Kyôko Kishida Movies

Woman in the Dunes

85/100

An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

The Face of Another

80/100

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Manji - Die Liebenden

71/100

A childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.

Rikyu

73/100

Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lord's unrealistic pretensions.

Winter Days

69/100

A compilation of short animated clips on winter days in Japan

Wool 100%

65/100

A pair of elderly junk collectors find their lives turned upside down when their latest procurement brings them into contact with an obsessive young knitter in the hallucinogenic feature debut of prominent short filmmaker Mai Tominaga.

The Book of the Dead

68/100

The story takes place as Buddhism is being introduced to Japan from China. Iratsume, a woman of noble descent, one night sees a luminous vision that she believes to be the Buddha, ... See full summary »

Bushido

71/100

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he remembers his gruesome family history, which sees his ancestors sacrificing themselves for the sake of their cruel lords, and realizes that he's about to repeat their mistakes.

Journey Into Solitude

77/100

A 20-year-old woman grows into maturity while hiking the 88-temple pilgrimage around Shikoku.

A Scoundrel

72/100

Hell

65/100

Otto ga mita 'Onna no kobako' yori

74/100

Namiko is married, but has an infatuation with Ishizuka who runs a nightclub. The businessman is also planning on wrecking the company of Namiko's husband. As personal lives and ... See full summary »

Haunted School 2

68/100

A group of youngsters get stuck in a haunted school and have to deal with an assortment of ghosts.

Jotai

68/100

Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni

55/100

The palmist "blue-moth (Seiga)" is rumored to manipulate the Japanese political and business from behind. Journalist Omoda had inquired into the "blue-moth" but is killed. Sudo who is ... See full summary »

Nippon no don: Yabohen

84/100

Futeki na otoko

72/100

Brand of Evil

66/100

A Japanese detective, Kikuchi, is framed for a murder and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency to investigate his case and investigates Mitsue Takazawa, ... See full summary »

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