Yuya Yamaguchi
Directing
Known For

In a quiet seaside town, high school students Haino and Reiko are dating. They try to go further than just kissing, but fail due to a condition set by Reiko: Haino must win his next rugby match to earn her consent. Motivated by this goal, Haino devotes himself to the game—until a new woman catches his eye: Izawa, a substitute teacher at their school. When Reiko sees Izawa getting close to Haino, she becomes consumed with jealousy.
Young & Fine

Located in the downtown area of Nagoya, this 60-year-old, bath and toilet co-op accommodation is a room with no room, "Makanai-sō".
Makanai-sō

The comedy manga's story centers on Oshako Jaeger, a woman who can't date men who don't live in fancy homes. She goes around judging the homes of various men.
Oshako, Sommelier of Fancy Homes

Mizuki, a retired marathon runner with limited social skills and no experience in love, struggles to adapt to her new job at a high-end hotel due to her lack of customer service skills. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she meets Kaji, a charming dessert chef at the hotel known for his womanizing ways. After a frustrated Mizuki lashes out at him, Kaji surprisingly enlists her as his taste tester, potentially setting the stage for a sweet romance despite their seemingly incompatible lives.
Sugar Sugar Honey

One night, an unidentified object suddenly appeared in the garden of a broken apartment in downtown where the whispers of love next door resounded every night, and a naked man (Shohei Uno) who called himself an "alien" came out of it. It is said that he made an untimely landing due to the failure of the spaceship, and he lives in an apartment.
The Alien Next Door

Kazuha Ono is divorced at the age of 35 due to her husband's affair. Despite this, she is trying to live positively but is conscious of other people’s remarks regarding her age and the fact she’s a divorcee. While announcing her divorce to her coworkers she is overhead by Mitsui, a new employee, who happens to be there. Furthermore, Rensuke Hayami, a former business partner, now a popular actor, also appears, and begins to wield her Kazuha?!
My Happy Divorced Life

A psychological thriller centered on Sakai Yoichi, a freelance video director, and Mitsumi Kei, a piano teacher who moonlights as a serial killer. When Yoichi, who is stuck in his current situation doing small jobs to make ends meet, returns to his office, there’s a package waiting for him. Inside is a human finger, and the message for Yoichi to get in touch if he’s interested to “document his activities.” Yoichi was going to call the police, but after considering, he decides instead to contact the sender. The person he meets at the designated house is none other than pianist Mitsumi Kei. This encounter leads Yoichi to continue documenting the murders, but what awaits him as a result of this decision… remains to be seen.
The Record of Murder

Rei Himenomiya, forced to live alone due to family circumstances, meets the charming Rin Ouji and falls in love. Determined to win her heart, he embarks on a passionate pursuit, but his journey proves more complicated than he anticipated.
Love Revolution

It's summer vacation, but two high schoolers have been instructed to clean the (empty) swimming pool. As they sweep the pool, they initially discuss school life, love and makeup. But it isn't long before their worries begin to overflow and their thoughts intersect.
Swimming in a Sand Pool

Tokoro Yui is a lover of literature and a huge fan of a famous student author known as Midorimachi Konoha. Unfortunately for her, her new school’s literature club is dominated by a group of elite students, preventing her from joining. However, the club’s leader Saionji Mari offers her a lifeline: if she can find out the true identity of the famous writer, she will be permitted to join the club.
The Scoop!

After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Yamai is released thanks to Akiko but the search for Miyake's killer begins. Security camera footage reveals Seiji to be the culprit.
Kaeshi 2

After ten years in prison for a high school classmate's murder, Koji gets out and joins the yakuza. But his victim's father has him on his radar. Seiji tries to get on with his life after losing his daughter and wife. Ten years later he learns that his daughter's killer has been freed.
Kaeshi

The referendum whether nuclear power plants should be banned has been held in Japan. People must decide their future.
The Choice of Our Nation

A business man moves to the Philippines for work and brings his family along in a desperate attempt to heal their emotional detachment in the wake of his daughter's recent attempted suicide. But their idyllic new home comes with the supernatural appearance of lost WW2 Japanese soldiers forcing them to confront their definition of family, identity, and even history itself.
Kaikou The Encounter

A girl who suddenly loses her home ends up moving in with a male classmate (who is actually a cross-dressing internet idol) and tries to escape poverty.