Direction: Katsuhito Ishii

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


The Origin of O-Ren (S)

2003 · Movie · 9 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii · Shou Tajima

Cast Uma Thurman

Synopsis As "The Bride" takes time to recover feeling on her lower body after waking up from a four-year coma, she reminisces the life of O-Ren Ishii, one of Bill's assassins who was involved in the wedding chapel incident that nearly...

7.9

276 votes

7.9

276 votes

The Taste of Tea

2004 · Movie · 143 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii

Cast Maya Banno · Takahiro Sato · Tadanobu Asano · Satomi Tezuka

Synopsis A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

1998 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Ittoku Kishibe · Sie Kohinata · Kimie Shingyoji

Synopsis In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads...

6.1

95 votes

6.1

95 votes

My Darling of the Mountains

2008 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii

Cast Tsuyoshi Kusanagi · Maiko · Ryo Kase · Yoriko Douguchi

Synopsis Tokuichi and Fukuichi are two blind masseurs plying their trade around the hot springs on the Izu Peninsula, in 1930’s Japan. The two have trained their other senses to perceive much about the world others cannot see. Those powers of...

5.8

27 votes

5.8

27 votes

Party 7

2000 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Keisuke Horibe · Yoshinori Okada · Akemi Kobayashi

Synopsis Seven characters, introduced at the start of the film, get thrown together into the same hotel room: a thief who's stolen a suitcase of money from the mob, his ex-girlfriend, her obsessive boyfriend, the mob soldier sent to retrieve the...

5.7

43 votes

5.7

43 votes

Funky Forest: The First Contact

2005 · Movie · 150 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii · Hajime Ishimine · Shunichirô Miki

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Yoshiyuki Morishita · Mariko Takahashi · Susumu Terajima

Synopsis Funky Forest is a series of absurdist skits—including both computer generated and hand drawn animation segments and musical interludes—sharing some common characters and situations, thrown together in a blender. The movie features the interwoven antics of two squabbling TV comedians,...

5.6

171 votes

5.6

171 votes

Trava: Fist Planet

2002 · Movie · 50 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii · Takeshi Koike

Synopsis Ace pilot Trava and his personal mechanic buddy Shinkai, on their way to mark an out-of-the-way planet, pick up Mikuru, a girl with no memory. The three are about to discover that the planet is more than it seems.

5.4

39 votes

5.4

39 votes

Gamera (S)

2016 · Movie · 4 min. · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii

Cast Kankurô Kudô

Synopsis When monsters created by the people of Atlantis wreak havoc on the country of Japan, another monster created by the same people returns to fight off the menace. The short was originally a trailer for a Gamera movie that was...

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New Hal & Bons

2007 · Movie · Japan

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Hal & Bons

2002 · Movie · Japan

Direction Katsuhito Ishii · Sadamune Takenaka

Synopsis Hal and Bons are a pair of beer-drinking slacker dogs. They are joined on their sofa by an anthropomorphic rice cake by the name of Mochi, who first interviews them and then decides to give up being an interviewer and...

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