Kenji Fukuma

Directing

Kenji Fukuma

Born — Died

1949-03-10 — 2023-04-26

Place of birth

Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

22 titles

Poet, translator, film critic and director.

Known for

Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration! poster
4.2

Shuji, an unemployed young man, has been living a haphazard and lethargic life, cheating on his wife with his girlfriends and constantly asking his best friend for loans. Then one day, Shuji takes a train and arrives at a country town. There, he meets Sachiko, a woman who never smiles, and starts working as a live-in employee at the printing house where she works. Shuji has a lot of emotionless sex with Sachiko.

Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!

1995

Autumn poster
NR

Mamoru Miyamoto is a book editor and his friend Masao Muraoka is a writer. Muraoka hasn't released a novel since "Aki no Riyuu." Masao has suffered from mental health issues and, because of this, his voice fails. The two men talk through written notes. It seems Mamoru believes in Masao’s talent as a writer and waits for him to write a new novel, but he also likes Masao's wife Misaki. One day, Miku, who has read Masao’s last novel “Aki no Riyuu” several times, appears in front of him. She tells him that she is so similar to the heroine of the novel and can understand his mind.

Autumn

2016

Suddenly Arriving poster
7.0

The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for several years without forging any real friendships.

Suddenly Arriving

1995

Female Student Guerrilla poster
5.4

Three high school girls about to take their final exam, secretly plan to ruin the diploma ceremony in order to avenge themselves of that school which treated them as delinquents. Two classmates who discovered their plan decide to join the rebellion. They steal all the graduation certificates, use their charms to get weapons from Jieitai soldiers and establish their base in the mountain.

Female Student Guerrilla

1969

Sex Crimes poster
8.0

Young slacker couple accidentially kills a friend. They burn his body and hang out on a beach.

Sex Crimes

1968

Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer poster
4.6

The film follows a frustrated young man who yearns to be in the company of women. If at first he seems unable to make any kind of meaningful connection with them, he awakens dark feelings that will drive him to commit violent crimes after his first sexual experiences.

Dark Story of a Sex Crime: Phantom Killer

1969

Film credits

1990s · 2 titles

1960s · 4 titles

Behind the camera

Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration! poster
4.2

Shuji, an unemployed young man, has been living a haphazard and lethargic life, cheating on his wife with his girlfriends and constantly asking his best friend for loans. Then one day, Shuji takes a train and arrives at a country town. There, he meets Sachiko, a woman who never smiles, and starts working as a live-in employee at the printing house where she works. Shuji has a lot of emotionless sex with Sachiko.

Blissful Genuine Sex: Penetration!

1995

Autumn poster
NR

Mamoru Miyamoto is a book editor and his friend Masao Muraoka is a writer. Muraoka hasn't released a novel since "Aki no Riyuu." Masao has suffered from mental health issues and, because of this, his voice fails. The two men talk through written notes. It seems Mamoru believes in Masao’s talent as a writer and waits for him to write a new novel, but he also likes Masao's wife Misaki. One day, Miku, who has read Masao’s last novel “Aki no Riyuu” several times, appears in front of him. She tells him that she is so similar to the heroine of the novel and can understand his mind.

Autumn

2016

Autumn poster
NR

Mamoru Miyamoto is a book editor and his friend Masao Muraoka is a writer. Muraoka hasn't released a novel since "Aki no Riyuu." Masao has suffered from mental health issues and, because of this, his voice fails. The two men talk through written notes. It seems Mamoru believes in Masao’s talent as a writer and waits for him to write a new novel, but he also likes Masao's wife Misaki. One day, Miku, who has read Masao’s last novel “Aki no Riyuu” several times, appears in front of him. She tells him that she is so similar to the heroine of the novel and can understand his mind.

Autumn

2016

Suddenly Arriving poster
7.0

The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for several years without forging any real friendships.

Suddenly Arriving

1995

Suddenly Arriving poster
7.0

The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for several years without forging any real friendships.

Suddenly Arriving

1995

My Dear Daughter of Okayama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Dear Daughter of Okayama

2008

My Dear Daughter of Okayama poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Dear Daughter of Okayama

2008

Not Born Yesterday poster
NR

Kenji Fukuma, who was active as a poet, film director, and critic, passed away in April 2023. This is his seventh feature film as a director. The film depicts the interaction between a 77-year-old former sailor who lost his wife and a 2nd-year middle school girl who longs for freedom from her family and school.

Not Born Yesterday

2023

Not Born Yesterday poster
NR

Kenji Fukuma, who was active as a poet, film director, and critic, passed away in April 2023. This is his seventh feature film as a director. The film depicts the interaction between a 77-year-old former sailor who lost his wife and a 2nd-year middle school girl who longs for freedom from her family and school.

Not Born Yesterday

2023

A Fairy Tale poster
NR

Fantasy drama about the undulating emotions of a 20-year-old girl. Interweaves a tale that blurs dreams and reality, composed of interviews, poetry, and dance. Director Fukuma Kenji is also active as a poet. Yuki (Kohara Saori), a 20-year-old living by herself in Tokyo, happens upon a poetry reading by poetess Fuzuki Yumi. After that, Yuki loses sight of her purpose in life. In the process, another Yuki (Kawano Makiko) appears before her.

A Fairy Tale

2013

A Fairy Tale poster
NR

Fantasy drama about the undulating emotions of a 20-year-old girl. Interweaves a tale that blurs dreams and reality, composed of interviews, poetry, and dance. Director Fukuma Kenji is also active as a poet. Yuki (Kohara Saori), a 20-year-old living by herself in Tokyo, happens upon a poetry reading by poetess Fuzuki Yumi. After that, Yuki loses sight of her purpose in life. In the process, another Yuki (Kawano Makiko) appears before her.

A Fairy Tale

2013

Paradise Lost poster
NR

Drama marking the sixth feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost, through the life of a woman who has been widowed.In a lonely spot in the Tokyo suburbs a guy dies of a heart attack. His name is Shinya (Eto Shuhei) and he sold used books online. His wife (Wada Misa) reads the notebook he left behind, and every so often she feels his presence at her side.

Paradise Lost

2020

Paradise Lost poster
NR

Drama marking the sixth feature film from poet-cum-director Fukuma Kenji. The film uses both fantasy and realism in exploring how to live after your dreams have been lost, through the life of a woman who has been widowed.In a lonely spot in the Tokyo suburbs a guy dies of a heart attack. His name is Shinya (Eto Shuhei) and he sold used books online. His wife (Wada Misa) reads the notebook he left behind, and every so often she feels his presence at her side.

Paradise Lost

2020

Summer for the Living poster
NR

A humanistic drama about an encounter in the life of a woman around the age of 40, set during the Obon season when the living take time to reflect on the dead. Director Fukuma Kenji is also a poet and a university professor. Chikage (Yoshino Akira) is reunited with Shohei (Suzuki Tsunekichi), a man she once lived together with, and his daughter Saki (Kohara Saori). After several twists and turns, Chikage and Shohei come to share the same roof again, but Saki is unable to accept it. Then one year later during Obon, relations eventually thaw between Chikage and Saki.

Summer for the Living

2011

Summer for the Living poster
NR

A humanistic drama about an encounter in the life of a woman around the age of 40, set during the Obon season when the living take time to reflect on the dead. Director Fukuma Kenji is also a poet and a university professor. Chikage (Yoshino Akira) is reunited with Shohei (Suzuki Tsunekichi), a man she once lived together with, and his daughter Saki (Kohara Saori). After several twists and turns, Chikage and Shohei come to share the same roof again, but Saki is unable to accept it. Then one year later during Obon, relations eventually thaw between Chikage and Saki.

Summer for the Living

2011