Rei Sakamoto

Directing

Rei Sakamoto

Born September 8, 1973 · Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan (age 53)

Born in Tokyo in 1973. After studying under Takahisa Zeze and working as an assistant director on several Kokuei films, he made his directorial debut with "Sex Friend: Nurezakari" (1999). He has also been active as a producer since 2013.

Known For

TsumugiTsumugi · 2004
Tsumugi
★ 5.92004
MovieDramaRomance
Tsumugi, a girl with a crush on her teacher, discovers that the teacher is having an affair with another teacher. Complications ensue after Tsumugi manages to attract her teacher, but then begins falling for a fellow student.
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara SametePerfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete · 2002
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete
★ 6.42002
MovieDramaMystery
Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (パーfectブルー 夢なら醒めて, Pāfekuto Burū: Yume Nara Samete) is a 2002 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Toshiki Satō and adapted from the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The story centers on Ai, a teen pop idol transitioning to a recording career, whose life unravels amid fixation from a obsessive convenience store clerk, leading to themes of distorted self-perception, narcissistic delusions, and violent events.
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVEI Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE · 1996
I Stand Alone - SEX & LOVE
★ 2.01996
MovieScience Fiction
Set in a metropolis in the 21st century, this unique erotic drama depicts youth colored by sex, drugs, and violence with a touch of science fiction.
Apartment Wife: Lost CatApartment Wife: Lost Cat · 1998
Apartment Wife: Lost Cat
★ 3.31998
MovieDramaCrime
As a newspaper reporter listens to the confession of a wife who murdered her husband, the film shockingly depicts the process by which she discovers why she killed her husband, why she started working on street corners, and how she became deeply immersed in an affair that began as prostitution to relieve boredom...
Lusty Hot SpringLusty Hot Spring · 1999
Lusty Hot Spring
★ 2.71999
MovieDrama
Kiriko is a beautiful woman working in a quiet hot spring town. The owner of the inn, Goro, is attracted to her beauty and asks her out, but she refuses. Meanwhile, Imai, a detective staying at the inn, recognizes Kiriko's face and investigates her past on his own.
SEXY COP 348SEXY COP 348 · 1996
SEXY COP 348
1996
MovieActionCrime
Asuka Hanyu, a lone wolf who will stop at nothing to investigate, is a cool beauty who throws away her voluptuous body and strikes her enemies right between the eyes. This female detective infiltrates the Taiwanese mafia. However, her identity is compromised when someone tips her off!
Anarchy in JapansukeAnarchy in Japansuke · 1999
Anarchy in Japansuke
★ 4.91999
MovieDrama
A middle-aged man walks up to young man who is sitting under a tree and shoots him. The film then flashes back to 1981, where a young woman steals a car with a baby strapped inside. She decides to raise the child as her own, and teaches him to shoplift from stores while she works as a prostitute. She strikes up a relationship with a convenience-store clerk, and the two eventually settle down together.
The Chrysanthemum and the GuillotineThe Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine · 2018
The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine
★ 6.22018
MovieDramaHistory
In the wake of the social unrest caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, two female sumo athletes, Kiku and Tokachi, and an anarchist group called the Guillotine Society, spark an unlikely connection.

Filmography

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My Technicolor GirlMy Technicolor Girl · 2016
My Technicolor Girl
2016
MovieDramaRomance
Nagano has had a sickness of the heart for 40 years and has been hospitalized at the mental hospital in Fukushima. However, during the evacuation when the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, knowing that he’s already completely healed, he makes his way back out to into the world. Having been hospitalized from when he was in his teens until his fifties, his story is like that of Urashima Taro, the Japanese fisherman who went beneath the sea as a young man and returned to an unfamiliar world. However, his heart from long ago is for the first time full of feelings to meet the woman he loved. Before long, Nagano learns that the woman has taken refuge in Tokyo and lives with her son and his wife, and sets out on a bike headed for Tokyo.

Director

まんが島まんが島 · 2017
まんが島
2017
Movie
The girl asked, "Where is Manga Island?" Only manga artists can set foot on the island. Idle people are not allowed to enter, but Manga Island is also like a besieged city. People outside want to enter, while those inside want to come out. A few manga artists trapped on a small island, accompanied by snakes and insects, perform the horror of a deserted island, and even rush to draft day and night, pouring their emotions and desires onto paper. When it comes to brain block, I finally come up with the legend of mermaid monster Tan and dungboat, and I'm afraid of being taken by someone. Everyone was hungry, afraid of both starvation and exhaustion of inspiration. Struggling with the barren environment, but also entangled with one's own demons. Shouwu Wenxiong initially made a long film, wrote and acted by himself, cleverly transforming the desire, pain, confusion, and joy of creation into a fantasy drift of a group of cartoonists.

Assistant Director

Boys Hitting the RoadBoys Hitting the Road · 2017
Boys Hitting the Road
★ 3.72017
MovieDrama
A bar in Shinjuku 2-chome. Toru is the manager of this bar, but one day, the owner, Ishii, suddenly passes away. The bar is to close, and Toru receives a list of regulars from Takano, the accountant, and decides to start a journey to collect retirement benefits. Together with Kenichi, the bar's number one, they borrow Ishii's old car and set off to northern Kanto. First up is Sato, a company president with a foot fetish. Although married, he can't stop playing around with men, and whenever he comes to Tokyo, he requests Kenichi. In order not to let the people around him know, he gives Kenichi more money than the tab. Next is Yamamoto, a city council member in the local assembly. A born sadist, he likes to tie Kenichi himself or have a young bondage artist tie him up, and then watch it happen. Kenichi continues on his journey, but he has another goal: to meet Shouji, a man he used to date...

Assistant Director