Yoshihiro Katō Movies

  • 1985
    Tampopo

    Tampopo

    Tampopo

    7.8571985HD

    In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...

    Tampopo
  • 1988
    A Taxing Woman's Return

    A Taxing Woman's Return

    A Taxing Woman's Return

    6.4171988HD

    Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult...

    A Taxing Woman's Return
  • 1984
    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    The Funeral

    7.1831984HD

    When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...

    The Funeral
  • 1987
    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman

    6.8531987HD

    Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a...

    A Taxing Woman
  • 1987
    Hahako kankin: Mesu

    Hahako kankin: Mesu

    Hahako kankin: Mesu

    4.251987HD

    After watching her friend fall from a building a depressed high school girl runs away from home. When she is picked up by a nice guy on a phone date...

    Hahako kankin: Mesu
  • 1983
    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    The Family Game

    6.7831983HD

    A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a...

    The Family Game
  • 1984
    Main Theme

    Main Theme

    Main Theme

    5.9641984HD

    A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.

    Main Theme
  • 1998
    Bonds

    Bonds

    Bonds

    5.21998HD

    Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father....

    Bonds
  • 1997
    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    Woman in Witness Protection

    6.41997HD

    Vain, middle-aged actress Biwako is placed in witness protection while authorities investigate the brutal murder she witnessed. Under the watch of...

    Woman in Witness Protection
  • 1983
    Detective Story

    Detective Story

    Detective Story

    6.21983HD

    Naomi is a university student who is leaving for the US to study in a week; Shuichi is a washed-up gumshoe who's hired by Naomi's father to bodygard...

    Detective Story
  • 1993
    The Last Dance

    The Last Dance

    The Last Dance

    6.71993HD

    A successful Japanese movie director in his sixties becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. Though his family, friends, and doctor...

    The Last Dance
  • 1991
    The Gentle 12

    The Gentle 12

    The Gentle 12

    6.31991HD

    The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in...

    The Gentle 12
  • 1988
    Love Bites Back

    Love Bites Back

    Love Bites Back

    11988HD

    Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter....

    Love Bites Back
  • 1990
    Let's Go to the Hospital

    Let's Go to the Hospital

    Let's Go to the Hospital

    61990HD

    When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip...

    Let's Go to the Hospital
  • 1990
    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    Tales of a Golden Geisha

    6.31990HD

    The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as...

    Tales of a Golden Geisha
  • 1986
    Lost in the Wilderness

    Lost in the Wilderness

    Lost in the Wilderness

    01986HD

    The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of...

    Lost in the Wilderness
  • 1984
    Deaths in Tokimeki

    Deaths in Tokimeki

    Deaths in Tokimeki

    6.31984HD

    Deaths in Tokimeki tells the story of a nondescript hitman, in a remote country villa, waiting to carry out a job: the assassination of the leader of...

    Deaths in Tokimeki
  • 1989
    Roppongi Banana Boys

    Roppongi Banana Boys

    Roppongi Banana Boys

    01989HD

    A stylish light comedy about the “Banana boys”— two boys who were born and raised in Roppongi who are still growing up. It is based...

    Roppongi Banana Boys
  • 1987
    Hawaiian Dream

    Hawaiian Dream

    Hawaiian Dream

    01987HD

    Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make...

    Hawaiian Dream
  • 1988
    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!

    81988HD

    In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force is...

    The Glorious Asuka Gang!