Direction: Ken Ochiai
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ken Ochiai. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Titles found: 17
Juliet Juliet - The Sound of Love Musical (S)
2015 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Takuya Ide · Marie Iitoyo · Imoaraizaka Kakarichô · Ken Maeda
Synopsis Two rivals bid for the lead role in a annual musical festival at a prestigious women's high school. Things get complicated when a male transfer student appears.
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It's a Kid's World
2011 · Movie · United States
Direction Aliakbar Campwala · Matt Cerwen · Brent Huff · Imraan Ismail
Cast Neath Champion-Weeks · Avery Dennis · Hunter Dennis · Jordan Devries
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Lucky Lotus (S)
2009 · Movie · 16 min. · United States
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Caroline Do · Anisha Adusumilli · Catherine Ai · Katherine Birre
Synopsis Lucky Lotus is a successful hostess bar in Los Angeles, California where men go for good conversation and companionship. Cong is the owner who also plays mother hen to all the girls who work there. Having escaped from Viet Nam,...
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Golden Kamuy - The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido
2024 · Series · 30 min. · Japan
Direction Kenji Katagiri · Shigeaki Kubo · Ken Ochiai · Yôsuke Satô
Cast Kento Yamazaki · Anna Yamada · Yûma Yamoto · Gordon Maeda
Synopsis Retired soldier Saichi Sugimoto and Ainu girl Asirpa seek the hidden Ainu gold while hunting escaped convicts with tattooed maps leading to its location.
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Express 831 (S)
2008 · Movie · 14 min. · United States
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Christopher Bland · Jocelin Donahue · Roslyn Gentle · Kelsey Gunn
Synopsis Sam, a college student celebrating his 21st birthday, must realize that he can no longer live his life without getting on board. Like all passengers, Sam must take the initiative to follow this journey in order to affect the destination....
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Bite Size Halloween (TV Series)
2020 · Series · 10 min. · United States
Direction Jerome Sable · John Ross · Mark Lediard · Gavin Williams
Cast Irene Allan · Jennifer Matter · Kimberly Alexander · Taliyah Simone
Synopsis Created by exciting emerging filmmakers with 20th Digital Studio, these shorts take on topical issues and blend genres like horror, comedy, sci-fi and thriller.
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Half Kenneth (S)
2009 · Movie · 22 min. · United States
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Avery Dennis · Hunter Dennis · Chris Tashima · Sab Shimono
Synopsis Kenneth Handa, a 12 year old bi-racial boy, has been imprisoned for three years at the Manzanar Relocation Center -- a World War II concentration camp for Japanese Americans. After his father's death, he decides to escape to find his...
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Dance! Dance! Dance!
2014 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Dean Fujioka · Ayumi Ito · Aoi Morikawa
Synopsis The movie is set in Japan and tells the story of Furu, a young aspiring musician, who is dreaming of a getaway out of his small coastal town in Northern Iwate. He succeeds but the price is very high. Too...
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The Tiger Mask
2013 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Eiji Wentz · Natsuna Watanabe · Sho Aikawa · Aya Hirano
Synopsis Trained to be a villain by the mysterious Tiger's Cave, Naoto Date was prepared to make his debut as the villain Tiger Mask. But when he donates all of his earnings to an orphanage, Tiger's Cave brands him a traitor.
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Saigon Bodyguards
2017 · Movie · Vietnam
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Kim Ly · Chi Pu · Thai Hoa · Be Tran
Synopsis Saigon Bodyguards follows the intense and hilarious journey of two professional bodyguards tasked with their most important assignment ever.
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Werecat (S)
2013 · Movie · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Hidenobu Abera · Kaori Ikeda · Masanori Iwahara · Kazuki Kawakami
Synopsis An earthquake awakens a shape-shifting love sick monstrous cat who wreaks havoc on 10 stranded strangers.
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Frog in the Well (S)
2010 · Movie · 15 min. · United States
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Ken Ochiai · Chisato Sakurai · Kazuko Tajima
Synopsis Following his mother's wishes, Jo, a reclusive young tailor from Tokyo embarks on a solitary journey across Japan.
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Miyuki's Wind Bell (S)
2011 · Movie · 20 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Teruko Hanahara · Takuya Ishida · Erina Mano
Synopsis Against her will, Miyuki must leave Tokyo and take her two young half-brothers to the country home of their quirky grandmother, but when they arrive she will discover that she had to leave her home in order to find it.
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Ninja the Monster
2015 · Movie · 81 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Dean Fujioka · Aoi Morikawa · Sôkô Wada
Synopsis The time is midst of the samurai era when Ninja were considered a threat and outlawed by the government. They were thought to be extinct where peace was maintained by the Shogunate except for the ones who escaped and survived....
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Memory Sculptor (S)
2013 · Movie · 16 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Shunsuke Daitô · Denden · Seiichirô Kameishi · Kyo Kasumi
Synopsis The wife of a wealthy man hires memory erasing agents to erase the memory of the young lover with whom he is having an affair, but soon realizes that the young lover will stop at nothing to keep the man's...
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Uzumasa Limelight
2014 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Seizo Fukumoto · Chihiro Yamamoto · Masashi Goda · Hirotarô Honda
Synopsis Seiichi (Seizo Fukumoto) works at Nichiei Studios in Uzumasa, Kyoto, Japan. He only plays characters who get slashed by the sword. Due to the popularity of other types of dramas, his workload has been steadily declining. Seiichi then meets a...
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Phoenix (S)
2006 · Movie · 6 min. · United States
Direction Ken Ochiai
Cast Zachary Allan · Paul Bonsigmore · Kevin Donelan · Kelwin Hagen
Synopsis Two young brothers, Ryan and Karl burn down their house to escape their father.
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