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Kim Jong-il 2011
Director Watanabe proposes that Kim Jong-il, supreme leader of North Korea, died in September 2003, and that this fact has been concealed by the media and government

Seiji to bōryoku: Mishima Yukio & Sekihōtai 2010

Tennō densetsu 2008
Film about the workings of the Japanese imperial family

Nomonhan 2008
A film of the contradictions of distorted intra-military discrimination that occurred at Nomonhan

Body Clock 1999
In 1975 a middle-aged anarchist recruits a policeman's daughter for an attempt to blow up Emperor Hirohito's train.

Bari zôgon 1996
Drama based on the true story of an unexplained death and the uncovering of police corruption and violence.

The Funeral 1991
Based on a true story, a Japanese boy's suicide is elevated to the status of metaphor for Japan's feudal system and its strict adherence to conformity.

Homemade Movie 1990 star_border 5
Using his family members and friends as cast, independent filmaker Fumiki Watanabe has brought a drama to the screen which opens a window into the daily lives of modern Japanese living in provincial towns. In the story, (Fumiki is a tutor to junior high students. In Japan, the pressure on pre-college-age students to excel in their studies is so intense that after-school tutors have a very important role in the culture, and tutoring is a respected full-time profession. The tutor is bored with his marriage, and has a liaison with the parent of one of his girl students. At the same time, his son is going out with his new mistress' girl, and as a result of this, the situation rapidly becomes very confusing, and Fumiko is unable to hide this pecadillo satisfactorily.

Home Tutor 1987
Tohoku some live Watanabe Bunta wax in the town of still single in their 30s. While the tutor had been making a living. But, life the first time tutor of this hottest was unusual. Problem child and fell, such as his had to have students truancy and domestic violence.