Makoto Akatsuka Movies

  • 2002
    The Twilight Samurai

    The Twilight Samurai

    The Twilight Samurai

    7.82002HD

    Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles...

    The Twilight Samurai
  • 1969
    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

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    Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan....

    Double Suicide
  • 2004
    The Hidden Blade

    The Hidden Blade

    The Hidden Blade

    7.42004HD

    Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his...

    The Hidden Blade
  • 2008
    Kabei: Our Mother

    Kabei: Our Mother

    Kabei: Our Mother

    7.22008HD

    Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

    Kabei: Our Mother
  • 1971
    Wet Sand in August

    Wet Sand in August

    Wet Sand in August

    5.31971HD

    Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.

    Wet Sand in August
  • 1987
    Tora-san Goes North

    Tora-san Goes North

    Tora-san Goes North

    8.71987HD

    When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...

    Tora-san Goes North
  • 1970
    Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.

    Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.

    Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.

    01970HD

    After ten years Ryuma Shiranui, aka Dragon, returns to Hong Kong to visit the grave of his mentor, Kaizan Fubiki, who recently died from "an...

    Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
  • 1992
    Tora-san Makes Excuses

    Tora-san Makes Excuses

    Tora-san Makes Excuses

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    Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko...

    Tora-san Makes Excuses
  • 1991
    Playtime Never Ends

    Playtime Never Ends

    Playtime Never Ends

    71991HD

    A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't...

    Playtime Never Ends
  • 1981
    Aoba gakuen monogatari

    Aoba gakuen monogatari

    Aoba gakuen monogatari

    01981HD

    1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.

    Aoba gakuen monogatari
  • 1979
    Nomugi Pass

    Nomugi Pass

    Nomugi Pass

    6.31979HD

    The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya...

    Nomugi Pass
  • 1979
    Gaki taishō kōshinkyoku

    Gaki taishō kōshinkyoku

    Gaki taishō kōshinkyoku

    01979HD

    1979 Japanese film.

    Gaki taishō kōshinkyoku
  • 1990
    Nozomi Witches

    Nozomi Witches

    Nozomi Witches

    01990HD

    Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro Shiba,...

    Nozomi Witches
  • 1983
    The Bored Samurai

    The Bored Samurai

    The Bored Samurai

    01983HD

    Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead...

    The Bored Samurai
  • 1973
    Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa

    Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa

    Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa

    01973HD

    Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

    Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
  • 1991
    Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit

    Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit

    Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit

    41991HD

    When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his...

    Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
  • 1991
    Kim's War

    Kim's War

    Kim's War

    01991HD

    After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the...

    Kim's War
  • 1976
    The Village

    The Village

    The Village

    6.71976HD

    This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and,...

    The Village
  • 2013
    必殺仕事人2013

    必殺仕事人2013

    必殺仕事人2013

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    必殺仕事人2013
  • 2012
    Bitter Coffee Life

    Bitter Coffee Life

    Bitter Coffee Life

    02012HD

    The story of a former police officer now retired to run a coffee shop called Bitter Coffee Life. In the long years of the past 20 years, he has been...

    Bitter Coffee Life