Yoshihide Otomo Movies

  • 2001
    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out

    02001HD

    Kenji Nakagami, one of the most notable Japanese writers of the post-war, died in 1992. His work reveals a strong connection to his homeland, Kishu:...

    To the Backstreet: The Films Kenji Nakagami Left Out
  • 2019
    When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes

    When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes

    When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes

    72019HD

    When Satoshi was little, his mother Akiko always took good care of him. She was gentle, but mentally strong. However, two years ago she was diagnosed...

    When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes
  • 2016
    Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face

    Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face

    Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face

    02016HD

    Pig heads, intestines, megaphones: all these and more have been thrown into crowds of loyal fans following the influential punk band THE STALIN or...

    Mother, I've Pretty Much Forgotten Your Face
  • 2018
    Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu

    Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu

    Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu

    02018HD

    In 2010, while covering the issue of the "secret agreement" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the author came across diplomatic documents relating...

    Henkan kōshōjin: Itsuka, Okinawa o torimodosu
  • 2002
    Kai-On

    Kai-On

    Kai-On

    02002HD

    Listen to the fragile sounds in this experimental film. Taki, Toto, and Hajime go to a private school where drugs have taken over their lives. They...

    Kai-On
  • 2013
    Bozo

    Bozo

    Bozo

    5.72013HD

    Set in Nagano Prefecture, the movie stars Shingo Mizusawa (8000 Miles) as an awkward 28-year-old temporary factory worker named Kaji; a character...

    Bozo
  • 1997
    pierce LOVE&HATE

    pierce LOVE&HATE

    pierce LOVE&HATE

    01997HD

    Naho repeatedly enters hotels with random men and kills them before having sex with them. A man, Manabu, stays with her and performs piercings on her...

    pierce LOVE&HATE
  • 2024
    Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda

    Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda

    Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda

    02024HD

    A documentary about the end of the student movement in 1972 and the lynching of Daizaburo Kawaguchi, a student at Waseda University. The documentary...

    Gewalt no Mori - Kare ha Waseda de shinda
  • 2023
    Goodbye Hoyaman

    Goodbye Hoyaman

    Goodbye Hoyaman

    02023HD

    Set on a remote island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, this human drama depicts the strange shared life and family rebirth of two fisherman...

    Goodbye Hoyaman
  • 2021
    Backlight

    Backlight

    Backlight

    62021HD

    It is the middle of summer in Onomichi in the 1970s, and 22-year-old Akira returns home with Yoshioka, his senior at university. Akira offers his...

    Backlight
  • 2001
    Scanning of Modulations

    Scanning of Modulations

    Scanning of Modulations

    02001HD

    Eye-popping digital moving image work with an equally arresting soundtrack from noise music heavies.

    Scanning of Modulations
  • 2012
    OLO, the Boy from Tibet

    OLO, the Boy from Tibet

    OLO, the Boy from Tibet

    02012HD

    A 6-year-old Tibetan boy leaves his family and flees to a refugee camp in northern India.

    OLO, the Boy from Tibet
  • 2010
    Abraxas

    Abraxas

    Abraxas

    102010HD

    Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems...

    Abraxas
  • 2002
    Sorry

    Sorry

    Sorry

    6.82002HD

    Twelve year old Sei has hit puberty and is quickly becoming sexually aware, sometimes not as privately as he'd like; erections in school and other...

    Sorry
  • 2009
    We Don't Care About Music Anyway

    We Don't Care About Music Anyway

    We Don't Care About Music Anyway

    6.32009HD

    From radical turntablism (Otomo Yoshihide) to laptop music innovation (Numb), via classical instrument hijacking (Sakamoto Hiromichi), Tokyo's...

    We Don't Care About Music Anyway
  • 2006
    Angel's Egg

    Angel's Egg

    Angel's Egg

    6.52006HD

    The film follows a young aspiring art university student, who falls in love with the older sister of his girlfriend. The heartrending longing and the...

    Angel's Egg
  • 2012
    Amplified Gesture

    Amplified Gesture

    Amplified Gesture

    02012HD

    The film explores the journeys and philosophies of a select group of experimental musicians including Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, Eddie Prevost, Otomo...

    Amplified Gesture
  • 2022
    Whereabouts of Sound

    Whereabouts of Sound

    Whereabouts of Sound

    02022HD

    As they play carefree music, their musicianship is met with surprise, wonder, and sometimes even laughter. Captivating all who watch, Otoasobi...

    Whereabouts of Sound
  • 2004
    Nor Noise

    Nor Noise

    Nor Noise

    02004HD

    Nor Noise is the first norwegian documentary about noise music. Movie Maker Tom Hovinbøle has from the start in 2001 interviewed a number of...

    Nor Noise
  • 2014
    One for All, All for One

    One for All, All for One

    One for All, All for One

    02014HD

    Osaka Korean High School has provided education for the past six decades to the children of pro-North Korean residents in Japan. This school is...

    One for All, All for One