
A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man Read More »
Tag Archives: Shinji Sômai
Tokyo Heaven / Tôkyô jôkû irasshaimase (1990) Shinji Sômai, Kiichi Nakai, Riho Makise, Tsurube Shôfukutei

Yuu Kamiya is an up-and-coming talent in Japanese show business. Read More »
Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion / Yuki no dansho – jonetsu (1985) Shinji Sômai, Yuki Saitô, Takaaki Enoki, Kiminori Sera

The story deals with a young girl getting adopted by a family that holds her like Read More »
Love Hotel / Rabu hoteru (1985) Shinji Sômai, Noriko Hayami, Minori Terada, Kiriko Shimizu

Muraki is in debt after a business failure. When he is unable to pay his debtors Read More »
Luminous Woman AKA Hikaru onna (1987) Shinji Sômai, Keiji Mutô, Michiru Akiyoshi, Narumi Yasuda

A mountain man from Hokkaido comes to Tokyo in search of the woman he loves Read More »
Wait and See (1998) Shinji Sômai, Kôichi Satô, Yuki Saitô, Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hiroshi, who has never known his father, is a graduate from a prestigious university Read More »
The Catch (1983) Shinji Sômai, Ken Ogata, Masako Natsume, Kôichi Satô

A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend’s father, a tuna fisherman Read More »
Typhoon Club (1985) Shinji Sômai, Yuichi Mikami, Yûki Kudô, Tomokazu Miura
The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon Read More »
Moving (1993) Shinji Sômai, Kiichi Nakai, Junko Sakurada, Tomoko Tabata

Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents’ decision to separate. Read More »
