Hideaki Satô

That's The Way!! (2011)

A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga. Hanging out with her, Akatsuka sees through Hatsumi's talent to be crazy, and they gradually become great partners...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Satô
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Ayumi Ishida  •  Maki Horikita  •  Koji Sato

A rookie editor Hatsumi Takeda becomes an editor of Fujio Akatsuka who is known as the king of gag manga. Hanging out with her, Akatsuka sees through Hatsumi's talent to be crazy, and they gradually become great partners...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideaki Satô
CAST:  Tadanobu Asano  •  Ayumi Ishida  •  Maki Horikita  •  Koji Sato

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kaori Momoi

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Hideaki Ito  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Koichi Sato  •  Kaori Momoi

A Story Written with Water (1965)

Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshishige Yoshida
CAST:  Mariko Okada  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Yasunori Irikawa  •  Shin Kishida

Struggling with his true emotions, dreams, memories of the past and the reality Shizuo is about to marry, but is torn between his wife-to-be and the love to his mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshishige Yoshida
CAST:  Mariko Okada  •  Ruriko Asaoka  •  Yasunori Irikawa  •  Shin Kishida

Orchids Under the Moon (1991)

Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Ishii
CAST:  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Misa Fujiwara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Masahiko Abe

Jinpachi Nezu who lost both his wife and daughter during a feud against the yakuza 10 years ago while he was an accountant for their organization. One day he comes across a young idol and rescues her from being kidnapped by the yakuza.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Ishii
CAST:  Jinpachi Nezu  •  Misa Fujiwara  •  Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi  •  Masahiko Abe

Bedtime Eyes (1987)

Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsumi Kumashiro
CAST:  Kanako Higuchi  •  Michael Wright  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Eiji Okuda

Based on a polemic novel by Amy Yamada, Bedtime Eyes is about the intense love relationship between a second rate Japanese jazz singer and a black American GI on the margins of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tatsumi Kumashiro
CAST:  Kanako Higuchi  •  Michael Wright  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Eiji Okuda