Mihoko Nakagawa

Lullaby of the Earth (1976)

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Mieko Harada  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Natsuko Kahara  •  Eiji Okada

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Mieko Harada  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Natsuko Kahara  •  Eiji Okada

Tsugaru Folksong (1973)

A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōichi Saitō
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Akira Oda  •  Mihoko Nakagawa  •  Kō Nishimura

A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōichi Saitō
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Akira Oda  •  Mihoko Nakagawa  •  Kō Nishimura

The Surf (1975)

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Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsumi Nishikawa
CAST:  Momoe Yamaguchi  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Keiko Tsushima

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsumi Nishikawa
CAST:  Momoe Yamaguchi  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Ichirō Arishima  •  Keiko Tsushima

Jail Breakers (1976)

Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Haruko Wanibuchi  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Goro Tarumi

Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsaku Yamashita
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Haruko Wanibuchi  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Goro Tarumi

Reformatory Buddies (1974)

Third film in the series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Mihori
CAST:  Hayato Tani  •  Kōji Wada  •  Mihoko Nakagawa  •  Rikiya Yasuoka

Third film in the series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Atsushi Mihori
CAST:  Hayato Tani  •  Kōji Wada  •  Mihoko Nakagawa  •  Rikiya Yasuoka

The Legend of Love & Sincerity (1974)

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeyuki Yamane
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Ai Saotome  •  Masami Naka  •  Akira Oda

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeyuki Yamane
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Ai Saotome  •  Masami Naka  •  Akira Oda

A Savage Beast Goes Mad (1976)

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Maki Tachibana  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Hideo Murota

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Tsunehiko Watase  •  Maki Tachibana  •  Takuzō Kawatani  •  Hideo Murota

Holy Girl Mask Margarita (1992)

A sexy action comedy about the battle between a high school girl who transforms into a love warrior Margarita when she drinks a holy cocktail. An omnibus c consisting of three episodes. Watch Margarita fight off perverts, crazed dentists, and and a horned villain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikari Hayakawa  •  Chihiro Nakamura  •  Kyoji Ikeda
CAST:  Michiyo Nakamura  •  Bondo Oki  •  Morooka Moro  •  Torata Nanbu

A sexy action comedy about the battle between a high school girl who transforms into a love warrior Margarita when she drinks a holy cocktail. An omnibus c consisting of three episodes. Watch Margarita fight off perverts, crazed dentists, and and a horned villain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikari Hayakawa  •  Chihiro Nakamura  •  Kyoji Ikeda
CAST:  Michiyo Nakamura  •  Bondo Oki  •  Morooka Moro  •  Torata Nanbu

Ningen no sabaku (1990)

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DIRECTION:  Kōichi Saitō
CAST:  Kanô Miyuki  •  Etsuko Ichihara  •  Noriko Watanabe  •  Eiko Nagashima

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DIRECTION:  Kōichi Saitō
CAST:  Kanô Miyuki  •  Etsuko Ichihara  •  Noriko Watanabe  •  Eiko Nagashima