Direction: Masahiko Nagasawa

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Masahiko Nagasawa. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Far Away, So Close

2013 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

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Faraway Heaven

2008 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Rosa Kato · Yoshimi Tokui · Eiji Bandô · Moeko Ezawa

Synopsis Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and stressful city life, she seriously desires to end her life somewhere faraway from the city...

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Night Time Picnic

2006 · Movie · 117 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Tasuku Emoto · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Takuya Ishida · Tomohiro Kaku

Synopsis The film follows a group of high school students on a strenuous day-long hike during which they discover new sides of themselves. The story is adapted from author Onda Rika's popular same-titled novel, which earned Onda the Yoshikawa New Literary...

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Seoul

2002 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Tomoya Nagase · Kim Dong-uk · Jin-myung Go · Shim-young Hahm

Synopsis While on the way to the airport in Seoul, Japanese detective Hayase chases after criminals attempting to rob a security truck. Some of the robbers manage to escape, so Hayase must stay in Seoul to help identify the escaped robbers....

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The Graduation

2002 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Makoto Inamori · Yui Natsukawa · Shin'ichi Tsutsumi · Rina Uchiyama

Synopsis Asami, a junior-college student two months from graduation, lends a red umbrella one day to Mayama, a Psychology instructor. Her artlessly forward approach leaves Mayama embarrassed and confused. She has, in fact, been watching him for some time. Meanwhile Mayama’s...

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Being Here

2001 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Machiko Kochi · Masato Sakai · Natsuki Harada · Mami kurosaka

Synopsis Shino Aiba is finding her job as a copy editor in a big Tokyo ad agency less than satisfying. She still ranks low on the male-dominated agency hierarchy and is regularly dissed at meetings.

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Way of Blue Sky

2005 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Mikako Tabe · Mei Kurokawa · Maki Meguro · Rikiya Mifune

Synopsis Masaki (Takuya Nakayama) is about to move to the U.S. with his parents, much to the dismay of five girls who all like him in different ways. Tomboyish Takako (Saya Yuki) always gives him a hard time; Haruna (Mikako Tabe)...

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13 Kaidan

2003 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

Direction Masahiko Nagasawa

Cast Takashi Sorimachi · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Kankurô Kudô · Shôfukutei Tsurube

Synopsis Based on an award-winning novel by Kazuaki Takano, the thriller stars veteran actor Tsutomu Yamazaki (of “Tampopo” fame, brilliant as usual here) as an aging prison guard who is hired to find a killer in order to prove the innocence...

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