Kazuo Otani

LUPIN THE 3rd vs. CAT'S EYE (2023)

Lupin III competes with the Kisugi sisters to steal a triptych of paintings that once belonged to their father, and which hold the key to a long-unsolved mystery. ...

Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 18 (2016)

Prosecutor Yoko Asahina 17 (2016)

Kichiku (2002)

Made-for-TV film adaptation of the 1957 novel by Seicho Matsumoto starring Takeshi Kitano and directed by Noboru Tanaka. The novel was previously adapted in 1978 film entitled "The Demon" starring Ken Ogata and directed by Yoshitaro Nomura. After a marrie ...

Be-Bop High School (1994)

Oishinbo: Nichibei Kome Sensou (1993)

The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complic ...

Aoi bara satsujin jiken (1993)

A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose. ...

Ring! Ring! Ring! The Champion Belt of Tears (1993)

Oishinbo: Ultimate vs. Supremacy (1992)

Culinary journalists Shirou Yamaoka and Yuuko Kurita must prepare the menu that will represent the Touzai Newspaper on an upcoming competition against the Teito Newspaper. The theme: food that promotes longevity. For a better research, both journalists hea ...

The Skull Soldier (1992)

Narumi, a man out for revenge with the powers he received and a bit of help from the one who saved his life, he creates the persona of Skull Soldier and attempts to discover who really killed his sister. ...

The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (1991)

After his fiancée is killed in the crossfire of a yakuza turf war, a man on the edge remorselessly hunts down the gangsters responsible. ...

Goodbye Mama (1991)

A successful office lady, who has made herself sexually available to a doctor, has her routine disrupted when her former boyfriend's son appears in her life. She is not connected to the boy, but his father has been in an accident. ...

Carlos (1991)

V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza. ...

Kinpira (1990)

A yakuza boss's daughter starts a pirate TV broadcast. ...

Love on a Daily Basis (1988)

The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend. ...

The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island (1985)

Sharaku and Wato investigate a mysterious old ship, only to find themselves getting involved in a sea voyage around strange islands. ...

Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire (1984)

Kazoku no sentaku (1983)

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past. ...

Hariko no tora (1983)

Nishimura Gosaku, an aspiring photographer who loves mountain scenery, meets a boy named Sada Ichiro one evening who asks to borrow train fare. For some reason, Ichiro follows Nishimura everywhere. When told to go home, Ichiro refuses, claiming he doesn't ...

The Guy Who Brings On A Storm (1983)

Remake of the 1957 film "The Stormy Man". ...

How to Enjoy Watching Baseball 10 Times More (1983)

One of Japan's most renowned baseball pros, Takenori Emoto of the Hanshin Tigers, relates humorous anecdotes from his own career and the game in general. Based on his novel of the same name and its sequel. ...

The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S (1982)

Youth suspense movie. ...

A Woman in Danger (1982)

A girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of explosions. However, when she learns this secret, evil hands reach out to her! ...

Examination Hell (1982)

A student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in order to arrive on time. ...

Good Luck Love (1981)

Depicting the friendship of three boys in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo. ...

Bed-In (1986)

Without knowing their names a man and woman have sex. Afterwards they introduce themselves and begin an affair. The woman feels empty without a man. The man is married with a child but he needs more than what his wife can provide. ...