Profiles of 20 notable directors: Seijun Suzuki • Sho-hei Imamura • Kinji Fukasaku • So-go Ishii • Masato Harada • Kiyoshi Kurosawa • Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli • Kaizo- Hayashi • Shinya Tsukamoto • "Beat" Takeshi Kitano • Ryo-suke Hashiguchi • Takashi Miike • Makoto Shinozaki • Hirokazu Kore-eda • Shinji Aoyama • Naomi Kawase • Sabu • Hideo Nakata • Akihiko Shiota / Reviews of 97 films, with critical commentaries / 151 images from behind the scenes and in front of the camera / Data on each film, including Japanese title, cast, synopsis, and distribution companies / Bibliography.