Akihiko Hirata Movies

A student, running late on the day of the Tokyo Imperial University entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in order to arrive on time.

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

In World War II, the commanding officer of a sub, against his will takes on board two Western diplomats, to take them to the Canaries and arrange an...

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...

A Toho comedy film staring the Crazy Cats.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

Brain is the world's greatest computer, and also the most intelligent being on planet Earth. One day, Brain decides to abandon its terrestrial...

Ushinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

1962 Japanese movie

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

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

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

The third instalment in the Shacho Series.

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...