Kenjo McCurtain

Directing

Kenjo McCurtain

Place of birth

London, England

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Kenjo McCurtain is an award-winning filmmaker who moved to Japan to pursue his craft after graduating with a BA in Film Studies in the UK, where his work was screened at the university's annual film festival. Kenjo has written and directed four short films. Make-Believers (2021), a Japanese romantic musical is his feature film debut. Works: ‘Necropolis’ (2014): selected for the Fukuoka Independent Short Film Festival and ranked in Yahoo's top ten videos online thereafter; ‘Automation’ (2017) winner of Best Director and Best Actor at the English Riviera Film Festival, Official Selection at Bali International Film Festival and Hollywood Verge Awards; ‘Yamome’ (2018) winner of the Independ…

Known for

Behind the camera

Make-Believers poster
NR

Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estranged, terminally-ill father. But as his father's death delays, Masa is forced to confront the spiraling web of lies and to learn to follow his heart.

Make-Believers

2024

Make-Believers poster
NR

Masa hires rental actress and aspiring dancer, Kanako, to pose as his fiancée to impress his estranged, terminally-ill father. But as his father's death delays, Masa is forced to confront the spiraling web of lies and to learn to follow his heart.

Make-Believers

2024

Transmission poster
7.5

Based on 'The Statement of Randolph Carter' by H.P. Lovecraft, an apprentice recounts his ghostly experience with a parapsychologist on their hunt for the occult.

Transmission

2019

Transmission poster
7.5

Based on 'The Statement of Randolph Carter' by H.P. Lovecraft, an apprentice recounts his ghostly experience with a parapsychologist on their hunt for the occult.

Transmission

2019

The Orange of Daydreams poster
NR

Colorblind, cat-lover, Mariya hires loner-hacker, Tomo, to help catch a killer of stray cats, and in the process falls in love.

The Orange of Daydreams

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The Orange of Daydreams poster
NR

Colorblind, cat-lover, Mariya hires loner-hacker, Tomo, to help catch a killer of stray cats, and in the process falls in love.

The Orange of Daydreams

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The Orange of Daydreams poster
NR

Colorblind, cat-lover, Mariya hires loner-hacker, Tomo, to help catch a killer of stray cats, and in the process falls in love.

The Orange of Daydreams

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Automation poster
8.0

Hiro, a shy, jaded salary worker, purchases a robot maid to keep him company. The robot at first injects some fun and comfort into his lonely existence but soon the lack of a human element only serves to isolate him further.

Automation

2018

Automation poster
8.0

Hiro, a shy, jaded salary worker, purchases a robot maid to keep him company. The robot at first injects some fun and comfort into his lonely existence but soon the lack of a human element only serves to isolate him further.

Automation

2018

The Widow poster
8.0

Through her stream-of-conscious testimony, 40-something widow, Tomoko Tanai, recounts her experience of dating a man 15 years her junior, Satoshi, a handsome prince-charming who may not be what he seems.

The Widow

2018

The Widow poster
8.0

Through her stream-of-conscious testimony, 40-something widow, Tomoko Tanai, recounts her experience of dating a man 15 years her junior, Satoshi, a handsome prince-charming who may not be what he seems.

The Widow

2018