Shoichiro Akaboshi

Stereo Future (2001)

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Akiko Monou  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Kumiko Aso

Keisuke, an aspiring samurai-movie actor lands a major role in a new film, but must contend with a director who has nothing but scorn for him, but who continually fawns over the film’s obnoxious ham of a star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Nakano
CAST:  Masatoshi Nagase  •  Akiko Monou  •  Tamaki Ogawa  •  Kumiko Aso

Agi, the Fury of Evil (1984)

A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikari Hayakawa
CAST:  Toru Masuoka  •  Masatô Ibu  •  Kumi Nakamura  •  Koichi Makigami

A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hikari Hayakawa
CAST:  Toru Masuoka  •  Masatô Ibu  •  Kumi Nakamura  •  Koichi Makigami

Wangan Midnight (1992)

Direct to video adaptation of the comic by Michiharu Kusunoki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Watanabe
CAST:  Gitan Ohtsuru  •  Hideyo Amamoto  •  Ruby Moreno  •  Ren Osugi

Direct to video adaptation of the comic by Michiharu Kusunoki.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisashi Watanabe
CAST:  Gitan Ohtsuru  •  Hideyo Amamoto  •  Ruby Moreno  •  Ren Osugi

Wangan Midnight 2 (1993)

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Konaka
CAST:  Gitan Ohtsuru  •  Kazuyo Harada  •  Shoichiro Akaboshi  •  Ichiro Araki

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Konaka
CAST:  Gitan Ohtsuru  •  Kazuyo Harada  •  Shoichiro Akaboshi  •  Ichiro Araki

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DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Kurokawa  •  Ken Watanabe
CAST:  Gitan Ohtsuru  •  Kentarō Shimizu  •  Shoichiro Akaboshi  •  Ichiro Araki

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DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Kurokawa  •  Ken Watanabe
CAST:  Gitan Ohtsuru  •  Kentarō Shimizu  •  Shoichiro Akaboshi  •  Ichiro Araki

Attack! Yan Mama Gang (1995)

Ayako, who was the leader of the ladies gang until five years ago, washed her hands of gang life at the time of her husband's death. Now, she and her daughter-in-law are on a trip. With gangsters targeting children in the port town, things quickly become dangerous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Izaki
CAST:  Risa Honda  •  Natsuki Ozawa  •  Mami Inoue  •  Shoichiro Akaboshi

Ayako, who was the leader of the ladies gang until five years ago, washed her hands of gang life at the time of her husband's death. Now, she and her daughter-in-law are on a trip. With gangsters targeting children in the port town, things quickly become dangerous.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kentaro Izaki
CAST:  Risa Honda  •  Natsuki Ozawa  •  Mami Inoue  •  Shoichiro Akaboshi

Story of Miss Q (1996)

Lulu, the most popular woman in the phone sex business, was helpless to resist the wiles of a female client. But the laws of the phone sex club are strict: an operator must never be seduced by a common caller, or she will face severe discipline. Is Lulu's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yota Watanabe
CAST:  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Sho Kawaide  •  Kei Mizutani  •  Minako Ogawa

Lulu, the most popular woman in the phone sex business, was helpless to resist the wiles of a female client. But the laws of the phone sex club are strict: an operator must never be seduced by a common caller, or she will face severe discipline. Is Lulu's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yota Watanabe
CAST:  Tetsu Watanabe  •  Sho Kawaide  •  Kei Mizutani  •  Minako Ogawa

Kiriko no fûkei (1998)

During Muraishi's time in prison for fraud, he recalls his past and learns a power to penetrate and cure others. Upon release, he goes to Hakodate, where he can find his ex-wife, Kiriko. Though he cures a lot of people on the way and believes that he is the only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Akashi
CAST:  Tetta Sugimoto  •  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Masanobu Katsumura  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

During Muraishi's time in prison for fraud, he recalls his past and learns a power to penetrate and cure others. Upon release, he goes to Hakodate, where he can find his ex-wife, Kiriko. Though he cures a lot of people on the way and believes that he is the only ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoyuki Akashi
CAST:  Tetta Sugimoto  •  Satomi Kobayashi  •  Masanobu Katsumura  •  Tomorowo Taguchi

BANANA FISH The Stage - First Part

Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumiya Matsuzaki
CAST:  Kenta Mizue  •  Kurumu Okamiya  •  Yusaku Kawasaki  •  Taizo Shiina

Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumiya Matsuzaki
CAST:  Kenta Mizue  •  Kurumu Okamiya  •  Yusaku Kawasaki  •  Taizo Shiina

BANANA FISH The Stage - Second Part

Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumiya Matsuzaki
CAST:  Kenta Mizue  •  Kurumu Okamiya  •  Asahi Uchida  •  Masanori Tomita

Ash Lynx, a 17-year-old boy, is the boss of a street-kids gang in New York. One day, a man who was murdered before his eyes entrusts him with something. And the last words uttered by that dying man was the phrase, "BANANA FISH". That is the word his brother, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fumiya Matsuzaki
CAST:  Kenta Mizue  •  Kurumu Okamiya  •  Asahi Uchida  •  Masanori Tomita

Hotspring Sharkattack (2024)

There have been cases of mysterious disappearances of onsen visitors in Atsumi city in S prefecture.The victims were eventually found dead with signs of severe injuries to their bodies resembling a vicious shark attack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihito Inoue
CAST:  Shoichiro Akaboshi  •  Takuya Fujimura  •  Kiyobumi Kaneko  •  Koichi Makigami

There have been cases of mysterious disappearances of onsen visitors in Atsumi city in S prefecture.The victims were eventually found dead with signs of severe injuries to their bodies resembling a vicious shark attack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Morihito Inoue
CAST:  Shoichiro Akaboshi  •  Takuya Fujimura  •  Kiyobumi Kaneko  •  Koichi Makigami