Directing

Shingo Matsubara

Born

1947-01-06 (79)

Place of birth

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Aspiration poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aspiration

1977

朱夏~警视厅恐吓事件 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

朱夏~警视厅恐吓事件

2003

The First Catch poster
3.5

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.

The First Catch

1980

A Tale of Young Elopement poster
9.0

A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.

A Tale of Young Elopement

1987

No artwork available
NR

Attorney Asabuki Riyako goes to Ginza with her husband Kunio, where she almost has her handbag taken by a young boy. The youth had been involved in a murder case six years earlier. Yabuhara, the chief counsel at the firm Asabuki works at, was in charge of the case.

Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice

1998

The Taste of Fish poster
7.0

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.

The Taste of Fish

2008

Behind the camera

Aspiration poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Aspiration

1977

朱夏~警视厅恐吓事件 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

朱夏~警视厅恐吓事件

2003

The First Catch poster
3.5

Based on the comic book series of the same name by Yûsuke Aoyagi.

The First Catch

1980

A Tale of Young Elopement poster
9.0

A 30-year-old man's life gets up-ended when his girlfriend accepts an arranged marriage meeting with a more successful man.

A Tale of Young Elopement

1987

No artwork available
NR

Attorney Asabuki Riyako goes to Ginza with her husband Kunio, where she almost has her handbag taken by a young boy. The youth had been involved in a murder case six years earlier. Yabuhara, the chief counsel at the firm Asabuki works at, was in charge of the case.

Asabuki Riyako, Female Attorney: The Little Accomplice

1998

The Taste of Fish poster
7.0

It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.

The Taste of Fish

2008

Fan of Hong Kong star poster
NR

The protagonist is a woman (Hiroko Yakushimaru) who is a sales manager at the Japanese branch of a famous French shoe brand. The protagonist is obsessed with a Hong Kong singer called Eakin Cheng and frequently goes to Hong Kong. However, she herself has an ambition to change the company's marketing policy (and if she can't change it, she will launch a new brand herself), so she goes to Hong Kong to plan this and that. However, this comes to light, and as it goes against the wishes of the head office, a feud is brewing between the two.

Fan of Hong Kong star

2002

Virgin Story 2 poster
NR

A boy gets in over his head in a Kabukicho love triangle.

Virgin Story 2

1992

The New Virgin Story poster
NR

A love triange arises between a virgin, a stripper, and a mysterious girl

The New Virgin Story

1992

Somehow, Crystal poster
NR

While her boyfriend Jun'ichi is out of town, college student and part-time model Yuri passes the time in Tokyo by shopping for luxury products, visiting affluent neighborhoods, eating expensive food, and seeking new kinds of entertainment. At a dance club she meets Masataka, to whom she describes her relatively frictionless life as "crystal". Yuri has a sexual encounter with Masataka that she enjoys but finds less satisfying than her experiences with Jun'ichi. When Jun'ichi returns, Yuri learns that he also was unfaithful during his trip, but she reflects on her financial independence and decides that staying with Jun'ichi is the best fit for her crystal lifestyle. Adaptation novel by Yasuo Tanaka.

Somehow, Crystal

1981

Somehow, Crystal poster
NR

While her boyfriend Jun'ichi is out of town, college student and part-time model Yuri passes the time in Tokyo by shopping for luxury products, visiting affluent neighborhoods, eating expensive food, and seeking new kinds of entertainment. At a dance club she meets Masataka, to whom she describes her relatively frictionless life as "crystal". Yuri has a sexual encounter with Masataka that she enjoys but finds less satisfying than her experiences with Jun'ichi. When Jun'ichi returns, Yuri learns that he also was unfaithful during his trip, but she reflects on her financial independence and decides that staying with Jun'ichi is the best fit for her crystal lifestyle. Adaptation novel by Yasuo Tanaka.

Somehow, Crystal

1981