Makoto Akatsuka Movies
- 2002
The Twilight Samurai
The Twilight Samurai7.82002HD
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles...
- 2008
Kabei: Our Mother
Kabei: Our Mother7.22008HD
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....
- 1992
Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora-san Makes Excuses81992HD
Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko...
- 1987
Tora-san Goes North
Tora-san Goes North8.71987HD
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...
- 1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
The Yellow Handkerchief6.71977HD
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a...
- 2004
The Hidden Blade
The Hidden Blade7.4192004HD
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his...
- 1969
Double Suicide
Double Suicide7.021969HD
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan....
- 1976
Tora-san's Pure Love
Tora-san's Pure Love8.51976HD
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love...
- 1991
Kim's War
Kim's War01991HD
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the...
- 1979
Nomugi Pass
Nomugi Pass6.31979HD
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya...
- 1991
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit41991HD
When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his...
- 1976
The Village
The Village6.71976HD
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and,...
- 1991
Playtime Never Ends
Playtime Never Ends71991HD
A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't...
- 2001
The King of Minami 17
The King of Minami 1702001HD
- 1971
Wet Sand in August
Wet Sand in August5.31971HD
Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
- 1991
Goaisatsu
Goaisatsu01991HD
An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.
- 1970
Gakuen-sai no yoru: Amai taiken
Gakuen-sai no yoru: Amai taiken01970HD
A teenage drama film about Makiko Hayashi, a top student who is aiming to get into University of Tokyo, together with a group of other students. She...
- 1970
Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.01970HD
After ten years Ryuma Shiranui, aka Dragon, returns to Hong Kong to visit the grave of his mentor, Kaizan Fubiki, who recently died from "an...
- 1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa01973HD
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike
- 1981
Aoba gakuen monogatari
Aoba gakuen monogatari01981HD
1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.