Hiroshi Akutagawa Movies

  • 1970
    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    7.1591970HD

    In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora!...

    Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den

    71970HD

    This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...

    Dodes'ka-den
  • 1969
    A Thousand and One Nights

    A Thousand and One Nights

    A Thousand and One Nights

    6.81969HD

    Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and...

    A Thousand and One Nights
  • 1960
    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan

    Night and Fog in Japan

    6.51960HD

    Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.

    Night and Fog in Japan
  • 1958
    The Rickshaw Man

    The Rickshaw Man

    The Rickshaw Man

    7.1721958HD

    A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

    The Rickshaw Man
  • 1969
    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations

    71969HD

    This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

    Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
  • 1953
    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    An Inlet of Muddy Water

    6.11953HD

    A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

    An Inlet of Muddy Water
  • 1950
    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    Till We Meet Again

    6.3331950HD

    Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

    Till We Meet Again
  • 1954
    The Valley Between Love and Death

    The Valley Between Love and Death

    The Valley Between Love and Death

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    A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

    The Valley Between Love and Death
  • 1960
    The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

    The Twilight Story

    81960HD

    In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

    The Twilight Story
  • 1953
    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    The Wild Geese

    6.31953HD

    A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.

    The Wild Geese
  • 1956
    Eyes of Children

    Eyes of Children

    Eyes of Children

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    A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investigation reveals that he and his wife were at odds...

    Eyes of Children
  • 1970
    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan

    6.81970HD

    An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

    The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan
  • 1953
    Where Chimneys Are Seen

    Where Chimneys Are Seen

    Where Chimneys Are Seen

    6.41953HD

    Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

    Where Chimneys Are Seen
  • 1954
    A Certain Woman

    A Certain Woman

    A Certain Woman

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    A Certain Woman
  • 1957
    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    6.31957HD

    A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

    Night Butterflies
  • 1956
    How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

    How Sorrowful

    01956HD

    The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

    How Sorrowful
  • 1965
    Jose Torres II

    Jose Torres II

    Jose Torres II

    6.51965HD

    This is the sequel to Jose Torres (1959), the portrayal of Puerto Rican boxer Jose Torres, who won a silver medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. We...

    Jose Torres II
  • 1969
    Kyoto

    Kyoto

    Kyoto

    01969HD

    Documentary on the city of Kyoto, Japan. Topics include the Ryoanji Temple stone garden, a geisha residence, the Katsura Imperial Villa, and the Gion...

    Kyoto
  • 1958
    Hōryū-ji

    Hōryū-ji

    Hōryū-ji

    01958HD

    This celebrated documentary, filmed in colour, depicts one of the most famous of all Japanese temples. Horyu-ji, in the small town of Ikaruga outside...

    Hōryū-ji