Directing

Tetsuaki Matsue

Acting credits

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete poster
6.4

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete (パーfectブルー 夢なら醒めて, Pāfekuto Burū: Yume Nara Samete) is a 2002 Japanese psychological thriller film directed by Toshiki Satō and adapted from the novel of the same name by Yoshikazu Takeuchi. The story centers on Ai, a teen pop idol transitioning to a recording career, whose life unravels amid fixation from a obsessive convenience store clerk, leading to themes of distorted self-perception, narcissistic delusions, and violent events.

Perfect Blue: Yume Nara Samete

2002

Annyong Kimchi poster
9.0

Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a third-generation zainichi attempts to get to grips with the issue of his own national identity in this autobiographical video documentary made as the then 21-year-old director's graduation project from the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. (Midnight Eye)

Annyong Kimchi

1999

Cinema Capriccio poster
NR

Documentary about the crazy cinephile Atsushi Tsuboi, vice president of the Nagoya art theatre "cinemaskhole".

Cinema Capriccio

2017

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai poster
5.4

Sachiko Hanai is a call girl. One day she is caught up in a gunfight and is shot in the forehead. Instead of killing her, the bullet in her head gives her psychic powers. She also accidentally comes into possession of a cylinder containing George W. Bush's finger, whose fingerprint is designed to launch a nuclear missile, and international spies are soon chasing her.

The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai

2003

The Lost Virgin poster
3.5

Spread over three time periods (Summer 10 Years Ago/Summer 5 Years Ago/This Summer), Lost Virgin tells the tale of good-time girl Chisato (Sasaki), hungry for new experiences yet ultimately in search of emotional fulfilment.

The Lost Virgin

2002

Coming Future poster
NR

Nakagawa shot “Coming Future” on the nights of December 24 and 25, 2009, in Shibuya, making it his location for an idealized Bohemia in the heart of Tokyo. Interesting interviews/discussions with Kenji Murakami, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Kenji Onishi, Tetsuaki Matsue and more... By far the most interesting sequence is with Kenji Onishi (“A Burning Star”). Wielding a super-8 camera, Onishi documents his own interview, taking random shots of street-life and buildings. He leavens his monologue with statements bordering between cliché and outré. “A movie that aims to make a message is boring.”

Coming Future

2010

No One's Ark poster
6.4

Daisuke and his girlfriend have failed at selling a smelly health drink named Akajiru in Tokyo, amassing five million yen in debts. In order to recover financially, they retreat to Daisuke's island hometown.

No One's Ark

2003

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

Tokyo Drifter acts as an ode to Tokyo, with a very simple premise: a musician (Kenta Maeno) wanders around various darkened areas of the city on a rainy night in May with his guitar, singing songs about life, love, and Tokyo itself. Matsue and Maeno together take the city in all its gritty glory and attempt to shine a light on the darkness.

Tokyo Drifter

2011

Annyeong Yumika poster
NR

Don't get it twisted: Yumika Hayashi is way more than just a porn star. She's a Rorschach test, film theory with curves, her screen image throwing off endless refractions within the hearts of those who knew her, loved her, or just got off to her. The "iron woman" of Japanese erotic film, best known for critically-acclaimed pink eiga LUNCHBOX, Hayashi died in 2005 at age 35, but in ANNYONG YUMIKA, the new documentary by Tetsuaki Matsue (LIVE TAPE), Yumika's legend is reborn, her passion made immortal. (Description by Subway Cinema)

Annyeong Yumika

2009

On-Gaku: Our Sound poster
7.3

A bored trio of high school delinquents start a rock 'n' roll band together. They have no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, but are determined to jam out and impress their only friend.

On-Gaku: Our Sound

2020

Annyong Kimchi poster
9.0

Japan and Korea have had a troubled relationship over the centuries, and discrimination against Korean residents in Japan has been legendary. But how important is the issue of race to a younger generation born and raised in the country? Tetsuaki Matsue, a third-generation zainichi attempts to get to grips with the issue of his own national identity in this autobiographical video documentary made as the then 21-year-old director's graduation project from the Japan Academy of the Moving Image. (Midnight Eye)

Annyong Kimchi

1999

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 8 poster
NR

A collection of shivering ghost images submitted by the general public.

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 8

2003

Honto ni Atta! Noroi No Video 9 poster
NR

The 9th installment of the popular horror series, which introduces scary images posted by general posts, is re-released along with interviews with photographers. " Includes all 3 episodes of "Abandoned Village", "School Building" and "Apartment".

Honto ni Atta! Noroi No Video 9

2003

Takayuki Yamada in 3D poster
NR

Interview with Yamada Takayuki about his life, career and interests.

Takayuki Yamada in 3D

2017

Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 10 poster
NR

10th entry in the popular "Honto ni Atta. Noroi no Video" series. A video of the fire brigade training and a figure jumping from the roof of the building behind you...

Honto Ni Atta! Noroi No Video 10

2003

Identity poster
NR

Documentary about 3 adult video performers, searching for their identities.

Identity

2006

Identity poster
NR

Documentary about 3 adult video performers, searching for their identities.

Identity

2006

No artwork available
NR

Documentary directed by Tetsuaki Matsue.

Every Japanese Woman Cooks Her Own Curry

2006

No artwork available
NR

Documentary directed by Tetsuaki Matsue.

Every Japanese Woman Cooks Her Own Curry

2006

Flashback Memories 3D poster
5.7

Didgeridoo performer GOMA developed higher brain dysfunction as the result of an expressway accident. While looking back on his rehabilitation and recovery with his family's help, animation recreates his “flashbacks” - incongruous images that suddenly appear in his brain. This completely new style of 3D movie that blends past footage, flashbacks, and studio performances is also emphatically a story of familial love.

Flashback Memories 3D

2012

The Devil's Cop Festival poster
NR

Fifth installment of Deka Matsuri omnibus series. Six films

The Devil's Cop Festival

2004

Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus poster
NR

The Making of Strange Circus

Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus

2005

Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus poster
NR

The Making of Strange Circus

Strange Days: The Making of Strange Circus

2005

Live Tape poster
NR

Musicians perform live in the street in this one-take film.

Live Tape

2009

Live Tape poster
NR

Musicians perform live in the street in this one-take film.

Live Tape

2009

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Special 2 poster
NR

The second special edition of the popular horror series. New episodes of supernatural phenomena are thoroughly examined by a psychic medium.

Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video: Special 2

2001

The Virgin Wildsides poster
NR

A documentary film-maker gives two virgins each a video camera so that they can film their lives in modern Japan.

The Virgin Wildsides

2007

The Virgin Wildsides poster
NR

A documentary film-maker gives two virgins each a video camera so that they can film their lives in modern Japan.

The Virgin Wildsides

2007

Mysterious! Unbelievable 3 poster
NR

This is the third installment in the popular series focusing on ghost photography! This work pursues various kinds of ghost photos, such as photos in which the subject turns around, or photos in which there are unexpected bruises, as well as the terrifying experiences associated with the photos.

Mysterious! Unbelievable 3

2002

Sawada poster
NR

Seven women and one man gathered for the first anniversary of a movie director. Six cameras recorded the night at the same time with 8mm insert.

Sawada

2012

SEX, LIE, VIDEOTAPE AND LIE poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

SEX, LIE, VIDEOTAPE AND LIE

2008