Chiaki Matsubara

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed (1984)

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Noriko Watanabe  •  Masato Furuoya  •  Chiaki Matsubara  •  Toshinori Omi

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Noriko Watanabe  •  Masato Furuoya  •  Chiaki Matsubara  •  Toshinori Omi

There Goes Benio, the Smart Girl (1987)

Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masamichi Sato
CAST:  Yoko Minamino  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Ken Tanaka  •  Shingo Yanagisawa

Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masamichi Sato
CAST:  Yoko Minamino  •  Hiroshi Abe  •  Ken Tanaka  •  Shingo Yanagisawa

Der Lindenbaum (1988)

A young woman, Asami, searches for the man who helps her quest to enter medical school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Yoko Minamino  •  Masaki Kanda  •  Takayuki Takemoto  •  Shingo Yanagisawa

A young woman, Asami, searches for the man who helps her quest to enter medical school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
CAST:  Yoko Minamino  •  Masaki Kanda  •  Takayuki Takemoto  •  Shingo Yanagisawa

Shingo's Ten Duels (1990)

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ōzu
CAST:  Yuko Asano  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Kimiko Ikegami  •  Morio Kazama

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his father Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune seeks to reunite with his lost son. When the secrets of Shingo's birth are revealed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Ōzu
CAST:  Yuko Asano  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Kimiko Ikegami  •  Morio Kazama

Yami no Kairaishi (1982)

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DIRECTION:  Yūichi Harada
CAST:  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Akiko Kana  •  Chiaki Matsubara  •  Toru Minegishi

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DIRECTION:  Yūichi Harada
CAST:  Kinya Kitaoji  •  Akiko Kana  •  Chiaki Matsubara  •  Toru Minegishi

The Bored Samurai (1983)

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Mikijiro Hira  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Mami Kumagai  •  Makoto Akatsuka

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead with flashy clothes and a handsome face, and is proficient in all the military arts and called Bored Hatamoto. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Mikijiro Hira  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Mami Kumagai  •  Makoto Akatsuka