Direction: Tomomi Mochizuki

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


Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie

1988 · Movie · 68 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Kyosuke Kasuga thinks back to the summer when he finally decides on which girl he loves. The three-year Kyosuke/Madoka/Hikaru love-triangle crashes to an end.

7.2

90 votes

7.2

90 votes

Kimagure Orange Road (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Izumi Matsumoto · Osamu Kobayashi · Tomomi Mochizuki · Takeshi Mori

Synopsis Kyousuke Kasuga is a completely normal Japanese high school student, with two very big problems. The first is his complete and utter inability to choose between two girls, the bright, bubbly, and overbearing Hikaru, and the moody, beautiful, Madoka. The...

7.1

463 votes

7.1

463 votes

Maison Ikkoku (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuo Yamazaki · Naoyuki Yoshinaga · Takashi Annô · Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Godai is a ronin (someone who has failed university entrance exams) living in a run down apartment house called Maison Ikkoku. Among the other residents are the nosy Ichinose, the sexy Akemi Roppongi, and the mysterious Yotsuya. The others are...

7.1

210 votes

7.1

210 votes

House of Five Leaves (TV Series)

2010 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis TV Series (2010). 12 Episodes. Akitsu Masanosuke is a timid ronin on his way to Edo from the countryside when he accidentally encounters a playboy named Yaichi, who asks him to be his bodyguard. But it turns out that Yaichi...

6.7

63 votes

6.7

63 votes

Ranma ½: Tendo Family Christmas Scramble

1993 · Movie · 30 min. · Japan

Direction Kazuhiro Furuhashi · Shinji Takagi · Takeshi Mori · Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Kasumi has a dream that Santa Claus asks her to hold a Christmas party at the Tendo Dojo. Practically everyone from the series is invited and chaos ensues.

6.4

57 votes

6.4

57 votes

Direction Kazuhiro Furuhashi · Shinji Takagi · Takeshi Mori · Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Shampoo discovers a broach which makes her feel the opposite of her true feelings for Ranma. Ranma begins to panic at the thought of losing one of his fiancees, and plans to tell Shampoo that he loves her.

6.3

103 votes

6.3

103 votes

Magical Angel Creamy Mami (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Osamu Kobayashi · Ryo Tachiba · Tomomi Mochizuki · Takashi Annô

Synopsis Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji and Nega, to watch over and guide her. Using her...

6.2

23 votes

6.2

23 votes

Twilight Q

1987 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

Direction Mamoru Oshii · Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis {Part 1: Reflection} Mayumi is diving in the ocean, when she makes a strange find: a camera. Stranger still, the film in the camera holds a picture of herself on the arm of a man whom she's never before seen....

6.0

25 votes

6.0

25 votes

Ocean Waves (TV)

1993 · Movie · 72 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis The main character travels to his hometown for his high school reunion. During the trip, he recalls the memories of the days in high school. Friendship, subtle love, a trip to Tokyo and so on all came back to him...

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5.9

2K votes

5.9

2K votes

Mysterious Disappearances

2024 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis TV Series (2024). 12 Episodes. Sumireko Ogawa is an aspiring novelist who loves mysteries and works at a bookstore with a boy named Ren Adashino. They witness strange occurrences and attempt to solve mysteries. (Source: ANN)

5.9

29 votes

5.9

29 votes

Maison Ikkoku: Final Chapter

1988 · Movie · 66 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Godai roommate made a party to celebrate Godai and Kyoko wedding. But something happen in party, Godai heard that Kyoko is waiting a letter. He became jealous and doubt to Kyoko, he worried that Kyoko still love somebody else, then...

5.9

31 votes

5.9

31 votes

Ballad of a Shinigami (TV Series)

2006 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis A girl wrapped in white, her name is Momo...in her hand lies a blunt yet shiny scythe. By her side is a wingged black cat by the name of Daniel. Carrying the souls of humans, the girl's existence parallels to...

5.7

33 votes

5.7

33 votes

The Legend of Hikari (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki · Tetsuya Kobayashi · Fumiko Ishii · Chisato Motegi

Synopsis TV series. 19 episodes. The story is about Hikari Kamijou, a fifteen-year-old junior-high-school girl who develops a passion for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics ever since she saw her idol, Diliana Gueorguiva perform and win a contest of rhythmic gymnastics...

5.4

61 votes

5.4

61 votes

Magical Emi, the Magic Star (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Ryo Tachiba · Noriyasu Kogawa · Tomomi Mochizuki · Fumihiko Takayama

Synopsis TV Series. 38 episodes, 2 OVAs. Mai is a little girl who idolizes Emily Howell, a famous magician. She is given a magic bracelet to transform into Magical Emi when she says "Pulitto! Palalin Lilikalu Palapola Magical". She soon becomes...

5.2

79 votes

5.2

79 votes

Pupa (TV Series)

2013 · Series · 4 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis TV Series (2014). 12 Episodes. The life-and-death sibling story follows Hasegawa Utsutsu and Yume, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis...

2.6

119 votes

2.6

119 votes

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis OVA Mini-series (1990). 2 Episodes. Licca gets trapped in the mysterious world of Yunia, so she must try to go back to her home.

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Seraphim Call (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki · Hideki Okamoto · Hiroki Negishi · Megumi Yamamoto

Synopsis TV Series (1999). 12 Episodes. Eleven young hearts with eleven dreams. Deep in their hearts, each girl has a secret dream of love and sadness. They meet together at Acropolis Tower to see if their dreams will come true. Imagine...

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Tokimeki Tonight (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Sasagawa · Tsutomu Shibayama · Tomomi Mochizuki · Kazunori Tanabashi

Synopsis TV Series (1982 - 1983). 34 Episodes. 15-year-old Ranze Eto lives in an isolated castle in Japan with her werewolf mother, vampire father, and younger brother, Rinze. Despite her lineage, she has yet to demonstrate any special powers of her...

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Dark Myth

1990 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Annô · Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Takahashi, is the living embodiment of Atman (the energy of the Human Spirit) and he has been called upon to fight the forces of darkness single handedly. He is haunted by the murder of his father, and is thrown into...

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Twin Spica (TV Series)

2003 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Tomomi Mochizuki

Synopsis Asumi Kamogawa is a lonely girl raised by a widower father. Her mother was one of the many victims of a tragedy that occurred five years ago. A rocket launch turned into a disaster after the explosion of one of...

Not rated

Not rated