Akihiko Hirata Movies

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

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

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

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...

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...

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

1955 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police...

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting...

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

1962 Japanese movie

Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.

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

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

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.

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.