A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Art Direction:
1983 The Ballad of Narayama
1987 The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1989 Black Rain
1990 The Cherry Orchard
1995 Rei Tin: Ko Ladies!! Socho saigo no hi
1995 Yankee Reppuutai
1998 Hanako of the Toilet
1998 The Hidden Festival
1999 Coquille
2000 Codename: Tomoko
2000 Senrigan
2000 The Dentist
2001 Chinese Dinner
2001 Drowning Fish
2001 Inugami
2004 Déracine
2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love
2010 Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
2011 Dendera
2011 Wasao
2014 Trick the Movie: Last Stage
2021 Photograph of Memories
Camera Operator:
1983 The Ballad of Narayama
1987 The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1989 Black Rain
1990 The Cherry Orchard
1995 Rei Tin: Ko Ladies!! Socho saigo no hi
1995 Yankee Reppuutai
1997 Restructuring Daimon 3
1998 Hanako of the Toilet
1998 The Hidden Festival
1999 Coquille
2000 Codename: Tomoko
2000 Senrigan
2000 The Dentist
2001 Chinese Dinner
2001 Drowning Fish
2001 Inugami
2004 Déracine
2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love
2010 Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
2011 Dendera
2011 Wasao
2014 Trick the Movie: Last Stage
2021 Photograph of Memories
Cinematography:
1983 The Ballad of Narayama
1987 The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1989 Black Rain
1990 The Cherry Orchard
1991 The Killers
1993 Neo Gokudoden KIZA
1995 Rei Tin: Ko Ladies!! Socho saigo no hi
1995 Yankee Reppuutai
1997 Restructuring Daimon 3
1998 Hanako of the Toilet
1998 The Hidden Festival
1999 Coquille
2000 Codename: Tomoko
2000 Senrigan
2000 The Dentist
2001 Chinese Dinner
2001 Drowning Fish
2001 Inugami
2004 Déracine
2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love
2010 Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
2011 Dendera
2011 Wasao
2014 Trick the Movie: Last Stage
2021 Photograph of Memories
Production Design:
1983 The Ballad of Narayama
1987 The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1989 Black Rain
1990 The Cherry Orchard
1991 The Killers
1993 Neo Gokudoden KIZA
1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1994 Ghost Pub
1995 Rei Tin: Ko Ladies!! Socho saigo no hi
1995 Yankee Reppuutai
1997 Lie Lie Lie
1997 Restructuring Daimon 3
1997 The Eel
1998 Dr. Akagi
1998 Hanako of the Toilet
1998 The Hidden Festival
1999 Coquille
2000 Codename: Tomoko
2000 School Day of the Dead
2000 Senrigan
2000 The Dentist
2001 Chinese Dinner
2001 Drowning Fish
2001 Inugami
2001 Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2002 11’09”01—September 11
2003 2LDK
2003 One Missed Call
2003 Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2004 Déracine
2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love
2006 Backdancers!
2007 Kitaro
2008 Snakes and Earrings
2008 The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
2010 Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
2011 Dendera
2011 Wasao
2013 Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2014 Trick the Movie: Last Stage
2021 Photograph of Memories
Set Decoration:
1983 The Ballad of Narayama
1987 The Return of the Newshound and the Lady Cop
1989 Black Rain
1990 The Cherry Orchard
1991 The Killers
1993 Neo Gokudoden KIZA
1993 Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
1994 Ghost Pub
1995 Rei Tin: Ko Ladies!! Socho saigo no hi
1995 Yankee Reppuutai
1997 Lie Lie Lie
1997 Restructuring Daimon 3
1997 The Eel
1998 Dr. Akagi
1998 Hanako of the Toilet
1998 The Hidden Festival
1999 Coquille
2000 Codename: Tomoko
2000 School Day of the Dead
2000 Senrigan
2000 The Dentist
2001 Chinese Dinner
2001 Drowning Fish
2001 Inugami
2001 Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
2002 11’09”01—September 11
2003 2LDK
2003 One Missed Call
2003 Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2004 Déracine
2004 Onna no naka no futatsu no kao
2005 Azumi 2: Death or Love
2006 Backdancers!
2007 Kitaro
2008 Snakes and Earrings
2008 The Cherry Orchard: Blossoming
2010 Trick the Movie: Psychic Battle Royale
2011 Dendera
2011 Wasao
2013 Why Don't You Play in Hell?
2014 Trick the Movie: Last Stage
2021 Photograph of Memories
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.