Direction: Makoto Wada

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


Round About Midnight

1999 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Makoto Wada

Cast Hiroyuki Sanada · Michelle Reis · Akira Emoto · Junichi Haruta

Plot Koji, a jazz musician, takes a cigarette break in between sets at a Tokyo nightclub. He witnesses a murder and runs into a girl, Linda, who is being pursued by...

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Uneasy Encounters

1994 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

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Mahjong Horoki

1984 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan

Direction Makoto Wada

Cast Hiroyuki Sanada · Shinobu Otake · Takeshi Kaga · Mariko Kaga

Plot A mahjong neophyte loses everything to game master only to hone his skills, take on all challenges and plan for an ultimate revenge match.

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Ruby, the Thief (Mysterious Thief Ruby)

1988 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

Direction Makoto Wada

Cast Kyôko Koizumi · Hiroyuki Sanada · Kumi Mizuno · Masumi Okada

Plot Toru Hayashi lives alone with his mother. Young salaryman whose life is staggeringly banal, he is what we can call a man stuck, until a pretty young woman moves into...

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Murder (S)

1964 · Movie · 10 min. · Japan

Direction Makoto Wada

Plot Wada uses cutouts drawn with marker on paper to create a simple but effective comedic send-up of genre films. Wada passion for the cinema is well known and a recurring...

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