Mitsuru Hirata
Is eol do: Acting
Breithlá: 1953-11-02
Áit bhreithe: Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Ar a dtugtar: ひらた みつる
Quiet Don 9
Shouldn't gangsters love stubborn people? To protect true love, the Shinsen-gumi gather at night in Tokyo!
Scaoileadh : 1996.10.28Coitianta : 1.132
The Buried Forest
Three high school girls living out in the country build stories out from their local environment, mountainous and bordered by an unkempt buried...
Scaoileadh : 2005.05.12Coitianta : 3.123
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of...
Scaoileadh : 1985.09.20Coitianta : 15.077
Fall Guy
Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes...
Scaoileadh : 1982.10.09Coitianta : 8.225
Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess
A man arrives in the city upon news of a potential terrorist strike in Italy. He is Japanese foreign diplomat, Kosaku Kuroda, and he’s here...
Scaoileadh : 2009.07.18Coitianta : 2.173
First Love
This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a...
Scaoileadh : 2000.04.01Coitianta : 2.834
Yurika-chan
An exciting 'psychic movie' starring Kanako Enomoto, adapted from the manga series by Yukio Tamai. Police detectives searching for clues related to a...
Scaoileadh : 1997.01.01Coitianta : 1.121
Railroad Man
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line...
Scaoileadh : 1999.06.05Coitianta : 9.745
Whiteout
A group of terrorists has taken hold of the largest dam in Japan. They also capture the workers as hostages, and demanded $5 billion yen from the...
Scaoileadh : 2000.08.19Coitianta : 4.528
Mr. Hacchaki's Tokyo Game
A movie starring Meijin Takahashi, the God of Famicom. Based on the Hacchaki Sensei manga.
Scaoileadh : 1987.01.01Coitianta : 0.675
Spectacle of Buds
A weak willed man teams up with a stripper after her stage show partner runs off with another dancer. He is obsessed with her unique inverted nipples...
Scaoileadh : 1986.04.26Coitianta : 0.841
The Deep Red
Shinku is a compelling drama that focuses on the strange relationship that develops between two people who find their lives irrevocably changed as a...
Scaoileadh : 2005.09.17Coitianta : 1.658
Pinwheel Hamakichi’s Spell 2
Hamakichi, who used to be a detective is now a toy merchant. His former boss has a grudge against the Yakuza family, which leads to the murder of a...
Scaoileadh : 1982.08.30Coitianta : 0.316
Kaidan Horror Classics
Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.
Scaoileadh : 2010.08.23Coitianta : 2.051
Gate of Youth 2
Mid 50s: the trials and tribulations of Shinsuke Ibuki, freshly arrived in Tokyo from Kyushu.
Scaoileadh : 1982.01.23Coitianta : 1.358
Piano in a Storeroom
Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba...
Scaoileadh : 2014.02.09Coitianta : 2.562
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
In the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga drama about its famous historical figure Tadataka...
Scaoileadh : 2022.05.20Coitianta : 3.028
My Grandpa
Kenzo was behind bars for killing a gangster. Upon his release, he goes to live with his son, whose marriage is on the rocks. His 14-year-old...
Scaoileadh : 2003.04.05Coitianta : 2.146
Flowers
Flowers examines the lives of six women across three generations, from the Show period all the way through to the present day.
Scaoileadh : 2010.06.12Coitianta : 2.196
Miracle in Four Days
Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a...
Scaoileadh : 2005.06.04Coitianta : 2.355
Moonlight Mask
The year is 1947, during the war torn period of the Showa era. The story begins when a man, presumed to have been killed in battle, returns home. Who...
Scaoileadh : 2011.03.26Coitianta : 1.488
Case of Kyoko, Case of Shuichi
Kyoko (Sakura Ando) works as an insurance agent. Due to a series of unfortunate events, she brings shame to her family and has to leave her hometown....
Scaoileadh : 2013.08.24Coitianta : 1.541
The Woodsman and the Rain
A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.
Scaoileadh : 2012.02.11Coitianta : 2.699
Pickpocket
Kaido is a professional pickpocket who works the Tokyo subway with his young foster-daughter, Rei: She lets herself be groped while Kaido relieves...
Scaoileadh : 2000.11.03Coitianta : 1.822
The Last Message
Police coroner Kuraishi Yoshio (Masaaki Uchino) and the crime lab team attempt to solve a serial murder case with a killer who seems to kill...
Scaoileadh : 2012.06.30Coitianta : 1.186
Where The Legend Lives
Kohei Miyazaki (Naoto Takenaka), a former railroad worker, has become obsessed with locating the ancient country of Yamatai. His obsession sprouted...
Scaoileadh : 2008.11.01Coitianta : 1.855
I Want to Be a Shellfish
1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with...
Scaoileadh : 2008.09.22Coitianta : 1.708
Angel Home
The "Himawari So" ("Sunflower House") is a group home for mentally underdeveloped adults. Manga artist Itpon Aijo (Naoto Takenaka) begins to work at...
Scaoileadh : 2013.04.19Coitianta : 1.763
Our Tomorrow
At a pawn shop called "K" which is known for being a place where backroom deals are conducted, a professional burglar named Ryo Fudo puts together a...
Scaoileadh : 2014.04.05Coitianta : 1.363
Inochi
Yu Miri is a writer who's just become pregnant by her married lover. When she decides to keep the baby without his help, her ex-boyfriend Yutaka,...
Scaoileadh : 2002.09.14Coitianta : 2.153
Romantic Prelude
An aspiring floral designer and the photographer next door become drawn to each other through the everyday sounds they hear through their shared...
Scaoileadh : 2009.05.16Coitianta : 3.968
Fly Boys, Fly!
Six young pilots who all volunteered to be Kami-kaze or suicide pilots.
Scaoileadh : 1995.09.23Coitianta : 2.312
Thriller CRT
A creepy anthology about a homicidal little girl, a woman being stalked, a dentist and a man struggling to keep his eyes open on the road.
Scaoileadh : 1991.02.25Coitianta : 1.232
A Lone Scalpel
Dr Toma, a skilled surgeon, starts work at a regional hospital in Japan. After performing an operation to remove a patient’s liver cancer,...
Scaoileadh : 2010.06.05Coitianta : 2.478
Welcome to the Quiet Room
28 year old freelance writer Sakura Asuka wakes up tied in a white room. The white room is a protected room located in an isolated ward of a...
Scaoileadh : 2007.10.20Coitianta : 4.499
Year One in the North
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of...
Scaoileadh : 2005.01.14Coitianta : 2.28
Call Me Chihiro
An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
Scaoileadh : 2023.02.23Coitianta : 19.803
Madadayo
Based on the life of Hyakken Uchida, a Japanese author and academic. The film opens with Uchida resigning his job as a German professor at the onset...
Scaoileadh : 1993.04.17Coitianta : 13.527
The Women in the Lakes
A 100-year-old resident of a Lake Biwa nursing home dies mysteriously. Did a respirator keeping him alive suddenly malfunction, or was he murdered? A...
Scaoileadh : 2024.05.17Coitianta : 3.864
The Man from Shimizu
On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a...
Scaoileadh : 1982.12.28Coitianta : 1.578
Love Letter
A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.
Scaoileadh : 1998.05.23Coitianta : 1.385
Capone Cries a Lot
Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.
Scaoileadh : 1985.02.16Coitianta : 4.841
Shabu-Shabu Spirit
A fiancé, Keita, goes to meet the family, the father, Shozo, begins his secret appraisal – a test to see whether this fiancé is...
Scaoileadh : 2015.03.25Coitianta : 0.335
Choji Snack Bar
Eiji lives a quiet life running a small Izakaya with his wife. He spends his days cooking for and serving the lively residents of his small hometown.
Scaoileadh : 1983.11.12Coitianta : 3.199
Nuclear Gypsies
Barbara, a dancer, is coming home to Nagoya after a long absence. She lives above a bar in an area whose inhabitants are mainly from Okinawa. Upon...
Scaoileadh : 1985.05.05Coitianta : 2.029
Princess Toyotomi
National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) travel from their...
Scaoileadh : 2011.05.28Coitianta : 2.155
KochiKame - The Movie: Save the Kachidoki Bridge!
Police Officer Kankichi Ryotsu (Shingo Katori) is back at the Kameari Park Polic Box. Kankichi Ryotsu usually means to do well, but more often than...
Scaoileadh : 2011.08.05Coitianta : 1.607
Pro Golfer Oribe 2: Par is Fine
The second film in the series Professional golfer Oribe Kinjiro.
Scaoileadh : 1994.05.14Coitianta : 0.844
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
An omnibus special comprised of five segments.
Scaoileadh : 2014.10.18Coitianta : 2.285
Rex: A Dinosaur's Story
A young girl befriends an infant T-rex after her palentologist father nurtures a lair of lost dinosaur eggs.
Scaoileadh : 1993.07.03Coitianta : 1.758
Tora-san, the Go-Between
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a...
Scaoileadh : 1985.08.03Coitianta : 3.219
Friendship
Fourteen-year old student Ayumi has leukemia and starts losing hair. She becomes depressed but receives overwhelming support from her classmates when...
Scaoileadh : 1998.05.16Coitianta : 1.197
Surgical Designs in Flames
A story of the skilled brain surgeon, Todo, whose talent and ambition are put to test through a series of high risk surgical procedures.
Scaoileadh : 1986.05.24Coitianta : 1.77
Hold Me and Kiss Me
Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and...
Scaoileadh : 1992.11.14Coitianta : 2.793
The Man in White
After his father figure - a yakuza boss, is murdered, Azusa Moribe goes on a killing spree to exact revenge.
Scaoileadh : 2003.03.29Coitianta : 4.157
Memoirs of a Murderer
The movie begins in the year 1995 where there were 5 peculiar murder cases. The murderer would always get someone close to the victim to witness how...
Scaoileadh : 2017.06.10Coitianta : 7.472
The Morning Set, Milk and Spring
Middle-aged salaryman Ichiro Sasaki (Mitsuru Hirata) hears of the death of his childhood friend Okabe (Takeshi Itoh). Okabe left a message for Ichiro...
Scaoileadh : 2013.08.17Coitianta : 0.606
The Man in White Part 2: Requiem for the Lion
A rowdy, young yakuza takes revenge against a gang of thousands for the death of his boss.
Scaoileadh : 2003.04.21Coitianta : 1.968
Shanghai Rhapsody
Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one...
Scaoileadh : 1984.10.06Coitianta : 1.517
Almost Coming, Almost Dying
To reward himself for his new teaching gig in Sapporo, 29-year-old Manabu decides to celebrate New Year's Eve with a little treat at a local sex...
Scaoileadh : 2017.07.23Coitianta : 1.41
And Then There Was Light
On Mihama, one of Tokyo's outlying islands, Shinji witnesses the rape of his girlfriend and middle-school classmate, Haruka, then commits an...
Scaoileadh : 2017.11.23Coitianta : 2.127
Traces of Sin
Tanaka is going through a tough time trying to support his younger sister Mitsuko, recently arrested and hold up in jail. As an investigative...
Scaoileadh : 2017.02.18Coitianta : 4.12
Oishinbo
Based on the comic by Tatsu Kariya. Featuring journalist Shiro Yamaoka who works for Touzai Shimbun. He is a cynical food critic who is tasked by...
Scaoileadh : 1996.04.13Coitianta : 1.334
Love Bites Back
Yuichi Koga is an upper-class business executive, running his own adult video company, and living a successful life with his wife and daughter....
Scaoileadh : 1988.07.01Coitianta : 2.105
Pro Golfer Oribe Kinjiro
Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf...
Scaoileadh : 1993.01.15Coitianta : 1.26
Theater Of Life
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.
Scaoileadh : 1983.01.29Coitianta : 3.125
Rebirth
After the collapse of their relationship, Kiwako abducts the 6-month old child of a man she was having an affair with. Raising the child as her own,...
Scaoileadh : 2011.04.29Coitianta : 4.257
Tsurumoku Dokushinryô
Based on the comic by Eisaku Kubonouchi
Scaoileadh : 1991.07.27Coitianta : 0.785
The City of Betrayal
Yuichi is a freeter who has lazy days. He receives an allowance from a woman that he lives with. Tomoko is a housewife. Yuichi and Tomoko meet...
Scaoileadh : 2016.11.12Coitianta : 0.932
Nogare no machi
Based on the novel of the same name by Kenzo Kitakata.
Scaoileadh : 1983.10.15Coitianta : 1.7
Twilight of the Cockroaches
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on....
Scaoileadh : 1987.11.21Coitianta : 2.807
Room Leader
Detective Nobuhiko Kamamoto is a detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, armed with keen interviewing skills and the ability to read...
Scaoileadh : 2017.12.17Coitianta : 0.832
Number One
Kubozuka plays Araki Ryunosuke who starts working at a host club called "club NO.1" to pay his debt.
Scaoileadh : 2001.12.27Coitianta : 1.736
Love & Pop
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates....
Scaoileadh : 1998.01.10Coitianta : 12.187
One Who Died in Vain
After returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home.
Scaoileadh : 1986.04.19Coitianta : 3.126
Zutaboro
When friends graduate from junior high school and are enrolled in high school Koichi and Yakko join a motorcycle gang. They make new friends, have...
Scaoileadh : 2015.01.01Coitianta : 1.385
Tokyo Boy
Minato is a young girl who was traumatized at a young age by being abandoned by her parents and left with her senile grandmother. She frequently...
Scaoileadh : 2008.06.09Coitianta : 1.308
Soul Flower Train
Amamoto travels from his small village to Osaka to find his estranged daughter. When he meets a friendly young woman, she gives him a unique guide of...
Scaoileadh : 2013.08.31Coitianta : 0.909
Fukushima 50
Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region...
Scaoileadh : 2020.03.06Coitianta : 13.273
Wasao
Wasao, an Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture that became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog from a traveller's blog. Heartwarming drama starring Wasao...
Scaoileadh : 2011.03.05Coitianta : 3.484
Actress
Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi.
Scaoileadh : 1987.01.17Coitianta : 2.722
Translucent Tree
Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father...
Scaoileadh : 2004.10.30Coitianta : 2.297
The Asadas!
Masashi is a photographer. He has his parents and an older brother Yukihiro. Through the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Masashi begins to take...
Scaoileadh : 2020.10.02Coitianta : 7.049
The Audition
Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!
Scaoileadh : 1984.11.17Coitianta : 0.607
Music Box
A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.
Scaoileadh : 1989.03.11Coitianta : 1.765
We Are
Seven friends part ways after their last day at school. Some seek their fortune in Tokyo, others remain in their hometown Maebashi. Over the course...
Scaoileadh : 2018.05.31Coitianta : 1.967
Listen to the Universe
Four pianists take part in the preliminary round of an international piano playing competition. Each has a story that is different and unique. One is...
Scaoileadh : 2019.10.04Coitianta : 2.586
Double Face: gisō keisatsu-hen
This is the continuation and final part of Double Face SP, the Japanese remake of the highly successful 2002 Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. This...
Scaoileadh : 2012.10.27Coitianta : 1.043
Double Face: Sen'nyû sôsa hen
Two men, a detective and a gang member, infiltrate each other's organization. Soon they find their fates intertwined.
Scaoileadh : 2012.10.15Coitianta : 1.256
Happy People
Japanese anthology follows the depressing lives of several people just trying to keep going in a nihilistic world. Movie version of Kosuke...
Scaoileadh : 1997.09.27Coitianta : 0.635
Tales of Terror: The Curse of Nobuhiro-san
Nobuhiro is convinced that, in order to honor his mother's death by suicide, he needs to find the reincarnation of his mother and die with her,...
Scaoileadh : 2006.05.18Coitianta : 1.161
Tokyo: Level One
Panic occurs when the Governor of Tokyo proposes to attract a nuclear power plant to Tokyo.
Scaoileadh : 2004.03.13Coitianta : 0.871
Go Find a Psychic!
Once a year, on Christmas Eve, Cafe Telekinesis holds a real psychic party. At the party, psychics gather together to show off their abilities while...
Scaoileadh : 2009.10.20Coitianta : 2.498
Under Ninja
The once-proud Japanese Ninja disappeared after the war when GHQ disbanded their organization.However, in reality ninjas still exist secretly and it...
Scaoileadh : 2025.01.24Coitianta : 26.981
Watch Me
10-year-old Shigeki, owns his own room for the first time. From his room, he sees a girl living in a big hill top house. Shigeki instantly fell in...
Scaoileadh : 2007.11.10Coitianta : 1.478
Time and Tide
An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.
Scaoileadh : 1983.03.18Coitianta : 5.608