
Naoko Ogigami
Directing
Biography
Naoko Ogigami (荻上 直子, Ogigami Naoko, born 1972 in Chiba Prefecturea) is a Japanese film director. Among her most notable works are her films Kamome Shokudo and Megane. At the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival Megane won the Manfred Salzberger Award, for "broadening the boundaries of cinema today."
Known For

This seven-episode anthology features a cast of leading actors and depicts various forms of "love," such as love almost forgotten, love between sons and mothers, and love that transcends borders.
Modern Love Tokyo

Hajime Aoyama runs the mobile coffee shop Tako Coffee. Riding in his coffee truck, he goes from street to street. Along the way, he comforts those with wounded hearts and minds. Hajime Aoyama appears carefree, but he has a secret.
How About Coffee?

Kaoru's unexpected new roommate is Rilakkuma, a bear with a zipper on its back that spends each day just lazing around -- but is impossible to hate.
Rilakkuma and Kaoru

A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded by small happiness.
Riverside Mukolitta

On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
Kamome Diner

A young woman who rents out cats to lonely old folks finds her life turned upside down when a young man from her past shows back up in her life.
Rent-a-Cat

An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Glasses

Sawada graduated from an art university but cannot rely on it to make a living and is working as an assistant to a famous contemporary artist. He lost his independent will and became accustomed to simply doing what he was told. One day, Sawada had an accident on the way to work and lost his job because of an arm injury. When he returned to the room, there was an ant on the floor. After drawing a circle as if guided by an ant, Sawada's daily life begins to be eroded by the circle.
Maru

After being neglected by her mother, a little girl is taken in by her uncle and his transgender girlfriend, who create a loving home for her.
Close-Knit

Yoriko Sudo believes in a new religious group Midoriinochikai, that worships water. She lives peacefully, devoting herself to the group daily.
Ripples

A 30-something Gundam fan and engineer is forced to live with his recluse brother Maury and younger sister Lisa to take care of their Japanese grandmother after their mother's funeral.
Toilet

In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut known as the "Yoshino-gari" hairstyle. Then one day, a drastic change occurs when a transfer student with bleached hair comes from Tokyo.
Yoshino's Barber Shop

A haiku club comprised of five unlikely students aim to win the national high school haiku tournament.
Love Is Five Seven Five

A short film by Naoko Ogigami.
Hoshino-kun, Yumeno-kun
A short film by Naoko Ogigami.