Akihiko Hirata Movies

Drama about two college friends, now working for the same banking firm, torn apart by jealousy over their inequitable positions and love lives.

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots realise that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have...

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...

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...

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...

1962 Japanese movie

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

A story depicting the challenges faced by today's youth in working to build a better tomorrow, based on the theme of Toshiba's progress as one of...

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom...

In the 9th year of Genroku, Mitsukuni Mito Komon of Hitachi Province set out on a pilgrimage to various countries with his reluctant vassals,...

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of...

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of sexual assault; he soon meets several impostors in the same situation.

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

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

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