Direction: Ken Ochiai

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


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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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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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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