Direction: Katsuhito Ishii
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Katsuhito Ishii. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 12
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
Direction Katsuhito Ishii
Cast Satoshi Tsumabuki · Masanobu Ando · Hikari Mitsushima · Masatoshi Nagase
6.2
88 votes
6.2
88 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
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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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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Harô! Jun'ichi
2014 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuhito Ishii · Kanoko Kawaguchi · Atsushi Yoshioka
Cast Tatsuya Gashuin · Yôhei Hotta · Chizuru Ikewaki · Amon Kabe
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