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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki

    Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki

    Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki

    02015HD

    After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances,...

    Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1969
    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide

    71969HD

    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
  • 1976
    Tora-san's Pure Love

    Tora-san's Pure Love

    Tora-san's Pure Love

    8.51976HD

    When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love...

    Tora-san's Pure Love
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1992
    Tora-san Makes Excuses

    Tora-san Makes Excuses

    Tora-san Makes Excuses

    81992HD

    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
  • 1983
    Our Teacher

    Our Teacher

    Our Teacher

    01983HD

    Japanese film.

    Our Teacher
  • 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
  • 1981
    Aoba gakuen monogatari

    Aoba gakuen monogatari

    Aoba gakuen monogatari

    01981HD

    1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.

    Aoba gakuen monogatari
  • 1980
    Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

    Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

    Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1

    01980HD

    A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

    Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
  • 2013
    必殺仕事人2013

    必殺仕事人2013

    必殺仕事人2013

    02013HD

    必殺仕事人2013
  • 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
  • 1990
    Mr. Lady Cinderella at Dawn

    Mr. Lady Cinderella at Dawn

    Mr. Lady Cinderella at Dawn

    01990HD

    Mr. Lady Cinderella at Dawn
  • 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