Shinji Sōmai — Director (6)
Dreamy Fifteen (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
翔んだカップル
other title: The Terrible Couple / 翔んだカップル
Aspiring to be admitted to a good university and to become a lawyer, Tasiro Yuusuke, a tenth-grader from Kyushu, enrolls in a prestigious high school in Tokyo. Plans are made for him to live in his uncle's house, part of which is rented out while his uncle is abroad on business. A realtor's mistakes leaves Tasiro sharing the house with Kei Yamaba, the most beautiful girl in the school, who is also his classmate. There is the risk that their unexpected 'co-habitation' will be discovered by the school authorities.
The Catch (1983) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
魚影の群れ
director: 相米慎二 actor: 绪形拳 / 夏目雅子
other title: 鱼影之群 / 魚影の群れ
A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.
Wait and See (1998) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
あ、春
director: 相米慎二 actor: 佐藤浩市 / 齐藤由贵
other title: 啊,春天 / あ、春
A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.
Tokyo Heaven (1990) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
東京上空いらっしゃいませ
director: 相米慎二 actor: 中井贵一 / 牧濑里穗
other title: 欢迎来到东京上空 / 東京上空いらっしゃいませ
A pampered young model is killed in a traffic accident. Given the chance to return to earth, she becomes involved with the advertising executive who is trying to cover up her death. A blend of fantasy and trenchant realism in which Somai uses the ethereal glow of advertising images to comment on the transience of life.