Direction: Takao Kinoshita

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


1 Litre of Tears (TV Series)

2005 · Series · 45 min. · Japan

Direction Shosuke Murakami · Takao Kinoshita

Cast Erika Sawajiri · Ryô Nishikido · Hiroko Yakushimaru · Riko Narumi

Synopsis The story of a family whose 15-year old eldest daughter comes down with an incurable disease (Spinocerebellar Degeneration) but puts up a fierce battle to live while bearing up under her infirmity. It also recounts in a positive manner the...

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7.9

159 votes

Direction Kaede Kamiya · Takao Kinoshita · Yûsuke Matsuda

Cast Eiji Akaso · Yui Sakuma · Kento Nakajima · Ayana Sôgawa

Synopsis Sosuke Hasebe was a dull fat boy who is now a handsome elite, working as the deputy editor-in-chief for fashion magazine "The Most". He is unfriendly but a cool rationalist and is moving back to Japan from New York to...

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Direction Shosuke Murakami · Takao Kinoshita · Yasushi Ueda

Cast Minami · Nagisa Katahira · Ryunosuke Kamiki · Yasunori Danda

Synopsis Four stories of four women on Christmas Eve. A housewife was given a bouquet of flowers from a strange adolescent girl, a woman spent with her sister's lover, in an omnibus, a woman took a family trip proposed by her...

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Rasen (TV Series)

1999 · Series · 45 min. · Japan

Direction Jun'ichi Tsuzuki · Takao Kinoshita · Hiroshi Nishitani

Cast Risa Junna · Tae Kimura · Takeshi Masu · Takashi Naitô

Synopsis 13 Episodes. Pathologist Dr. Andou Mitsuo gets tangled into the web of the video tape and Yamamura Sadako by pure luck. Unbeknown to the circumstances of discovering the tape, Mitsuo resumed the search to find the real 'truth' that was...

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