Akihiko Hirata Movies

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

Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family...

1964 Japanese movie

Captain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. Theatrically-released abridgement of Episode 15 of the TV series.

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

1956 japanese movie.

Comedy-fantasy about a salaryman (Tani) and his imaginary friends.

The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.

An Ishiro Honda film.

The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an...

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

Docudrama about Rikidozan. When Rikidozan is accused by a school teacher of selling autographs to children for ¥50 apiece, "Riki" (as he was...

1963 Japanese movie

Chōsokabe Kyutaro, notorious as a master swindler, abandons Tokyo and flees to Watakano Island near the Shima Peninsula. Upon hearing that the...

A despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko Matsubara). The wife finally kills him,...

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager...