Keiko Tsuruoka

Keiko Tsuruoka

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Makuko 2019 (6.6)

A 5th grade elementary school student meets a transfer student who has a mysterious charm about her. He then learns her big secret.
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Tsugaru Lacquer Girl 2023 (6)

Keiko Tsuruoka’s film is at once traditional and contemporary: it gently mixes present-day gender and sexuality politics with the old-fashioned Japanese domestic drama. Traditional lacquerwork kitchenware is the Aoki family’s legacy, handed down to patriarch Seishiro (Kaoru Kobayashi) by his now-ailing father (Masayuki Suzuki). Seishiro expects to pass it in turn to his son Yu (Ryota Bando), but Yu has no interest in the craft—quite unlike daughter Miyako (Mayu Hotta), who loves it dearly. The stage is set for conflict, as established cultural traditions collide with modern mores…
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The Town of Whales 2012

Machi, Tomohiko and Hotaru attend the same high school. Machi misses her older brother, who disappeared six years earlier. The trio takes up his trail, which leads them first to Tokyo and then across the sea.
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Captain Coffee Is Risen 2015

"In the year 2015, a device called 'ACT' was discovered. Through their will before death, the deceased can borrow the body of a blood-related individual for five days."