Masanobu Deme
1932 - 2016
俺たちの荒野
Masanobu Deme
Toshio Kurosawa, Wakako Sakai
Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, dreams to move to the United States one day. Meanwhile, his best friend Jun wants to build a home on some local wasteland. Yet the introduction of Yuki, who they both fall in love with, begins to tear their friendship apart.
Our Wasteland
天国の駅 HEAVEN STATION
Masanobu Deme
Sayuri Yoshinaga, Toshiyuki Nishida
From a true incident that happened in 1960s Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo (Sayuri Yoshinaga) after her abusive husband is murdered.
Station to Heaven
玄海つれづれ節
Masanobu Deme
Sayuri Yoshinaga, Aki Yashiro
A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. Desperate to track down her missing husband, she travels to Kyushu in hopes of finding clues to his whereabouts and in the process discovers disturbing secrets about the man she loves.
The Ballad of the Sea of Genkai
神田川
Masanobu Deme
Keiko Takahashi, Masao Kusakari
Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.
Kandagawa
卒業旅行
Masanobu Deme
Mark Lester, Takako Yamazoe
Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same model of camera. But they have their cameras exchanged without their knowing it prior to their departure.
Little Adventurer
きけ、わだつみの声
Masanobu Deme
Yuji Oda, Koji Matoba
Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Last Friends
バルトの楽園
Masanobu Deme
Ken Matsudaira, Bruno Ganz
Based on the true story of the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in World War I. It depicts the friendship of the German POWs with the director of the camp and local residents at the stage of Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, in Japan.
The Ode to Joy
