Maki Sakai Movies

Four people lead ordinary lives in different places, their paths never crossing. A mysterious man appears in each story, always as someone else. One...

Shinichi Tsuda, a Naoki Prize winning author, is working to publish his newest story. It revolves around Tsuyama, a driver for a call girl business...

When Bussan learns he has less than a year to live, he decides to continue his life as usual. He spends his time with his friends, a band called...

After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple...

Sōra is a high school student who is basically invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya, who is an unpredictable character that often...

Masuda, an aspiring journalist, plans to write an article in order to expose his co-worker Suzuki, who is a psychopathic murderer according to Masuda.

For 60 years, the group of detectives known as "Detective Office 5" has raised the bar for detective work. The agents of Detective Office 5 are a...

High school student Naotatsu travels to live at his uncle's house. In the pouring rain, he is picked up at the nearest station by a strange adult...

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular rakugoka, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a...

Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and becomes obsessed with farming, jewelry and...

During some era, on an island that exists somewhere in Japan, there are people who exist there who feel confined. Idle days pass for men and women...

Junya and Nanami have been in a relationship for 15 years. They make a documentary together, but, due to differences of opinion, they decide to break...

Midori is in her late 30's and is a cutout picture artist. She has anxiety about her future. Takano is a 25-year-old bureaucrat at the Ministry of...

Set in an apartment building where many people are rumored to disappear one after another, the story begins when Maruko, a young delivery worker,...

In a coastal town attracting artists, 14-year-old Sosuke and his friends stay busy painting and helping with school projects. As carefree children...

Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu...

8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series. The segments are, in order: The Night Watchman (directed by...

Sakai plays Rui, a 35-year-old single woman forced to live alone after the aunt who raised her suddenly decides to get married and move out. Through...