Akiko Kazami

Hameln (2013)

Sweet Little Lies (2010)

A husband and wife, who have not had sex in three years, both fall into extra-marital affairs. ...

Adrift in Tokyo (2007)

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo. ...

Have a Nice Day (2006)

Compilation film featuring short works from directors Hitoshi Yasaki ("Short Cakes"), Yuki Tanada (scriptwriter "Sakuran," "Tsuki to Cherry"), Hiroyuki Nakano ("Stereo Future," "Samurai Fiction"), Masahiko Nagasawa ("Yoru no Picnic"), Masaya Kakehi ("Bijok ...

Pretty Woman (2003)

Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company "Theatrical Company Hono" in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, where the presiding officers and performers are co ...

The Choice of Hercules (2002)

When radicals from Japan's Red Army took a woman hostage in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano in 1972, Officer Atsuyuki Sassa was put in charge of diffusing the situation. But the task had its challenges. Upon arriving in mountainous Nagano, Sassa had t ...

Not Forgotten (2000)

Three WWII veterans, reunited by family circumstances, quickly find their life savings threatened by a private corporation; they band together to fight back. ...

You Alone Can't See (1998)

During Muraishi's time in prison for fraud, he recalls his past and learns a power to penetrate and cure others. Upon release, he goes to Hakodate, where he can find his ex-wife, Kiriko. Though he cures a lot of people on the way and believes that he is th ...

Super Girl Maria: Final Fight (1991)

It's been a year since the fierce battle with the incarnation of hatred, "Yama". Peace returned to the city, and Maria was in her second year of high school. Her destructive power increased with the teachings of her same supernatural power, Hiroshi. Eventu ...

Super Girl Maria (1991)

Yama, a bloodthirsty demon full of hatred and anger. He who confronts it is selected to have a few supernatural powers. Maria, wages a supernatural war in a school and another dimension with the help of Hiroshi who has the same ability. ...

Aurora Borealis (1990)

The story of a man and a wolf-dog in East Siberia during the early 1900s. ...

A Sandcastle Model Family Home (1989)

An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through their home during business hours. ...

The Yen Family (1988)

Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire. ...

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl (1987)

Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family's noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride ...

Yume-Chiyo (1985)

Yumechiyo, a geisha house madam recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, yearns to do something constructive with the little time she has left. Though her responsibility lies in taking care of her girls, she finds purpose in helping a man wrongfully acc ...

Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984)

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears. When the man's wife asks Tora-san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be found. ...

The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)

During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers. ...

Eve in a Summer Dress (1984)

Young lovers Makiko and Hidekazu break up because of misunderstanding. Makiko flies to New Zealand and soon recovers. When she is about to marry a man who really loves her, Hidekazu suddenly appears in her life again... Between a man who loves her and a ma ...

Tsumiki kuzushi (1983)

A conflict between parents and their delinquent daughter. ...

Onryō! Azawarau ningyō (1980)

The mysterious death of a trading company employee on an overseas business trip triggers a corruption and bribery case. A bizarre mystery surrounding the bereaved family. ...

A Portrait of Shunkin (1976)

Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of her once beautiful face, Sasuke takes away his own sight. ...

The Bullet Train (1975)

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb. ...

Take Care, Red Riding Hood (1970)

A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself. ...

Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969)

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him. ...

Falling Blossoms (1967)

Melodrama about the life of an unfortunate composer of the Meiji era, Rentaro Taki, who became known only after his death. ...

Lost Love (1967)

Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the garden, he sees a beautiful schoolgirl who lives there. After they coincidentally meet again they fall for ...

Koto—The Lake of Tears (1966)

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen strings, only to find her peaceful life turned upside down when a master musician takes personal interest in her. ...

Abashiri Prison (1965)

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this ha ...

That Cute Girl (1965)

Red Beard (1965)

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Bear ...

A Fugitive from the Past (1965)

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest. ...

Let's Dance Bon-Odori in Hawaii (1964)

A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those relatives in Waikiki. ...

A House in the Quarter (1963)

With her family suffering from extreme poverty, Yuko, as the eldest daughter, is sold to a successful brothel in Kyoto. There she is assigned to serve Takamatsu, one of the brothel's top customers. But while Takamatsu falls madly in love with Yuko, she fin ...

The Navy (1963)

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from entering t ...

The Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy (1963)

Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago. ...

20 Duels of Young Shingo: Conclusion (1963)

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many duels he fought were intended to bring justice to those who sought to do evil, he is faced with the knowledg ...

Shichinin no keiji (1963)

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Serg ...

Police Precinct: Mysterious Red Phone (1962)

A young girl named Michiko is kidnapped and later found dead in a bag. But the kidnapper strikes again. The 18th work from the series "Keishicho Monogatari". ...

Song of Kagoshima (1962)

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigatio ...

The Injured Boy (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Love School (1962)

South Pacific Waves Are High (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Run, Genta, Run! (1961)

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother. ...

The Conspirator (1961)

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference ...

The South Sea Wolf (1961)

Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a band of pirates who are also hunting the hidden stash. ...

Miyamoto Musashi (1961)

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the hist ...

Kirimaru Kirigakure (1961)

An Edo Magistrate (1961)

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi. In a world ...

Darling Escape (1961)

The Shogun and the Fishmonger (1961)

Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu. ...

World War III Breaks Out (1960)

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'. ...

Tale of Young Drifter 2 (1960)

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners. ...

Tale of Young Drifter (1960)

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners. ...

Won't Stand for Dying (1960)

The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor of the director of the company, is sexually harassed by him. Kenji beats the director and resigns. He asks h ...

The Great Road (1960)

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war . ...

Lucky Adventurer Nobunaga Oda (1959)

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a deputy military governor with land holdings in Owari province. Nobunaga lived a life of continuous military conquest ...

Four Hours of Terror (1959)

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror. ...

The Boy Detectives Club – The Enemy Is an Atomic Submarine (1959)

Ninth and final film in the Boy Detectives Club series. Features Tatsuo Umemiya's film debut. ...

The Outsiders (1958)

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda. ...

Points and Lines (1958)

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide. ...

Eight Views of Samurai (1958)

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple, and gets involved in the troubles of the samurai clan. ...

The Boy Detectives Club – The No-Headed Man (1958)

Eighth film in the Boy Detectives Club series. ...

The Boy Detectives Club – The Invisible Fiend (1958)

Seventh film in the Boy Detectives Club series. ...

Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer (1957)

After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime scene. As a result, they found a wallet with bloodstains that seemed to belong to the victim, a woman's wa ...

Jet Air Base 101 (1957)

The first batch of flight control officer candidates, full of yearning for the sky, are assembled at the 101st Air Regiment base. Nakata, Sato, and the other cadets undergo intensive training under Captain Kotani, a famous pilot, but gradually begin to res ...

The Eleventh Hour (1957)

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan's national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida's rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure o ...

Temple of Revenge (1957)

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo Sozaemon in a martial arts tournament and as a result lost his position and was expelled from home. Wanting to ave ...

The Lord Takes a Bride (1957)

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro must use his phenomenal sword skills to overcome the evil and find the love of his life. Another must have fo ...

Lofty Ambitions (1957)

Repast (1951)

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage. ...

Tsuki yori no haha (1951)

Japanese drama film. ...

When We Came Back (1950)

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki ...

Sanshiro of Ginza (1950)

An early film by Kon Ichikawa ...

Till We Meet Again (1950)

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them. ...

Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara. ...

Three-Fingered Detective (1947)

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large tracts of land. The bride is a former teacher and was rumoured to have had an affair, which explains why the g ...

The Woman Who Holds the Key (1946)

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso. ...

Victory of Women (1946)

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system. ...

Sennichimae fukin (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

Kanchō umi no bara (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

Navy (1943)

Japanese war film. ...

Our Planes Fly South (1943)

Mother and Child Grass (1942)

Mother and younglings ...

Family of Love (1941)

Family of Love ...

Submarine Number One (1941)

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines. ...

Wide and Fertile Land (1940)

In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies. ...

Earth (1939)

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts. ...