Akihiko Hirata Movies

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to...

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...

1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much....

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted...

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

1962 Japanese movie

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.

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho version and the American King of the Monsters! in a...