaki · Kin Sugai

Synopsis A retired fisherman (Tatsuya Nakadai) takes his granddaughter (Eri Tokunaga) on a road trip to visit family members and to look for a new home.

6.6

62 votes

6.6

62 votes

Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion

1996 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Akiji Kobayashi · Toshiyuki Nagashima · Miki Mizuno · Tamotsu Ishibashi

Synopsis The giant flying turtle is back for this 1995 Japanese feature where once again Gamera's intentions are misinterpreted by the military. All Gamera wants to do is take on his old enemy, Gyaos, the giant prehistoric bird who has nested...

6.0

107 votes

6.0

107 votes

Death Note: The Last Name

2006 · Movie · 141 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Takeshi Kaga · Shido Nakamura · Ken'ichi Matsuyama

Synopsis Shinigami own notebooks called "Death Notes" which are used as killing devices. Whoever's name they write down in a death note will die within 40 seconds. Shinigami Ryuku accidentally dropped his Death Note in the human world where it's found...

6.0

3K votes

6.0

3K votes

Pyrokinesis

2000 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Akiko Yada · Hideaki Ito · Ryuuji Harada · Masami Nagasawa

Synopsis Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and...

4.6

59 votes

4.6

59 votes

Tokimeki memoriaru

1997 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Sugawara

Cast Kanako Enomoto · Kazue Fukiishi · Yoshihiko Hakamada · Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Synopsis Akihiko's pal lures him into the girl's locker room where he overhears four beauties' plans to work at a beach-side stand. He gets a job there. At first, the girls balk, but over the summer, they get to know each...

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Holyland (TV Miniseries)

2005 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Hidenori Tokuyama · Yûma Ishigaki · Sota Aoyama · Taro Nogi

Synopsis A bullied student learns to fight in order to take on the kids who tormented him.

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Kyoto Elegy

2014 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Kiki Sugino

Cast Takahiro Miura · Kiki Sugino · Eri Tokunaga · Taiga Nakano

Synopsis Kyoto in April. A shy student, Watabe, is struggling to make friends and spending lonely days in a university. Concurrently, student life for Satomi has also been hard, due to her overweight appearance. For Satomi, it is only Watabe who...

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No Worries on the Recruit Front

1991 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Yûji Oda · Kôji Matoba · Nobuko Sendô · Emi Wakui

Synopsis he film gives a description of the life of students struggling to find a job at the end of college in Japan at the end of the 1980s, a time when companies would fight to get the best students to...

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Yamadamura waltz

1988 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

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The Wind in Your Heart

2017 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Seok-ho Yoon

Cast Hidekazu Mashima · Masumi Sanada

Synopsis Video artist Ryosuke visits the suburb of Furano in Hokkaido, where his friend lives, in order to shoot a video. His car breaks down and Ryosuke decides to walk to a house and ask for a phone. The person that...

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Gentle 12

1991 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

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Summer Vacation 1999

1988 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Eri Miyajima · Tomoko Otakara · Miyuki Nakano · Eri Fukatsu

Synopsis The story concerns three friends who have remained at their boarding school over the summer break in order to further their studies independently. One boy is missing from the group, having recently committed suicide. A complicating factor in their interactions...

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Vamp

2019 · Movie · 86 min. · Japan

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Who Do I Choose?

1989 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

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High School Teacher (A High School Teacher)

1993 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Direction Ken Yoshida

Cast Toshiaki Karasawa · Kyôko Toyama · Keiko Oginome · Anju Suzuki

Synopsis In a rugby match, disaster strikes as player Kazuki causes serious injury to his friend Takeshi, and as a result he is left as a vegetable. Guilt-ridden he quits the team and settles in a remote Kamakura Girl’s High School...

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The Last Cabaret

1988 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

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Pride

2009 · Movie · 126 min. · Japan

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Stéphanie · Hikari Mitsushima · Michiko Godai · Jon Kabira

Synopsis Two women who both have talent and a dream fight for their place in the spotlight in this Japanese melodrama adapted from a popular manga. Shio (Stephanie) is a beautiful young woman from a wealthy family who is studying voice...

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