Akihiko Hirata Movies

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

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

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

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...

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...

The third instalment in the Shacho Series.

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in Hawaii.

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...

The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an “epilogue...

1964 Japanese movie

1953 movie by Eisuke Takizawa

In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt, cal...