Movies by Takashi Okabe

Bldg. N

Bldg. N

Urban legend horror film based on the true story of the "Ghost Apartment Incident" that occurred in Gifu Prefecture's Tomika Town in 2000.

Soiree

Soiree

Shota came to Tokyo to become an actor but has a side hustle in petty crime. On a trip back to his hometown in Wakayama he meets Takara, who is being assaulted by her father just sprung from prison. Soon they pair up and hit the road to escape.

またここか

またここか

This film is set at a gas station service station. While the manager, Chikasugi (Yoshimura Kaijin), and a part-time worker, Takarai (ozono Mana), are having an incomprehensible conversation, a novelist, Nemori (Okabe Takashi), comes to visit, accompanied by a nurse, Shimeno (Kinoshita Akari). Nemori tells Chikasugi that he and Chikasugi are half-brothers, and asks Chikasugi to sue the hospital over "rumors of medical mistakes" concerning his father, who is hospitalized in a vegetative state.

A Stranger in Shanghai

A Stranger in Shanghai

China is tumultuous in 1921 when the famed Japanese author of "Rashōmon", Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, visits Shanghai as a correspondent. Here he encounters revolutionaries, courtesans and much more…

Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946

Naval Port Child: Yokosuka Cleaning 1946

Post-war Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Adults who are swayed by the US military stationed in the country and swayed by US intentions cannot afford to care about children who should be protected. The war orphans, who had no choice but to survive on their own, were used to shining shoes for American soldiers, picking up cigarettes, and sometimes committing crimes. However, at some point, they came across a "cleaning" job. They work hard instead of committing crimes and earn money by being appreciated by people. The orphans begin to regain the...