Akihiko Hirata Movies

1967 Japanese movie

A girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of explosions. However, when she learns this secret, evil...

Seppuku Day 17 Ako ronins, including Kuranosuke Oishi, who were entrusted to the Hosokawa family, and the events of the two days before are depicted...

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

1955 Japanese movie

Sangoro Oiwake runs out of money. He visits rice shop, eat and drink for free, and owners send him to prison. In prison Sangoro will have a new life

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of attempted rape. He soon meets several individuals claiming to be ministers of their own...

Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while...

1962 Japanese movie

Modern comedy social drama about a reporter (Mihashi) for the Toto Shimpo determined to scoop his rivals during the murder investigation of the...

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...

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

A student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in order to arrive on time.

The members of Crazy Cats play employees of a trading company. Ueda Hitoshi of Awa Shoji, a lucky man who never loses a bet, and the managing...

A despicable boss uses a husband's “promotion” as bait to assault his subordinate's wife (Chieko Matsubara). The wife finally kills him,...

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he journeys down a path to find the assassin and...

Violent delinquent Shunpei is sent to Totsuka Yacht School, a grueling rehabilitation center. The principal fears that this "half-wolf" is too much....