Jun Kunimura
17 titles
Filmography
17 results

Why Don't You Play in Hell?
(2013)Ten years ago, yakuza boss Ikegami led an assault against rival Muto. On the eve of revenge, all Muto wants to do is complete his movie masterpiece and The F Bombers are standing by with the chance to film a real yakuza battle to the death!

Audition
(2000)A man begins a relationship with a very deadly female killer.

The Wailing
(2016)A policeman races against time to save his daughter from a mysterious sickness spreading through a small village.

Minamata
(2020)War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan in 1971 where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

Kate
(2021)Slipped a fatal poison on her final job, a ruthless assassin working in Tokyo has less than 24 hours to find out who ordered the hit and exact revenge.

Tokyo Cowboy
(2024)A Japanese business man goes on an unwitting journey of self-discovery when he takes a company trip from Japan to a Montana cattle ranch.

Manhunt
(2017)A Chinese pharmaceutical lawyer framed for a vile crime teams up with a sharp-witted Japanese detective to stop a dangerous corporate plot.

The Life of Bangaku
Bangaku Ajigawa, a master swordsman and ronin with a treasured sword, faces a comically honest life filled with deception and challenges.

Like Father, Like Son
(2013)Inspired by real-life instances in the late 1960s of Japanese babies being switched at birth, this heartrending meditation on parenthood took the Jury Prize at Cannes. One of Hirokazu Koreeda’s most personal films, Like Father, Like Son is a sublime study in redemption and familial responsibility.

Outrage
(2010)The Japanese underworld’s rival clans rise through the ranks of power in the stock market, but their betrayals and blood vengeance are unending.

Trillion Game
Two old friends go into business together – one's a master communicator, and the other's a great engineer. Their goal? To make a trillion dollars.

The Wind Rises
(2013)Animator Hayao Miyazaki spins a decades-spanning tale inspired by the life of JirĂ´ Horikoshi, designer of the World War II fighter plane the Zero.

Unforgiven
(2013)Just as Clint Eastwood's star-making spaghetti Western A Fistful of Dollars was inspired by Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, Japanese-Korean filmmaker Sang-il Lee (Villain) has decided to reinterpret Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Unforgiven as a Japanese period film. Set in the late 1800s, after the fall of Shogunate Japan, onetime assassin Jyubei Kamata (Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe -- Inception, The Last Samurai) lives in seclusion on a small farm. But when the new government begins harassing the local populace, Jyubei is forced to break the promise he made to his dead wife and take up the sword once more...

The World of Kanako
(2014)Follows former detective Akikazu on the hunt for his daughter Kanako, a journey that leads to a shocking trail of sex and violence.

The Great War of Archimedes
(2019)Before World War II, the Japanese Navy commissions a powerful war ship, but differences over battle-readiness lead to a possible internal conspiracy.

Alive
(2003)In a dystopian future, a man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s rapists survives his execution only to enter a nightmare of prison experiments.
I Want to Die Alone
Narumi Yamaguchi loves her single life—until her aunt's lonely death rocks her world. Panicked, she turns to matchmaking, only to crash and burn. Facing reality, Narumi turns instead to end-of-life prep.This is the heartfelt journey of a late-30s single navigating societal pressures, self-doubt, and moments of gratitude, all in pursuit of one goal: to live well and die well.© NHK / TV MAN UNION