Movies: Akaji Maro

  • 2023
    We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

    We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams (2023)

    We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams

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    A treasure appears in front of antique dealer Norio Koike (Kiichi Nakai) and potter Sasuke (Kuranosuke Sasaki). The treasure is Hideyoshi Toyotomi’s chawan (procelain tea bowl) called Houou, that has been missing....

    We Make Antiques! Osaka Dreams
  • 2005
    The Whispering of the Gods

    The Whispering of the Gods (2005)

    The Whispering of the Gods

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    Rou has returned to the monastery he was raised in. As he listens to the whispering of the Gods through his germanium radio, Rou defies God in every which way and puts religion to the test....

    The Whispering of the Gods
  • 2002
    Drive

    Drive (2002)

    Drive

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    Kenichi Asakura is an uptight, hyper-square salesman. One day, three bank robbers commandeer his van. They are in hot pursuit of their fellow robber who has snatched the money. Unfortunately for the bank robbers, Asakura never drives over 40 km/h spe...

    Drive
  • 2010
    Kazura

    Kazura (2010)

    Kazura

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    Bald Moriyama wants a new image and buys a wig. It works: suddenly he has a career and a girlfriend. But life is hard when you have to keep a secret. Perfect timing and handling of real-life anxieties plus brilliant comedians MIMURA and OOTAKE make W...

    Kazura
  • 2023
    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts (2023)

    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

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    An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s....

    Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
  • 2024
    We Are Aliens

    We Are Aliens (2024)

    We Are Aliens

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    One day, while Seiya was calling everybody on the phone to tell them "It's me, thank you" on the rooftop of a building, a strange creature with emerald-blue fur, something he had never seen before, descended from the sky. The creature, along with its...

    We Are Aliens
  • 2016
    The Projects

    The Projects (2016)

    The Projects

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    Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) ...

    The Projects
  • 2021
    Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

    Lupin's Daughter: The Movie (2021)

    Lupin's Daughter: The Movie

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    Am I really the daughter of a thieves family? Hana Mikumo, daughter of the "L family", a family of thieves, unexpectedly falls in love with Kazuma Sakuraba, the son of a family of police officers. She spends her days dreaming of a normal life whilst ...

    Lupin's Daughter: The Movie
  • 2017
    Neko Ninja

    Neko Ninja (2017)

    Neko Ninja

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    Kagerota is a young ninja who embarks on his first mission: stealing the goldfish from a wealthy samurai. He succeeds, but then a mysterious fat cat starts following him. His distinctive red nose leads Kagerota to believe that the feline stalker is a...

    Neko Ninja
  • 1968
    The Notorious Concubines

    The Notorious Concubines (1968)

    The Notorious Concubines

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    Dark, cynical Japanese epic brought to U.S. in a dubbed version by shlockmeister Harry Novak. Still, this gory, sexy epic is made with style and interesting for to compare to "Yojimbo" and other masterworks of the form....

    The Notorious Concubines
  • 1971
    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness (1971)

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness

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    The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life....

    Evil Spirits in the Darkness
  • 2005
    Into a Dream

    Into a Dream (2005)

    Into a Dream

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    Low-profile theater troop actor Mutsugoro Suzuki begins an oneiric journey back to his hometown, marked by his quest to find the one responsible of infecting him with a STD....

    Into a Dream
  • 1999
    The Night the Angel Turned Away

    The Night the Angel Turned Away (1999)

    The Night the Angel Turned Away

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    The Night the Angel Turned Away
  • 1995
    The Stairway to the Distant Past

    The Stairway to the Distant Past (1995)

    The Stairway to the Distant Past

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    Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fus...

    The Stairway to the Distant Past
  • 2006
    Damejin

    Damejin (2006)

    Damejin

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    An off-beat comedy about 3 'damejin' (useless persons), who don't work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don't want to work. When they hear 'in India one can live without working' they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money...

    Damejin
  • 2000
    Utsushimi

    Utsushimi (2000)

    Utsushimi

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    This faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against time to create art and help a young girl in love....

    Utsushimi
  • 2019
    Birdsong

    Birdsong (2019)

    Birdsong

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    Tokyo. Asuka, a young cleaning lady working the night shift, is ready to pay a high price to achieve her dream of becoming a music star. She manages to perform on a TV-talent show, but all her sacrifices backfire when she is accused of murder and is ...

    Birdsong
  • 1977
    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro (1977)

    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro

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    Taro Kuroki, 42, is a stuntman with a samurai's heart. He loves adventures, plays pranks with the police, tries to cure a cat lady by reversing her trauma, and finally, rescues his niece who is about to be lured into prostitution....

    The Love and Adventures of Kuroki Taro
  • 2014
    Disconcerto

    Disconcerto (2014)

    Disconcerto

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    Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them....

    Disconcerto
  • 1990
    Ready to Shoot

    Ready to Shoot (1990)

    Ready to Shoot

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    A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza....

    Ready to Shoot