Direction: Yoshihiko Matsui

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


Noisy Requiem

1988 · Movie · 150 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshihiko Matsui

Cast Toshihiko Hino · Simon Kumai · Yukiko Murata · Mamiko Nakai

Plot Produced by Yoshihiko Matsui (pig-chicken-suicide) this is the biggest-ever collaborative effort of the Japanese underground scene. Everybody from Shogo Ishii to Shinya Tsukamoto worked on this film, from a deranged...

5.8

27 votes

5.8

27 votes

Rusty Empty Can

1979 · Movie · 59 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshihiko Matsui

Cast Mitsuhiko Akita · Saburô Tamura · Kazuhiro Sano

Plot Matsui’s debut film, “Rusty Empty Can” (1979), was photographed by Sogo Ishii; nonetheless the film turned out to be a serious and emotionally painful one unlike Ishii’s speedy roller-coaster movies....

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Pig-Chicken Suicide

1981 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshihiko Matsui

Cast Naomi Hagio · Takahiro Hattori · Toshihiko Hino · Remi Nakamachi

Plot Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism to tell the story of two Koreans living in Japan...

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