Yōko Asaji

The Voice of Sin (2020)

Eiji Akutsu is a newspaper reporter. He is working on unsolved case that took place 30 years ago. The case involved a group of people extorting several companies for money. The group sent cassette tapes to the companies. Eiji Akutsu comes across a mysterio ...

Tug of War! (2012)

The mayor of Oita wants to improve the image of his city, so he instructs Chiaki - a young woman working for the city's PR department - to form a female tug of war team. Nobuo MIZUTA mixes comedy, drama and a pinch of social criticism to tell a tale of eig ...

Onigiri: Arcadia monogatari (2004)

A couple flees Tokyo, their family and friends. The girlfriend is a member of a rock band. She is dating the man, but friends and family are against it compelling her to move away. They stay at an inn in an area in which they know no one. One inn employee ...

Abarenbo Shogun: The Avenging Angel (1993)

This is a standalone movie, based on the long-running television series about Shogun Yoshimune. When the very foundation of the government is shaken by a counter-feiting scandal, Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune must take to the road as an itinerant ronin in ord ...

Abarenbo Shogun: The Bride of Edo Castle (1991)

The Shogun gets engaged to a princess who rebels against the prospect, because she wasn't consulted. ...

Ebarake no hitobito (1991)

The Ebara family, a typical middle-class family living in downtown Tokyo. When her mother-in-law sold a mountain, a large amount of 70 million yen came in, and with that as a down payment, she got her longing detached house. A slapstick drama for each fami ...

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. ...

Fuyu Monogatari (1989)

Based on the comic by Hidenori Hara. ...

The Girl in Glass (1988)

A girl from a wealthy family falls in love with a working-class boy. ...

Seven Days War (1988)

A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about ...

The Goodbye Girls (1987)

When 22-year-old Ikuko gets fired from her editing internship right before her college graduation instead of getting hired, she turns to her schoolteacher father for advice. Instead, he tells her, "I've decided to become a singer! Sort your own life out!" ...

Ronin on a Mission (1987)

Mori Kojiro, a member of the Akō Ronin, fails to identify Kira Kozukenosuke before their attack and is publicly banished by Ōishi Kuranosuke. Ōishi later apologizes privately, revealing that Kira has a decoy and assigning Mori a secret mission to kill t ...

Lover, Come Back to Me (1983)

Ken Ota is a Japanese-American GI. He comes to Hiroshima after WW2 looking for his big sister, but finds Keiko, a bomb victim with a keloid scar on her shoulder. ...

The Edo Fortune-Teller (1982)

Karasudo, who charges 16 mon for his fortune-telling skill, asks for nothing when it comes to swordplay. His merciless blade is stained with the blood of his enemies when he uncovers a sinister plot and finds that his martial arts skill must be called into ...

Willful Murder (1981)

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical ...

Magistrate of the Floating World (1981)

Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure. ...

Auto Town (1981)

Ghost Train (1978)

My Brother (1976)