Susumu Terajima
9 titles
Filmography
9 results

A Snake of June
(2003)Rinko and Shigehiko are a strange couple, who connect as human beings but not lovers. They live more like friends and lead nearly independent lives. Both seem comfortable with this coexistence until Rinko receives a package of candid photographs of herself masturbating. The sender contacts her with the threat of exposing them to her husband so she submits herself to the anonymous voyeur's sexual games in order for the negatives and prints to be returned. Rinko is to comply with a set of assignments that place her constantly on the borderline between humiliation and pleasure. The voyeur knows exactly what Rinko's personal erotic fantasies are and makes her act them out one by one.

After Life
(1999)Hirokazu Kore-edaβs revelatory international breakthrough finds the recently deceased in a limbo realm where they must select a single cherished moment from their life for them to take into the next world. This bittersweet fantasia serves as a panoramic vision of the human experience and a profound meditation on memory, our interconnectedness, and the amberlike power of cinema to freeze time.

When Marnie Was There
(2014)When shy, artistic Anna moves to the seaside to live with her aunt and uncle, she stumbles upon an old mansion surrounded by marshes, and the mysterious young girl, Marnie, who lives there. The two girls instantly form a unique connection and friendship that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. As the days go by, a nearly magnetic pull draws Anna back to the Marsh House again and again, and she begins to piece together the truth surrounding her strange new friend. Based on the young adult novel by Joan G. Robinson and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi ("The Secret World of Arrietty"), "When Marnie Was There" has been described as "Ghibli Gothic," with its moonlit seascapes, glowing orchestral score and powerful dramatic portrayals that build to a stormy climax.

Brother
(2000)Abandoned by the brotherhood of his yakuza clan, tough guy Yamamoto (Beat Takeshi) is forced to leave Tokyo. He goes to Los Angeles in search of Ken (Claude Maki), his younger half-brother. Alone and with a new identity, Yamamoto finds himself frustrated by foreign surroundings, especially since he doesn't speak the language.

Gamera the Brave
(2006)A young boy in a peaceful seaside town gets more than he bargained for when he takes home a mysterious egg. When it hatches, out comes a baby turtle that grows into a new version of Gamera. But will it become powerful enough in time to defeat a rampaging monster named Zedus?

All Around Us
(2008)The loss of a child puts a further strain on a Japanese couple's (Tae Kimura, Lily Franky) already troubled marriage.

Ichi the Killer
(2001)A masochistic yakuza and a vicious hero face off in Takashi Miike's gory cult hit.

Isola: Multiple Personality Girl
(2000)When a psychic comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with Multiple Personality Disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped.

Flower Shop Without Rose
Single father Eiji runs a flower shop. A blind woman passing by changes his life forever, but their relationship quickly turns complicated.