Akihiko Hirata Movies

1964 Japanese movie

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First part (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...

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

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Kikumori runs a cabaret on the docks, while his friend Kaji operates transport boats. When a gang of drug dealers tries to force the pair to...

An employee at an oil cartel (Mihashi) is haunted by an act years before when he euthanized a fellow soldier when the two were adrift at sea during...

1967 Japanese movie

A crime story (with strong elements of comedy) that pits a determined detective against a gang of pickpockets in Osaka. The detective (played by...

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family...

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

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

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.

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong Kong, where personal ties and painful...

Captain Gomes uses a flying battleship to battle the giant robot Daitetsujin 17. Theatrically-released abridgement of Episode 15 of the TV series.