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Tetsuya Nakashima has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2010s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Memories of Matsuko.
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While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.
Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima · With Miki Nakatani, Eita Nagayama, Yūsuke Iseya

Devastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima · With Takako Matsu, Masaki Okada, Yoshino Kimura

Momoko, a strange and seemingly emotionless girl obsessed with 18th century France, befriends a Yanki biker and the two experience the ups and downs of their unusual lives in a rural Japanese town.
Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima · With Kyoko Fukada, Anna Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Miyasako

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.
Dir. Tetsuya Nakashima · With Koji Yakusho, Nana Komatsu, Hiroya Shimizu