Directing
Yoko Oguchi
Started making independent films at the age of 19. 1988: "Endless Love" was selected for the PFF. In 2006, her film Watashi no Oji (My Prince) won the Grand Prix at the Image Forum Festival. Since then, her films have been invited to screen at international film festivals such as the Vancouver Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival and Raindance Film Festival. Currently, she is producing films wi…
Known For
Looking for an Angel · 1999Looking for an Angel
★ 5.91999
MovieDrama
Takachi, a young porno star from a small town in Japan is found dead. His death provides the opportunity to show us his true emotions, and how his two best friends in Tokyo remember him. These two travel back to Takachi's town, Kochi, which Takachi himself had visited just prior to dying. In Kochi, all boys seem to be angels.
ENDLESS LOVE · 1988ENDLESS LOVE
1988
Movie
The film is divided into two chapters, "First Love" and "Endless Love", in which the author, Yoko Oguchi, chases after a different man, each saying "I love you! and chases after another man. In the second chapter, she screams in public, has sex with a man, shaves her hair and gets (really) yelled at by her parents. Beyond the fictionality and perfection of the drama, the author's daring and daredevil performance have a strong impact on the viewer.
Barren Illusion · 1999Barren Illusion
★ 5.71999
MovieScience FictionDrama
In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage · 2006Dear Mrs Ougi Chikage
2006
MovieDocumentary
Kenji Murakami seeks out legendary wildman director Kenji Onishi and arranges a meeting with director Yoko Oguchi. The meeting turns unexpectedly intense...
Short Story Collection: Things That Pass Away · 2021Short Story Collection: Things That Pass Away
2021
Movie
This anthology film brings together a diverse group of directors at the call of actress Hotaru, who also works as a film director. It consists of five short films.
Raigyo: Swan · 1988Raigyo: Swan
1988
Movie
Thorns of Love · 2013Thorns of Love
2013
MovieComedyDrama
Yamada falls in love in first sight with a girl named Maki sitting on the side of the road. However, Maki is a rather eccentric individual who acts in accordance with orders picked up by her brain. Paying no heed to the warnings of a friend, the simpleminded Yamada falls deeper in love with Maki.
Don’t Dare to Stop Love · 2012Don’t Dare to Stop Love
2012
MovieDrama
A woman believes she hears the voice of God in her mind and lives according to God's word. Her 16-year-old daughter, Sakurako, looks at her mother with a cold, cynical gaze. One day, the woman witnesses a young man being beaten and kicked in a bar, receives a kind of revelation, and brings him home. The woman, who also believes she is dying of cancer, sees this as a fated encounter, but her balanced life doesn't last long. The man, who had seemed like an intangible presence, takes concrete action for the first time, and the story abruptly collapses...
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