Kumiko Akiyoshi
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1954-07-29
Locus Natus: Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Et ut: 秋吉久美子
Furyō shōnen 3, 000-ri no sō-ban (atama)
The movie is based on an autobiographical book titled “Tokyo Furyou Shounen Densetsu.” The book was written by Endo Natsuki, who was once...
release : 2012.03.11popularis : 1.277
Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal
A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they...
release : 1977.12.29popularis : 1.18
Something Like It
Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he...
release : 1981.09.12popularis : 1.355
Mount Hakkoda
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...
release : 1977.06.04popularis : 3.453
Farewell to the Land
Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on...
release : 1982.04.09popularis : 7.032
The Enchantment
A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an...
release : 1989.10.29popularis : 2.954
Deep River
A group of Japanese tourists try to forget their pasts and find themselves in India.
release : 1995.04.01popularis : 1.906
Family
Based on the comic by Tsuchida Seiki, inspired by the artist's own life experience, this film portrays the loss and regeneration of the life of four...
release : 2023.11.03popularis : 2.242
Desert Moon
A successful businessman and his alcoholic wife attempt to piece together their unhappy lives and shattered marriage. Little do Nagai and Akira know...
release : 2001.06.19popularis : 1.648
The Blue Light
Shuichi Kushimori is a 17 year old high school student who lives happily with his mother and stepsister. One day, without warning, his estranged...
release : 2003.03.15popularis : 2.766
Love Ghost
Teenager Midori's family moves back to the city where she lived as a child and is relieved to discover that her old friend Ryusuke still lives there....
release : 2001.03.24popularis : 1.91
Cold
Genius scientist Kikuo Himura (Yosuke Kubozuka) succeeds in developing a miracle cure for the cold virus. There are now people who are after Kikuo...
release : 2014.09.27popularis : 1.792
The War of the 16 Year Olds
A young drifter and a precocious sixteen years old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past.
release : 1976.08.19popularis : 1.948
Night Train
A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
release : 1987.01.17popularis : 2.734
Crimson Lotus
Sakura and Kenzo are married. Both think they can live a happy marriage, despite the fact that she cannot have children and he does not want to give...
release : 1993.02.13popularis : 2.631
The Orphaned Geisha
Geisha Yaeko is approached by a samurai who has just returned to Edo while she is painting a picture of camellia flowers in a temple. The samurai,...
release : 1987.05.28popularis : 1.26
The Discarnates
Harada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to propose to Harada's ex-wife. Recovering from the shock,...
release : 1988.09.15popularis : 4.559
Tora-san Plays Daddy
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the...
release : 1987.12.26popularis : 2.664
Weekend Shuffle
First mainstream film directed by Genji Nakamura, based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1974 short story of the same title.
release : 1982.10.23popularis : 1.71
Red Paper Lantern
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
release : 1974.03.23popularis : 2.396
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as...
release : 1981.11.07popularis : 1.91
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
During the age of warring clans (Sengoku Jidai), many samurai lords sought to unite the country under their banners by becoming the supreme leader....
release : 1991.01.03popularis : 1.834
Younger Sister
Akio's sister, Neri has separated from her boyfriend. They lived in Kamakura. She moves in with her brother. Her ex-boyfriend's sister, Eiko comes to...
release : 1974.08.14popularis : 3.728
Virgin Blues
A young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting.
release : 1974.11.22popularis : 2.32
Permanent Blue
In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her back to his family's inn to nurse her, but he...
release : 1976.09.23popularis : 1.146
Aoba shigereru
Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.
release : 1974.09.21popularis : 2.103
Statue in Fire
Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (1966-1971, 1981-1983).
release : 1974.12.28popularis : 3.352
The Perennial Weed
A detective wonders that his sister is a murder suspect.
release : 1975.06.07popularis : 1.18
To Trap a Kidnapper
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
release : 1982.09.25popularis : 3.682
Suddenly, Like a Storm
21-year-old Hideo Ishida is a reckless young man. Today again, he took part in a car race with a stolen driver's license and a car belonging to the...
release : 1977.04.29popularis : 1.317
The Shootout
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly...
release : 1982.09.15popularis : 1.681
Taikoki
Rising from the lowliest of country samurai to the heights of power as Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is one of the pivotal figures of the Sengoku period.
release : 1987.01.01popularis : 2.003
Toward the Terra
A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
release : 1980.04.26popularis : 4.24
Light and Shade of Youth
Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job than to studying for a college entrance exam. On the...
release : 1976.03.13popularis : 1.16
Smiles Leading To Happiness
Daichi (Mahiro Takasugi) is a young dental technician. He is called a prince due to his excellent skills at work and his handsome appearance. One...
release : 2019.02.15popularis : 2.53
Seventeen
Based on the actual experience of Michi Inoue, an active female high school student at the time, a movie of the best-selling essay “17 years...
release : 2002.05.10popularis : 0.416
The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.
release : 1999.11.07popularis : 1.408
Cute Devil
While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and...
release : 1982.08.10popularis : 2.149
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...
release : 2004.10.30popularis : 1.1
Heaven and Earth: Dawn Episode
Some of the greatest battles during the Age of Civil Wars were fought between the Uesugi and Takeda clans. Leading up to them was the incredible life...
release : 1990.04.20popularis : 1.502
Sugata Sanshiro
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means...
release : 1977.10.29popularis : 2.837
The Intermission
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie...
release : 2013.02.23popularis : 3.593
Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon
Biopic of Date Masamune. Young Masamune upon learning of the death of Nobunaga decides that he is the man to fill those sainted clogs. The fastest...
release : 1993.01.03popularis : 3.948
The Horizon
Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...
release : 1984.02.11popularis : 1.214
Lesson
The days of love between a free-spirited heroine who continues to seek freedom and a young man who is attracted to her charm. Starring Kumiko...
release : 1994.01.01popularis : 1.125