The best Kou Machida’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Kou Machida’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Kou Machida.
Burst City
6/10
Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
August in the Water
7.3/10
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
The Black House
6.2/10
A meek agent at the Showa Life Insurance company receives a phone call from a customer who says that she's planning to commit suicide and wants to know if her policy will pay out. Concerned about her safety, the agent visits her house only to find that her young son has hanged himself. As he investigates further, more and more people connected with this family start having "accidents," and if he's not careful, he might be next.
Mirrored Mind
6.8/10
An actress suffers an identity crisis when she finds herself spirited away from the bustle of Tokyo to a tropical paradise. A visually stunning ode to the need for a spiritual and tranquil life.
Soft Skin
6.2/10
Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him by faking her kidnapping. While her family frets and worries, Minako has a wonderful time. Eventually, though, she decides it's time to go back to her family. Her lover, however, isn't ready for the fun to end, and Minako's fake kidnapping soon becomes all too real.
Endless Waltz
6.9/10
Biopic about jazz saxophonist Kaoru Abe (Ko Machida) and his wife, noted writer Izumi Suzuki (Reona Hirota).
Osaka Story
6.3/10
Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana sets out to find him.
H Story
6.4/10
An autobiographical docudrama about an attempt to remake Alain Resnais' 1959 film Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Robinson's Garden
6.4/10
Kumi lives a hippie-like life in Tokyo's outskirts. One night while drunk she stumbles into an abandoned industrial site, except in addition to deserted factories, it is full of forests and greenery. She decides to move there, even further away from the civilization she had already left.
Romantic Mania
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A youth film depicting society in the late 90's through the eyes of lethargic young adults.
A Little Bit of Rain
An in-depth and stylish look at the hardcore punk scene in Japan at the late half of the 70's and the beginning of the 80's. Features bands such as GASTUNK, THE EXECUTE, GAUZE among others.
Cat City
A fantasy world with only cats as far as the eye can see. The awe and fear a person can feel in a world that doesn't know mankind.
