Direction: Isao Yukisada

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


Go

2001 · Movie · 122 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Yôsuke Kubozuka · Kou Shibasaki · Shinobu Otake · Taro Yamamoto

Plot Sugihara is a second-generation Korean immigrant in Japan. He is torn between two cultures and does not feel at home in either. Sugihara’s life is marked by violence, and his...

7.0

422 votes

7.0

422 votes

Crying Out Love, In The Center Of the World

2004 · Movie · 138 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Takao Osawa · Kou Shibasaki · Masami Nagasawa · Mirai Moriyama

Plot In 1980s Kyushu, two teenagers fell in love, and exchanged their secrets and thoughts by way of sending tape recordings to each other. More than a decade later, the boy...

6.8

89 votes

6.8

89 votes

Parade

2009 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Karina · Shihori Kanjiya · Kento Hayashi

Plot Four youths share a two bedroom apartment in a corner of Tokyo. A series of assault cases occur in the same district. Eighteen year old Satoru, a male prostitute, joins...

6.6

98 votes

6.6

98 votes

Theater

2020 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Kento Yamazaki · Mayu Matsuoka · Kan'ichirô Satô · Sairi Itô

Plot Nagata is the director of a theater troupe. Unfortunately, he is rather unsuccessful on his finances which makes the crew has little confidence in him.

6.5

41 votes

6.5

41 votes

River's Edge

2018 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Fumi Nikaidou · Ryô Yoshizawa · Sumire Matsubara · Aoi Morikawa

Plot Tokyo, 1994. In a video interview a young woman discusses the significance of a teddy bear. Shortly afterwards, a burning object falls from a high-rise building at night. A young...

6.1

64 votes

6.1

64 votes

Jam Films

2002 · Movie · 105 min. · Japan

Direction Daizaburo Hanada · Jôji Iida · Shunji Iwai · Ryûhei Kitamura

Cast Natsuko Akiyama · Hirofumi Arai · Haruka Ayase · Ryoko Hirosue

Plot "The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets...

5.2

30 votes

5.2

30 votes

Enclosed Pain

2000 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

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Before the Vigil

2013 · Movie · 138 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Hiroshi Abe · Jun Fubuki · Yûichi Haba · Goro Kishitani

Plot Matsuoi (Hiroshi Abe) and his wife Tsuya moved to Oshima City because of her unpredictable character. Even though Tsuya continues to have affairs, Matsuoi loves her and is a devoted...

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Seventh Anniversary

2003 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan

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Camellia

2010 · Movie · 143 min. · South Korea

Direction Jang Joon-hwan · Wisit Sasanatieng · Isao Yukisada

Cast Kim Min-jun · Michael Shaowanasai · Sul Kyoung-gu · Yuriko Yoshitaka

Plot Three short films dedicated to the annual Pusan International Film Festival and the city itself. Featuring a star-studded ensemble cast from Korea, Japan and China. (Korean, Thai, Japanese with English...

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Five Minutes to Tomorrow

2014 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Joseph Chang · Cecilia Liu · Haruma Miura

Plot Ruo Lan meets at the local pool a young Japanese clock repairman: Ah Liang (played by Haruma Miura). Ah Liang is very shy and his mandarin still approximate. They fall...

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Reflections

2016 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Brillante Mendoza · Kulikar Sotho · Isao Yukisada

Cast Sharifah Amani · Masaya Kato · Masatoshi Nagase · Masahiko Tsugawa

Plot Shiniuma - Dead Horse - Brillante Ma Mendoza: The story begins at Banei racetrack in Obihiro, Hokkaido, in the midst of winter. Marcial (Manny) has won a race and is...

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Pink and Gray

2015 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Yûto Nakajima · Masaki Suda · Kaho · Yûya Yagira

Plot The death of a lifelong friend prompts the grieving Daiki to write a book about their friendship.

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A Good Husband

2009 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Etsushi Toyokawa · Asami Mizukawa · Gaku Hamada

Plot The heart wrenching love story between a married couple. The jobless husband cheats on his wife and has no love for her. The wife wants to go on a trip...

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Into the Faraway Sky

2007 · Movie · 145 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Ryunosuke Kamiki · Suzuka Ohgo · Yuma Sasano · Kintarô Hara

Plot Grade schooler Ryonosuke (Kamiki Ryonosuke) has just moved to a small town with his father (Miura Tomokazu), a government official overseeing the area's unpopular airport construction project. Ryonosuke finds a...

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Narratage

2017 · Movie · 140 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Kasumi Arimura · Jun Matsumoto · Yûtarô Furutachi · Mikako Ichikawa

Plot During spring, 2nd year university student Izumi Kudo (Kasumi Arimura) receives a phone call from Takashi Hayama (Jun Matsumoto). Takashi Hayama was her adviser/teacher at her high school drama club....

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Year One in the North

2005 · Movie · 170 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Ken Watanabe · Etsushi Toyokawa · Toshirô Yanagiba

Plot In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported...

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Open House

1998 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

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The World According to Chocolat

2007 · Movie · 50 min. · Japan

Direction Isao Yukisada

Cast Yuko Takeuchi · Chihiro Ohtsuka · Sôkô Wada · Masaki Miura

Plot Originally only intended to be a commercial for a Sony Ericsson cell phone, was made into a short movie. A woman named Chocolat disappeared 7 years ago, leaving her boyfriend...

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