Direction: Naoto Takenaka

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


Quartet for Two

2001 · Movie · 104 min. · Japan

Direction Naoto Takenaka

Cast Naoto Takenaka · Yûki Amami · Keika Fukitsuka · Yuta Minowa

Plot Shotaro and Minako are arguing. Minako has confessed her infidelity to her husband and informs him of her intention to leave him. She has ceased to enjoy living with a...

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Zokki

2020 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan

Direction Takumi Saito · Naoto Takenaka · Takayuki Yamada

Cast Riho Yoshioka · Ryuhei Matsuda · Fuku Suzuki · Yûsaku Mori

Plot Three of Japan's most talented and prolific actor-directors have joined forces to adapt Hiroyuki Ohashi's cult manga series about characters in "an obscure corner" of the world. The film’s five...

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Tokyo Fair Weather

1997 · Movie · 121 min. · Japan

Direction Naoto Takenaka

Cast Naoto Takenaka · Miho Nakayama · Nobuyoshi Araki · Tadanobu Asano

Plot This is a biographical film about the late Yoko Araki, who was the wife of Japan's leading photographer, Nobuyoshi Araki.

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119

1994 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

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Nowhere Man

1991 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Naoto Takenaka

Cast Naoto Takenaka · Jun Fubuki · Kotaro Santo · Miyako Yamaguchi

Plot Sukezo, a farmer manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but...

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Yamagata Scream

2009 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

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