Directing
Minoru Matsui
Director.
Known For
Tree Without Leaves · 1986Tree Without Leaves
★ 8.01986
MovieDrama
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.
The Strangling · 1979The Strangling
★ 4.81979
Movie
The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and uncompromising father) are opposed to women (victims of men) as embodiment of salvation.
Za kyokuchi · 1987Za kyokuchi
★ 2.01987
Movie
A high school girl who lives with her newlywed sister and her husband. She masturbates every day, becoming frustrated by the extreme sex voices of her older sister and her husband. Her energetic sister is not satisfied with just her husband, and she also has an affair with a salesman. Her sister sees this and seduces her sister's husband without telling her sister...
Black Suit Legend · 1997Black Suit Legend
1997
Movie
In Roppongi, university student Koshiro is fascinated by the world of "black suits" when he meets Club Legend's number 1 hostess Miho and top staff member Hideto, and decides to join the world by getting a job at the high-class club himself.
Crossroads in Tokyo · 1991Crossroads in Tokyo
★ 7.01991
Movie
A three parts movie following people forgotten by a society that modernizes at the price of expelling part of its individuals.
Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima · 1980Barefoot Gen Part 3: Battle of Hiroshima
1980
MovieDramaWar
Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.
Banana Exchange Diary · 1987Banana Exchange Diary
1987
MovieDrama
A woman shares the power of self-love with her female friend. Complications ensue with her male partner. Can these two women reconnect?
Japanese Devils · 2001Japanese Devils
★ 5.02001
MovieDocumentaryWar
A documentary recording the testimony of fourteen former Japanese soldiers as they recount atrocities and war crimes committed during the Second World War, including the the infamous Unit 731 medical experimentation group. Having been trained by their country to be nothing but killers, the soldiers claim to have become morally numb and unable to see non-Japanese as even human. Perhaps feeling some remorse for what they have done, they now choose to tell their stories for the world to hear.
