List of the best Takashi Sasano movies: Cut(2011), Bright Future(2003), Departures(2008), Wife of a Spy(2020), Creepy(2016), Before We Vanish(2017), Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai(2011) ... ...
Drama
2011
132 Minutes
Hiroshi
Hidetoshi Nishijima Takako Tokiwa Takashi Sasano Shun Sugata Takuji Suzuki Hatsuo Itou Denden Satoshi Nikaido
Drama
Japan
2003
92 Minutes
Mr. Fujiwara
Jô Odagiri Tadanobu Asano Tatsuya Fuji Takashi Sasano Marumi Shiraishi
factory worker factory director shop owner best friend creative creepy offbeat japan factory apartment shop sewer troubled youth city life father/son relationship murder supernatural underdog wretched excess 2000s
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Their weird bond is based on uncontrollable rage--something neither ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
2008
130 Minutes
Shokichi Hirata
Masahiro Motoki Tsutomu Yamazaki Ryôko Hirosue Kazuko Yoshiyuki Kimiko Yo Takashi Sasano Toru Minegishi Tetta Sugimoto Tatsuo Yamada Yukiko Tachibana
cellist japanese man japanese woman morgue employee fascinating gripping quirky japan morgue music dreams life job dream job mortality discovery transformation 2000s
A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.
Drama
Japan
2020
115 Minutes
Nozaki
Yû Aoi Issei Takahashi Ryota Bando Yuri Tsunematsu Minosuke Hyunri Masahiro Higashide Takashi Sasano
A Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
Mystery & Thriller
Japan
2016
130 Minutes
Tanimoto
Hidetoshi Nishijima Yuko Takeuchi Masahiro Higashide Teruyuki Kagawa Haruna Kawaguchi Toru Baba Ryôko Fujino Misaki Saisho Takashi Sasano Masahiro Toda
detective colleague family dark eerie thrilling suspenseful japan missing persons investigation mystery strangers mystery 2010s
Takakura is a former detective. He receives a request from his ex-colleague, Nogami, to examine a missing family case that occurred six years earlier. Takakura follows Saki's memory. She is... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Japan
2017
130 Minutes
Shinagawa
Masami Nagasawa Ryuhei Matsuda Hiroki Hasegawa Mahiro Takasugi Yuri Tsunematsu Kyôko Koizumi Kazuya Kojima Atsuko Maeda Ken Mitsuishi Takashi Sasano
Three aliens travel to Earth in preparation for a mass invasion, taking possession of human bodies.
Drama, History
Japan|UK
2011
126 Minutes
Ebizô Ichikawa Eita Hikari Mitsushima Naoto Takenaka Munetaka Aoki Hirofumi Arai Kazuki Namioka Yoshihisa Amano Takehiro Hira Ippei Takahashi Koji Yakusho
death samurai lord suspenseful japan courtyard ritual suicide peace escape 17th century
A tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.