Goro Kataoka

Shall We Dance? (1996)

A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Tamiyo Kusakari  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Yuu Tokui

A bored Japanese accountant sees a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves ballroom dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Tamiyo Kusakari  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Yuu Tokui

Proof of the Man (1977)

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  George Kennedy  •  Mariko Okada  •  Hajime Hana  •  Broderick Crawford

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  George Kennedy  •  Mariko Okada  •  Hajime Hana  •  Broderick Crawford

Station (1981)

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Ayumi Ishida  •  Setsuko Karasuma

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuo Furuhata
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Chieko Baisho  •  Ayumi Ishida  •  Setsuko Karasuma

Sumo Do, Sumo Don't (1992)

Mind blowing

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Misa Shimizu  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Akira Emoto

A college senior, Shuhei, is blackmailed by a professor into joining the school's sumo team. He is aided by a group of misfits who must team together to defeat their rivals or face disgrace and the disbandment of the sumo club.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masayuki Suō
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Misa Shimizu  •  Naoto Takenaka  •  Akira Emoto

G.I. Samurai (1979)

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsei Saitō
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Jun Etoh  •  Moeko Ezawa  •  Kôji Naka

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōsei Saitō
CAST:  Sonny Chiba  •  Jun Etoh  •  Moeko Ezawa  •  Kôji Naka

Stop the Bitch Campaign Version 2.0 (2009)

Confusingly, this is actually the first “Stop the…” movie of what (to date) has been a trilogy. Kuni (Kenichi Endo) runs a Phone Sex service, where middle-aged men talk too, and arrange to meet, schoolgirls for “Compensated Dating” (enjo kosai) – the men provide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Rio  •  Mayu Sugano  •  Emi Hirai  •  Yui Nakanose

Confusingly, this is actually the first “Stop the…” movie of what (to date) has been a trilogy. Kuni (Kenichi Endo) runs a Phone Sex service, where middle-aged men talk too, and arrange to meet, schoolgirls for “Compensated Dating” (enjo kosai) – the men provide ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Rio  •  Mayu Sugano  •  Emi Hirai  •  Yui Nakanose

White Rose Campus: Then... Everybody Gets Raped (1982)

Three crazed rapists hijack a school bus and proceed to terrorize and rape all the teachers and students they feel are attractive enough.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōyū Ohara
CAST:  Nami Misaki  •  Ayako Ota  •  Miki Yamaji  •  Waka Oda

Three crazed rapists hijack a school bus and proceed to terrorize and rape all the teachers and students they feel are attractive enough.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōyū Ohara
CAST:  Nami Misaki  •  Ayako Ota  •  Miki Yamaji  •  Waka Oda

Rope Sisters: Strange Fruit (1984)

Muraki is a failure in his job as a salesman and has to deal with his wife's disappointment and criticism at home. One day, after sleeping in a park, he happens upon two women who look like they've been victims of a sexual assault. He helps them but as night comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Makoto Yoshino  •  Hiromi Saotome  •  Naomi Hagio  •  Toshiyuki Kitami

Muraki is a failure in his job as a salesman and has to deal with his wife's disappointment and criticism at home. One day, after sleeping in a park, he happens upon two women who look like they've been victims of a sexual assault. He helps them but as night comes ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shun Nakahara
CAST:  Makoto Yoshino  •  Hiromi Saotome  •  Naomi Hagio  •  Toshiyuki Kitami

See You (1988)

Even while having tremendous technology, now have a funeral shop walk picking up the car was retired in the desert Honma (Ken Takakura) is invited from the team DANKAI which declined to Paris-Dakar Rally, the team because of the publicity to supporting popular star ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koreyoshi Kurahara
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Junko Sakurada  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Nenji Kobayashi

Even while having tremendous technology, now have a funeral shop walk picking up the car was retired in the desert Honma (Ken Takakura) is invited from the team DANKAI which declined to Paris-Dakar Rally, the team because of the publicity to supporting popular star ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koreyoshi Kurahara
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Junko Sakurada  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Nenji Kobayashi

Baku (1992)

A film about an armoured truck, a bomb, a man and his girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Yoshiwara
CAST:  Tomomi Nishimura  •  Takashi Matsuo  •  Beat Kiyoshi  •  Goro Kataoka

A film about an armoured truck, a bomb, a man and his girlfriend.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenichi Yoshiwara
CAST:  Tomomi Nishimura  •  Takashi Matsuo  •  Beat Kiyoshi  •  Goro Kataoka

The Man With No Name (1991)

A detective infiltrates the yakuza  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haruo Ichikura
CAST:  Masao Kusakari  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Miyuki Kosaka  •  Katsuya Kobayashi

A detective infiltrates the yakuza  (more)

DIRECTION:  Haruo Ichikura
CAST:  Masao Kusakari  •  Kazuhiko Kanayama  •  Miyuki Kosaka  •  Katsuya Kobayashi

Shura ga Yuku 5 (1997)

The fifth installment of the Gokudo Action Series, which depicts the process of the yakuza organization walking on the path to national domination, centered on the confrontation between the two gangsters who became their nemesis. This work is set in a certain area ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Sasaki
CAST:  Nagare Hagiwara  •  Show Aikawa  •  Koujiro Shimizu  •  Kamiishi Itsumi Osawa

The fifth installment of the Gokudo Action Series, which depicts the process of the yakuza organization walking on the path to national domination, centered on the confrontation between the two gangsters who became their nemesis. This work is set in a certain area ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masato Sasaki
CAST:  Nagare Hagiwara  •  Show Aikawa  •  Koujiro Shimizu  •  Kamiishi Itsumi Osawa

Akuma no hitojichi (1983)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kato
CAST:  Kazumi Sawada  •  Rena Natsuki  •  Mai Inoue  •  Naohiko Shigeta

Nikkatsu Roman Porno  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kato
CAST:  Kazumi Sawada  •  Rena Natsuki  •  Mai Inoue  •  Naohiko Shigeta

Iro zange (1983)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Mina Asami  •  Jun Izumi  •  Koshiro Asami  •  Goro Kataoka

Nikkatsu Roman Porno  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Mina Asami  •  Jun Izumi  •  Koshiro Asami  •  Goro Kataoka

Uno Koichiro no joi mo nureruno (1982)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno from 1982  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Shiratori
CAST:  Junko Asahina  •  Yoko Morimura  •  Usagi Asō  •  Koshiro Asami

Nikkatsu Roman Porno from 1982  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Shiratori
CAST:  Junko Asahina  •  Yoko Morimura  •  Usagi Asō  •  Koshiro Asami

Climax! Okasareru hanayome (1980)

Nikkatsu Roman Porno  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Shiratori
CAST:  Etsuko Hara  •  Mayumi Terashima  •  Eisuke Izumi  •  Shûji Kagawa

Nikkatsu Roman Porno  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichi Shiratori
CAST:  Etsuko Hara  •  Mayumi Terashima  •  Eisuke Izumi  •  Shûji Kagawa

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DIRECTION:  Hideo Jojo
CAST:  Honoka  •  Yuya Matsuura  •  Rinko Morikawa  •  Goro Kataoka