Akira Emoto Movies
- 2002
Barber's Sorrow
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A S&M comedy about a masochist barber.
- 1991
Goodbye Mama
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A successful office lady, who has made herself sexually available to a doctor, has her routine disrupted when her former boyfriend's son appears in...
- 1999
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film
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Two best friends—Tatsuo, a retiring Yakuza member, and Kiyoshi, a cop—travel to the funeral of a woman they both loved.
- 1991
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era71991HD
In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, there was a cute warrior, Souji Okita, who belonged to the armed police of the shogunate in Kyoto. Very...
- 2012
Humanoid Monster, Bem
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Bem, Bela and Belo arrive at a new town plagued by a series of mysterious, unsolved cases which, as they discover, are caused by another youkai, one...
- 1979
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman
Masked Crusader, Mr. Jirenman01979HD
A meek salaryman who gets no respect at home and is belittled at work gets inspiration from Superman and somehow becomes a strangely suited, hugely...
- 2008
The Taste of Fish
The Taste of Fish72008HD
It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji...
- 2003
Teacher's suitcase
Teacher's suitcase72003HD
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, 'Sensei', in a bar. He is at...
- 1993
Sky Cannot Be This Blue
Sky Cannot Be This Blue01993HD
Kantarou Kobayashi is an ordinary businessman who has multiple troubles on hand. He's been having an affair with a woman working in the same company,...
- 2013
Present for You
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Shigeru Kajiwara (Joe Odagiri) works part-time at a company that sells mysterious health food. One day, the other employees run off with the...
- 2004
Winning Pass
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This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at basketball, he had a love like no other, until a day where...
- 1989
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
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During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.
- 1998
Love Letter
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A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.
- 1992
Manhattan Kiss
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An adult love story written and directed by Yasushi Akimoto of "Goodbye Mama" and shot on location in New York. Haruko and Natsuko are sisters who...
- 1970
Rental Family
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A down-and-out actor living in Tokyo is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of...
- 2016
Sniper
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Detective Ryoko Kozuki receives a demotion after having an affair with a superior. She succeeds in arresting a rapist in an undercover operation that...
- 2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Life Can Be So Wonderful72007HD
Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama from Japan.
- 2020
I Never Shot Anyone
I Never Shot Anyone72020HD
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu...
- 2016
The Mohican Comes Home
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Eikichi left his hometown in Hiroshima for Tokyo. He tried to find success with his music band, but failed. Several years later, Eikichi goes home to...
- 1990
Roar of the Crowd
Roar of the Crowd01990HD
Based on the non-fiction books by Takushi Ono (the NHK announcer, not the gymnast) and Yoshinari Tobe.