Screenplay: Macoto Tezuka

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Macoto Tezuka. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


The Legend of the Stardust Brothers

1985 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

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Monster Heaven: Ghost Hero

1990 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Masao Kusakari · Kaori Mizushima · Eisei Amamoto · Shôji Nakayama

Plot A major electronics company on the verge of developing technology to create a 3D image that can be physically handled is thrown into turmoil when a murderous demon is unleashed...

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Hakuchi: The Innocent

1999 · Movie · 146 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Tadanobu Asano · Miyako Koda · Reika Hashimoto · Masao Kusakari

Plot Director Macoto Tezuka’s harrowing drama is set in an alternate version of the 1990s in which World War II never ended and the citizens of Japan are subjected to nightly...

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Kumi to Tulip (S)

2015 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan

Direction Fumihiro Yoshimura · Macoto Tezuka

Plot Kumi is a little girl who lives in a world with sparkling metal skyscrapers, and where robots support everything. Kumi's playground is a garden by one of those skyscrapers with...

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Yukatsu: Reconstruction of Houjin Kagura

2012 · Documentary · 60 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot "Ogatsu Hoin Kagura" is handed down in Ogatsu Town, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake. A documentary film that summarizes the people surrounding...

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Tunohazu

2021 · Documentary · 32 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

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A Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

2016 · Movie · 132 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Ryosuke Miura · Kôhei Takeda · Chika Arakawa · Tadanobu Asano

Plot It is a completely new cult movie that is neither a remake nor a sequel. Set in the near future, the rejuvenated Stardust Brothers go to the moon, rampage like...

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2008mm (S)

2008 · Documentary · 8 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot Color short film shot in 8mm by the Japanese filmmaker and animator Macoto Tezuka, son of the famous Osamu Tezuka. Born in Tokyo in 1961, Macoto Tezuka began making 8mm...

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silhouette (S)

2009 · Documentary · 8 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot Color short film shot in 8mm by the Japanese filmmaker and animator Macoto Tezuka, son of the famous Osamu Tezuka. Born in Tokyo in 1961, Macoto Tezuka began making 8mm...

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Moment

1981 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Hiromi Yano · Hajime Imai · Yumi Saikawa · Yoshiaki Nishimura

Plot Pocky, a cute but clumsy high school girl, is foretold by an I Ching who is 100% hit that she will die in three days. Despite her worries, her friends...

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Mind The Gap (S)

2021 · Documentary · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot The latest work by Japanese Macoto Tezuka is a experimental short film that has been nominated for the "East Asia Experimental Competition" at the Image Forum Festival 2021.

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Experimental Film

1999 · Movie · 40 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Reika Hashimoto

Plot An experimental drama with the motif of “experimental film”. What does it mean to be reproduced on film? Under the theme of fundamental questions, it will express the relationship between...

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UNK (S)

1979 · Movie · 15 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Natsuko Yamamoto

Plot In homage to Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Unknown," a girl kidnapped by a flying saucer invites her to an alien city. There is no clear story or dialogue, and...

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Monster Heaven

1986 · Movie · 50 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Mitsutoshi Ishigami · Naoko Amihama · Masatô Ibu · Shigeru Mizuki

Plot An anthology of strange horror tales featuring yokai. It begins with astronauts finding a katana on the moon.

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OKUAGA (S)

2016 · Documentary · 18 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot Expressing the mysterious image of Okuaga with electronic sound and body movements of female dancers. A regional revitalization type work in collaboration with performers and staff living in Niigata who...

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PRELUDE (S)

1988 · Movie · 13 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Hajime Imai · Mika Kurosawa

Plot First part of Tezuka’s Elements films series representing “fire”.

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Black Kiss

2004 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Reika Hashimoto · Kaori Kawamura · Matsuoka Shunsuke · Jô Odagiri

Plot Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs...

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Danielle et Miranda (S)

1996 · Movie · 5 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot Animation with hand-drawn illustrations by Macoto Tezuka. The images of “NUMANITE” were arranged by the author himself and remade into this short work.

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MODEL (S)

1987 · Movie · 8 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Plot Animation using photos and copies. The double image on the left and right makes the woman’s face change rapidly.

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SPh

1983 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

Direction Macoto Tezuka

Cast Hajime Imai · Katsuhiko Nakagawa · Yutaka Sugita · Koji Kadota

Plot Stylish independent film with a strange style that seems to be a fusion of science fiction, mystery, and contemporary art, with the theme of fairies living in modern cities. It...

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