Takehiko Maeda

Free and Easy 8 (1996)

When Su-san invites his late friend's daughter to come along on a fishing trip, she falls in love with Hama-chan's fishing protégé. ...

Free and Easy 7 (1994)

Hama-chan and Su-san meet a charming woman on a fishing trip, but forget to ask her name. Days later, Hama-chan sees her again at a dentist's office. ...

Turning Point (1994)

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials. ...

Free and Easy 6 (1993)

Hama-chan and Su-san go fishing during a business trip, but Hama-chan has to give a lecture on Su-san's behalf in a case of mistaken identity. ...

Free and Easy 5 (1992)

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out. ...

The Rocking Horsemen (1992)

It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life i ...

Signal Fool (1990)

Isamu, a sixth-grade boy, lost his mother in a car accident at a young age. Ever since, he's been unable to forgive those who ignore traffic rules. Each day, he stands at the crosswalk with a yellow flag—his mother's keepsake—guiding his classmates and ...

Hoshi wo tsugu mono (1990)

An old man falls into a coma and dreams about his childhood during WWII. ...

Free and Easy (1988)

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke Suzuki. Ichinosuke is a lonely and ol ...

Life of Don Matsugoro (1986)

Children's movie about a dog that can type messages into a word processor. When his owner is kidnapped, the canine summons his fellow dogs to help in the rescue effort. ...

Congratulatory Speech (1985)

Fine, with Occasional Murders (1984)

Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being. ...

P. P. Rider (1983)

Three high-school students tangle with indulgent yakuza and lackadaisical police as they set out in search of the class bully, who has been kidnapped. ...

Tora-san's Promise (1981)

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enam ...

Solar Eclipse (1975)

When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot. ...

Tora-san Loves an Artist (1973)

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister. ...

Go As Messy As Messy Can Be (1971)

Comedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning the favors of a hostess and ends up feeling the breasts and hips of all the girls in his father's office. ...

Love Fantasia (1970)

A musical comedy. ...

Showdown in Gangland (1970)

Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence. ...

One Two Punch (1969)

Two men succeed in opening a joint restaurant after hilarious troubles. ...

World of Discontinuity (1969)

A feature-length documentary film written, directed, and filmed by Akira Ide, a former broadcast writer, covering the truth about discontinuity in the world. ...

The Rough One (1969)

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the young hoods run afoul of their underworld idols when they rob the wrong gang, led by brutal boss Konno. Wh ...

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai (1969)

Second movie in the Sakura Code series. ...

Konto 55: The Weaknesses of the Century (1968)

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami. ...

Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is presse ...

Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three yea ...

Velvet Hustler (1967)

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the ...

Massacre Gun (1967)

Kuroda is a mob hitman who turns on his employers after being forced to execute his lover. Joining forces with his similarly wronged brothers, hot-headed Eiji and aspiring boxer Saburo, the trio escalate their mob retaliation to all-out turf war where no o ...

Fighting Elegy (1966)

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group. ...