Hirobumi Watanabe Movies

  • 2020
    Kamata Prelude

    Kamata Prelude

    Kamata Prelude

    02020HD

    A four-part film done in the unique style of each director, Matusbayashi Urara gives a portrayal of a struggling actress named Machiko who lives in...

    Kamata Prelude
  • 2022
    I’m Glad to Be Alive

    I’m Glad to Be Alive

    I’m Glad to Be Alive

    72022HD

    Professional boxer Sota Kusunoki has gained popularity for his fighting style, where he goes headlong into his opponents. However, years of fighting...

    I’m Glad to Be Alive
  • 2019
    Over the Town

    Over the Town

    Over the Town

    7.82019HD

    Arakawa Ao lives happily on his own and hardly ever leaves Shimokitazawa, where he works at a vintage clothing shop, goes to occasional concerts and...

    Over the Town
  • 2023
    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    Love Will Tear Us Apart

    72023HD

    Wakaba saves her classmate Koki who was being bullied. From then on, people who are involved with Wakaba are killed one after another. When the...

    Love Will Tear Us Apart
  • 2023
    Techno Brothers

    Techno Brothers

    Techno Brothers

    62023HD

    The band "Techno Brothers" played by Watanabe, brother Watanabe Yuji and pal Kurosaki Takanori, go to find fame and fortune in Tôkyô....

    Techno Brothers
  • 2013
    And the Mud Ship Sails Away...

    And the Mud Ship Sails Away...

    And the Mud Ship Sails Away...

    4.72013HD

    Takashi is country hipster, work avoiding, not-so-smart life expert in vague rural-urban area in the north from Tokyo. He lives together with his...

    And the Mud Ship Sails Away...
  • 2019
    Life Finds A Way

    Life Finds A Way

    Life Finds A Way

    5.82019HD

    Born out of every artist’s creative crisis, the search for the next topic, Hirobumi WATANABE presents his latest film, dealing with the...

    Life Finds A Way
  • 2016
    Poolside Man

    Poolside Man

    Poolside Man

    82016HD

    In a suburb north of Tokyo that seems to be secluded from the world’s madness and malice, Yusuke Mizuhara works as a lifeguard at a swimming...

    Poolside Man
  • 2022
    Your Lovely Smile

    Your Lovely Smile

    Your Lovely Smile

    02022HD

    A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with a heartily independent filmmaker, who also...

    Your Lovely Smile
  • 2020
    The Sleeping Insect

    The Sleeping Insect

    The Sleeping Insect

    6.72020HD

    Kanako Seri is on a packed bus heading to band practice. She becomes fascinated by a melody being hummed by another passenger, an old woman.

    The Sleeping Insect
  • 2020
    I'm Really Good

    I'm Really Good

    I'm Really Good

    6.82020HD

    A normal day for little Riko at home and at school. A vivid snapshot pervaded by the calm flow of reality that creates an authentic sense of wonder.

    I'm Really Good
  • 2019
    Cry

    Cry

    Cry

    82019HD

    The latest unique human drama from Hirobumi and Yuji Watanabe portrays, in black and white and without words, a man who lives with his aging...

    Cry
  • 2015
    7 Days

    7 Days

    7 Days

    02015HD

    In a farming village north of Tokyo, a man lives with his aging grandmother and works day after day at a cow shed that looks like a relic from...

    7 Days
  • 2018
    Party 'Round the Globe

    Party 'Round the Globe

    Party 'Round the Globe

    62018HD

    Poolsideman's Watanabe Brothers stamp their trademark brand of humor and melancholy on this gem of a road movie, as two Beatlemaniacs plan and then...

    Party 'Round the Globe
  • 2022
    Way of Life

    Way of Life

    Way of Life

    02022HD

    A film by Hirobumi Watanabe.

    Way of Life
  • 2021
    Sea Not on the Map

    Sea Not on the Map

    Sea Not on the Map

    02021HD

    A film by Hirobumi Watanabe.

    Sea Not on the Map