Dr. Akagi, a rural physician in Japan during WWII, wages a one-man crusade against hepetitis Read More »
Tag Archives: Akira Emoto
Suspicion (1982) Yoshitarô Nomura, Kaori Momoi, Shima Iwashita, Akira Emoto
A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Read More »
Kaizokuban Bootleg Film (1999) Masahiro Kobayashi
A retiring Yakuza gang member and a cop go on a road trip to attend the funeral of a mutual female friend. Read More »
Turn / Taan (2001) Hideyuki Hirayama, Riho Makise, Kankurô Nakamura, Akira Emoto
Maki is a talented copper plate artist, however, just before her first gallery show, she gets struck by a truck. Read More »
Will to Live / Ikitai (1999) Kaneto Shindô, Rentarô Mikuni, Shinobu Ohtake, Akira Emoto
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day Read More »
They Say Nothing Stays the Same / Aru sendo no hanashi (2019) Joe Odagiri, Akira Emoto, Ririka Kawashima, Nijirô Murakami
Why does one need a ferryman? One needs a ferryman where there is a body Read More »
KT (2002) Junji Sakamoto, Il-hwa Choi
In 1973, while exiled in Japan, South Korea’s Kim Dae-Jung is kidnapped. Read More »
Teacher and Three Children / Ishiuchi jinjô kôtô shôgakkô: Hana wa chiredomo (2008) Kaneto Shindô, Akira Emoto, Etsushi Toyokawa, Naomasa Musaka
The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. Read More »
Battle Heater AKA Batoru hîtâ (1989) Jôji Iida, Akira Emoto, Hisako Hara, Masao Imafuku
Hama, along with his assistant Furuchi, spends his time collecting electronic junk from other people’s garbage and junk yards. Read More »
Lakeside Murder Case AKA Reikusaido mâdâ kêsu (2004) Shinji Aoyama, Kôji Yakusho, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Akira Emoto
Three couples are staying at a lakeside cottage with their children. Read More »