Daigo Matsui

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Daigo Matsui

Born November 2, 1985 · Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan (age 40)

Daigo Matsui (松居大悟 Matsui Daigo, born November 2, 1985 in Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese screenwriter and film director. During his studies at Keio University he established a theater troupe called “Gojigen”, which he still manages today. He made several short films, music videos, and worked as an actor. His first motion picture "Afro Tanaka" was produced in 2012. His works have already been sc…

Known For

Perfect DaysPerfect Days · 2023
Perfect Days
7.82023
MovieDrama
Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.
HandHand · 2022
Hand
5.32022
MovieDramaRomance
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
HirugaoHirugao · 2017
Hirugao
5.42017
MovieDramaRomance
Set 3 years after the drama series. Kitano Yuichiro comes to give a lecture in the town where divorcee Sasamoto Sawa now lives quietly. The two meet again and their love story continue.
Just RememberingJust Remembering · 2022
Just Remembering
6.82022
MovieDramaRomance
A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Supporting Actors in ByplaywoodThe Supporting Actors in Byplaywood · 2021
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood
6.72021
MovieComedy
In a studio at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Gaku Hamada is struggling to shoot a movie with a dog in the lead role. Enter a huge cast of veteran actors who get involved in misadventures while on set.
Utae! Love Song Furete G KôdoUtae! Love Song Furete G Kôdo · 2021
Utae! Love Song Furete G Kôdo
2021
MovieDrama
Hiroshi, an unsuccessful musician, reunites with his first love, Nozomi, at a strip club. Nozomi is also struggling to balance her dreams and reality as a stripper. Then, Hiroshi hears rumors about a certain singer...
Meets the WorldMeets the World · 2025
Meets the World
7.02025
MovieDrama
Yukari, a 27-year old fujoshi fangirl who loves the popular yakiniku-themed pretty boy anime "Meat is Mine", ends up meeting Rai, a pretty but enigmatic bar hostess. As they become friends and roommates in Kabukicho, Yukari starts to get concerned about how Rai doesn't take care of herself and keeps talking about death. Yukari wants to make Rai less suicidal by finding her ex-boyfriend, who she suspects Rai still isn't over. At the same time Yukari attempts to date a decent guy, pressured by her mother and thinking that love might be the answer to set her life straight. Nevertheless, she ends up spending a lot of time with Rai's friend Asahi, a cheery and friendly (but married) host club boy. Based on the novel by Hitomi Kanehara.
Undead LoversUndead Lovers · 2024
Undead Lovers
8.02024
MovieDramaRomance
Rino believes that "the man of her destiny" is Jun who always disappears from her whenever she feels their love for each other. In their lifetime, they meet many times and Rino is 100% focused on him every time. These encounters and separations are repeated in many circumstances. What could be the miraculous result of her persistent love for him?

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Meets the WorldMeets the World · 2025
Meets the World
7.02025
MovieDrama
Yukari, a 27-year old fujoshi fangirl who loves the popular yakiniku-themed pretty boy anime "Meat is Mine", ends up meeting Rai, a pretty but enigmatic bar hostess. As they become friends and roommates in Kabukicho, Yukari starts to get concerned about how Rai doesn't take care of herself and keeps talking about death. Yukari wants to make Rai less suicidal by finding her ex-boyfriend, who she suspects Rai still isn't over. At the same time Yukari attempts to date a decent guy, pressured by her mother and thinking that love might be the answer to set her life straight. Nevertheless, she ends up spending a lot of time with Rai's friend Asahi, a cheery and friendly (but married) host club boy. Based on the novel by Hitomi Kanehara.

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#HandballStrive#HandballStrive · 2020
#HandballStrive
6.82020
MovieComedyDrama
The school’s handball club is about to close down. Can social media bring it back to life? Masao Kiyota is a high school student living in Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture. Lacking passion for anything in life, he spends his days like so many youth on his smartphone along with his childhood friend, Okamoto. One day, they upload a photo taken three years previously when they were both part of their school’s handball team. To their surprise, the post goes a little viral. Encouraged, they add the hashtag: “#Handball Full Power” and are swarmed with “likes” from around the country. Amidst the sudden social media attention, Masao and Okamoto set to resuscitating a nearly defunct men’s handball team.

Screenplay