Directing

Shintarō Hocchi

Known for

Directing

Credits

4 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Path of a Nameless Love poster
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Kento, a love hotel employee, gets caught up in a lovers' quarrel between two guests. After managing to defuse the situation, he ends up having what appears to be a one-night stand with Mika, the woman whose lover has been stolen from her. One day, Kento returns home from work to find Mika standing at his front door, carrying a bag full of cash... (R15+ version premiered at the OP PICTURES+ Festival 2025).

The Path of a Nameless Love

2026

The Path of a Nameless Love poster
NR

Kento, a love hotel employee, gets caught up in a lovers' quarrel between two guests. After managing to defuse the situation, he ends up having what appears to be a one-night stand with Mika, the woman whose lover has been stolen from her. One day, Kento returns home from work to find Mika standing at his front door, carrying a bag full of cash... (R15+ version premiered at the OP PICTURES+ Festival 2025).

The Path of a Nameless Love

2026

The Path of a Nameless Love poster
NR

Kento, a love hotel employee, gets caught up in a lovers' quarrel between two guests. After managing to defuse the situation, he ends up having what appears to be a one-night stand with Mika, the woman whose lover has been stolen from her. One day, Kento returns home from work to find Mika standing at his front door, carrying a bag full of cash... (R15+ version premiered at the OP PICTURES+ Festival 2025).

The Path of a Nameless Love

2026

One Cut in the Life poster
NR

A rampage at a university, the students Yuka and Mai are frozen with fear. At gunpoint, the two perpetrators try to force them to decide which of them must die next. In a moment of distraction, Mai tries to escape but is badly injured by a shot in the back. After the killers have moved on, a student, Hayashi Yuka, comes to the rescue. But even as they try to save Mai together, the killers return. Hayashi is driven to an act of desperation that leaves him with deep wounds.

One Cut in the Life

2020