Tadashi Okuno

A Taxing Woman (1987)

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jūzō Itami
CAST:  Nobuko Miyamoto  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Yasuo Daichi

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jūzō Itami
CAST:  Nobuko Miyamoto  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Yasuo Daichi

Like Someone in Love (2012)

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Kiarostami
CAST:  Rin Takanashi  •  Tadashi Okuno  •  Ryo Kase  •  Denden

An old man and a young woman meet in Tokyo. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twenty four hours bears no relation to the circumstances ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abbas Kiarostami
CAST:  Rin Takanashi  •  Tadashi Okuno  •  Ryo Kase  •  Denden

The Woodsman and the Rain (2012)

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shuichi Okita
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Shun Oguri  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Kengo Kora

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shuichi Okita
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Shun Oguri  •  Tsutomu Yamazaki  •  Kengo Kora

Zero Woman: Dangerous Game (1998)

In this installment of the Zero Woman series, Rei, the number-one assassin of the Tokyo Police Department's secret Zero Division, has been assigned to take out a notorious gangster responsible for dozens of murders. At the same time, she must protect the gangster's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidekazu Takahara
CAST:  Chieko Shiratori  •  Ichiho Matsuda  •  Terunori Miyazaki  •  Ken Miyawaki

In this installment of the Zero Woman series, Rei, the number-one assassin of the Tokyo Police Department's secret Zero Division, has been assigned to take out a notorious gangster responsible for dozens of murders. At the same time, she must protect the gangster's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hidekazu Takahara
CAST:  Chieko Shiratori  •  Ichiho Matsuda  •  Terunori Miyazaki  •  Ken Miyawaki

The Sleeping Family (2016)

Toru, a high schooler, decides to leave his grandmother's home in the mountains and moves in with his aunt. There he meets three sisters at his welcome party. On his way to his new home, he is struck by one of the sisters' beauty. A boy who spent his life quietly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasumasa Konno
CAST:  Shodai Fukuyama  •  An Ogawa  •  Hiromi Suzuki  •  Ran Taniguchi

Toru, a high schooler, decides to leave his grandmother's home in the mountains and moves in with his aunt. There he meets three sisters at his welcome party. On his way to his new home, he is struck by one of the sisters' beauty. A boy who spent his life quietly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasumasa Konno
CAST:  Shodai Fukuyama  •  An Ogawa  •  Hiromi Suzuki  •  Ran Taniguchi

Making of 'Like Someone in Love' (2012)

Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morteza Farshbaf
CAST:  Abbas Kiarostami  •  Rin Takanashi  •  Tadashi Okuno  •  Ryo Kase

Documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on the set of Abbas Kiarostomi's 2012 film "Like Someone in Love" with narration by the director.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morteza Farshbaf
CAST:  Abbas Kiarostami  •  Rin Takanashi  •  Tadashi Okuno  •  Ryo Kase

Listener (2015)

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Horie  •  Yosuke Yamashita  •  Mari Kawakita  •  Yasumasa Konno  •  Won-Sang Yoo
CAST:  Taro Suruga  •  Kenji Kawahara  •  Takumi Fujita  •  Motoki Fukami

Omnibus film that tells five stories from a radio station and its listeners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takahiro Horie  •  Yosuke Yamashita  •  Mari Kawakita  •  Yasumasa Konno  •  Won-Sang Yoo
CAST:  Taro Suruga  •  Kenji Kawahara  •  Takumi Fujita  •  Motoki Fukami

The Night of the Seagull (1968)

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuki Iwauchi
CAST:  Mie Hama  •  Jin Nakayama  •  Natsuko Kahara  •  Nobuo Nakamura

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuki Iwauchi
CAST:  Mie Hama  •  Jin Nakayama  •  Natsuko Kahara  •  Nobuo Nakamura

The Beast Shall Die (1974)

Japanese crime thriller  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Toshio Kurosawa  •  Hōsei Komatsu  •  Kunio Murai

Japanese crime thriller  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eizō Sugawa
CAST:  Hiroshi Fujioka  •  Toshio Kurosawa  •  Hōsei Komatsu  •  Kunio Murai

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DIRECTION:  Shun'ichi Kobayashi
CAST:  Tadashi Okuno  •  Mari Shirato  •  Shingo Tsurumi  •  Hiroto Yoshimitsu

Ambition in The Mirror (1972)

Pinku directed by the legendary Satoru Kobayashi  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoru Kobayashi
CAST:  Ichiro Araki  •  Naomi Shiraishi  •  Mitsuko Aoi  •  Hiroshi Imaizumi

Pinku directed by the legendary Satoru Kobayashi  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satoru Kobayashi
CAST:  Ichiro Araki  •  Naomi Shiraishi  •  Mitsuko Aoi  •  Hiroshi Imaizumi

Jingi 33: Gokudo Revenge War (2002)

The Kanto Ichienkai was devoted to the conflict with Hokuriku. At that time, Jin and his brother Tsuda appear in front of Jin in the former sand group. Tsuda was in a position to steal the money of the Hokuriku Union and be chased. Hitoshi and Yoshiro saved Tsuda's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

The Kanto Ichienkai was devoted to the conflict with Hokuriku. At that time, Jin and his brother Tsuda appear in front of Jin in the former sand group. Tsuda was in a position to steal the money of the Hokuriku Union and be chased. Hitoshi and Yoshiro saved Tsuda's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

Jingi 34: Killing Reward (2003)

A bounty on the neck of Hitoshi Kamibayashi. A conspiracy swirling underworld! Someone put a prize on Jin's neck and scattered photos of Jin in the underworld around Shibuya. Sunagawa, who saw the situation seriously, advises Hitoshi and Yoshiro to be careful. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

A bounty on the neck of Hitoshi Kamibayashi. A conspiracy swirling underworld! Someone put a prize on Jin's neck and scattered photos of Jin in the underworld around Shibuya. Sunagawa, who saw the situation seriously, advises Hitoshi and Yoshiro to be careful. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

Jingi 35: Ambition Compensation (2003)

Burn all your heart fire. Two samurai in the wilderness. A small group belonging to the Ichienkai, the Kagawa group. Shuichi Kagawa, the son of the group leader, is released after a long sentence. He officially inherited the traces of the Kagawa group. Yoshiro is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

Burn all your heart fire. Two samurai in the wilderness. A small group belonging to the Ichienkai, the Kagawa group. Shuichi Kagawa, the son of the group leader, is released after a long sentence. He officially inherited the traces of the Kagawa group. Yoshiro is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

Jingi 36: Ammunition of the Rebellion (2003)

Hitoshi and Yoshiro were called by Sunagawa and were referred to a man. Hamura is the second man in the Daido group. Hamura and Hitoshi used to have a nostalgic relationship with each other. A gunshot suddenly hits the two who bloom in the old story! Hamura ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

Hitoshi and Yoshiro were called by Sunagawa and were referred to a man. Hamura is the second man in the Daido group. Hamura and Hitoshi used to have a nostalgic relationship with each other. A gunshot suddenly hits the two who bloom in the old story! Hamura ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Matsui
CAST:  Riki Takeuchi  •  Toshihiko Sakakibara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Daisuke Negishi

Remembering Every Night (2022)

A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer’s day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yui Kiyohara
CAST:  Kumi Hyodo  •  Minami Oba  •  Ai Mikami  •  Guama Uchida

A visit to the employment office, practicing dance steps, making music with friends: several women’s everyday lives are captured in long shots and with a superb sense of place. A film like a summer’s day, bright, friendly, with the occasional chill.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yui Kiyohara
CAST:  Kumi Hyodo  •  Minami Oba  •  Ai Mikami  •  Guama Uchida