Akihiko Hirata Movies

The third installment in the Shacho Series.

1962 Japanese movie

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

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

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...

1967 Japanese movie

An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager...

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

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...

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

The film is composed of stock footage from the original Ultraman television series with additional newly filmed content, and it served as an...

The first of eight "Three Dolls" features. In this entry the girls, students at Nichinan University, balance studying for the final exams while...

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.

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

1963 Japanese movie

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

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

1964 Japanese movie

An alien is pursued as a traitor by his own race because he refuses to kill humans.