
Directing
Shiori Kazama
Born 1966-10-17 · Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Kazama Shiori (1966) won the Grand Prix of the Pia Film Festival for young independent film-makers with an 8mm film in 1984, when she was at secondary school. The appearance and noise of a genius girl. In 1989 she produced and directed her first feature Melodies, that was well received by critics and audiences.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
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ZERO TIMES ZERO
1983
NRFutami is a 17-year-old high school girl. Her father was killed in the war, her mother is hospitalized due to illness, and she lives with her senile grandmother. As she spends her adolescence surrounded by this "great sadness," her friend runs away from home and comes to live with her. This is the first film of the "16mm Film Production Support Project" (now PFF Scholarship) which started in 1984.
A iMITATION interioR
1985
NRFutami is a 17-year-old high school girl. Her father was killed in the war, her mother is hospitalized due to illness, and she lives with her senile grandmother. As she spends her adolescence surrounded by this "great sadness," her friend runs away from home and comes to live with her. This is the first film of the "16mm Film Production Support Project" (now PFF Scholarship) which started in 1984.
A iMITATION interioR
1985
4.5A look at the problems two couples, Kohei and Kinuko, and Manabe and Hijiri, have in their relationships, and the solutions they try to devise as a way out.
The Mars Canon
2002
6.4Chiyoko's mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the Italian movie "La Strada," which her mother liked. Chiyoko soon acts in a movie directed by Masamune.
Chokolietta
2014
6.4Chiyoko's mother died when she was young. Since that time, Chiyoko has closed her heart to others. After her pet dies, Chiyoko feels loneliness. Her mother liked the Italian movie "La Strada." Due to movie study club senior, Masamune, Chiyoko is able to watch the Italian movie "La Strada," which her mother liked. Chiyoko soon acts in a movie directed by Masamune.
Chokolietta
2014
8.0"Hi-chan" delivers a letter to her high school friend "Akya" who had returned to her parents' house for work reasons, that she received from Akya's lover. The Kansai person "Kun" appears in front of these two people, and the three develop a somehow inseparable relationship, but there is no place for such a triangular relationship...
Melodies
1989
8.0"Hi-chan" delivers a letter to her high school friend "Akya" who had returned to her parents' house for work reasons, that she received from Akya's lover. The Kansai person "Kun" appears in front of these two people, and the three develop a somehow inseparable relationship, but there is no place for such a triangular relationship...
Melodies
1989
6.8Shinnosuke and Misawa are joint managers of a Bonsai shop. Suddenly Shinnosuke's childhood friend Haruko turns up. She has split up with her boyfriend and finds herself out on the streets. Shinnosuke starts to like her and really wants to cheer her up, but he can't manage to express his real feelings or stop picking up other women. Misawa is dumbfounded by Shinnosuke's behavior but also has complex feelings of love for his friend.
World's End / Girl Friend
2005
1985 film
Hoo, Monkey Light
1985
7.8Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin.
How Old Is the River?
1995
7.8Three brothers, their father missing and tensions boiling, gather at their rural summer house; soon enough, they're unexpectedly joined by a female cousin.
How Old Is the River?
1995
1982 student film
The Fun Comes from Tragedy
1984
7.013-year old Chiaki Matsumoto enters middle school with two rules for herself: 1. Always stay cool and 2. Don’t make friends. Having suffered bullying in elementary school, Chiaki chooses a path of isolation, building emotional walls and deciding to live a tough, solitary life. One day, by chance, she meets Kiki, a flamboyant and mysterious individual who transcends age and gender. As Chiaki begins to interact with Kiki, she slowly opens her heart, learning to trust again.
Off-Balance
2000

