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Mami Sunada

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Biography

Mami Sunada was born in Tokyo and studied documentary filmmaking at Keio University. She broke into film by assisting director Hirokazu Kore-eda on Still Walking and Air Doll. She also wrote and directed Death of a Japanese Salaryman. Her latest film, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, played at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Known For

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House
7.6

Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.

The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House

2023
A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura
7.8

Kasumi Arimura suddenly gets a break from filming and returns to her hometown for the first time in a long while. Her mother, Yumiko, comes to the train station to pick her up and they head for the family home.

A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura

2020
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
7.5

Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

2013
While the Women Are Sleeping
5.7

Kenji and Aya spend their summer days in a Hotel. While she is doing her own thing, he tries to work on his novel. But then a few strange hotel guest arouse the curiosity of the couple.

While the Women Are Sleeping

2016
Junichi
7.3

Jun'ichi is a young man without job or home who seems to have a great power of fascination over woman. He crosses the paths of different women who are unsatisfied with their lives and find comfort in his presence. It is a subtle love story between Jun'ichi's drifting life and six different woman from 16 to 65 years old.

Junichi

2019
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
9.3

Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008) and the 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

2008
Omotenashi
4.2

Cultures meet and values are learnt through the renovation of an inn.

Omotenashi

2018
So I Can Be Alright: Cocco's Endless Journey
4.8

A documentary about the J-pop / folk rock singer Cocco.

So I Can Be Alright: Cocco's Endless Journey

2008
Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salaryman
8.0

Recently retired from a company after some 40 years of service, Sunada Tomoaki, father of filmmaker Sunada Mami, is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only has a few months left to live. True to his pragmatic core, Sunada sets out to accomplish a list of tasks before his final departure: playing with his grandchildren, planning his own funeral, saying “I love you” to his wife, among others. In a voice over, using words taken from her father’s diary, filmmaker Sunada speaks tenderly in first person as the elder Sunada.

Ending Note: Death of a Japanese Salaryman

2011