Hisao Maki

Detective Story (2007)

A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Kazuya Nakayama  •  Claude Maki  •  Hiroyuki Watanabe  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa

A detective and a businessman search for a serial killer who removes people's organs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Kazuya Nakayama  •  Claude Maki  •  Hiroyuki Watanabe  •  Tomoharu Hasegawa

Silver (1999)

The story in "Silver" is about a female wrestler who is really an undercover agent. Disguised as a wrestling warrior, heroine Jun Shirogane (Atsuko Sakuraba) goes after the gang that killed her family in Takashi Miike's action-packed thriller. Aided by secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Atsuko Sakuraba  •  Kenji Haga  •  Shinobu Kandori  •  Rumi Kazama

The story in "Silver" is about a female wrestler who is really an undercover agent. Disguised as a wrestling warrior, heroine Jun Shirogane (Atsuko Sakuraba) goes after the gang that killed her family in Takashi Miike's action-packed thriller. Aided by secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Atsuko Sakuraba  •  Kenji Haga  •  Shinobu Kandori  •  Rumi Kazama

Bodyguard Kiba: Combat Apocalypse 2 (1995)

When a young karate student attempts to earn some extra cash by serving as bodyguard to a high-profile Hong Kong woman, the initial distraction of her beauty soon gives way to razor sharp focus as a series of attackers descend upon the pair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Masaaki Asato  •  Hisao Maki  •  Megumi Sakita  •  Takeshi Yamato

When a young karate student attempts to earn some extra cash by serving as bodyguard to a high-profile Hong Kong woman, the initial distraction of her beauty soon gives way to razor sharp focus as a series of attackers descend upon the pair.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Masaaki Asato  •  Hisao Maki  •  Megumi Sakita  •  Takeshi Yamato

A Human Murder Weapon (1992)

A man dubbed "Karate Kid" is imprisoned and forced to fight for his life in an underground fighting ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Megumi Kudô  •  Yoshika Maedomari  •  Hisao Maki  •  Chika Matsui

A man dubbed "Karate Kid" is imprisoned and forced to fight for his life in an underground fighting ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Megumi Kudô  •  Yoshika Maedomari  •  Hisao Maki  •  Chika Matsui

Waru: The End (2006)

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Yoshihiko Hakamada  •  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Tamio Kawachi

Youji Himuro comes out of hiding and faces off against a powerful new foe from a rival dojo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Yoshihiko Hakamada  •  Ryo Ishibashi  •  Tamio Kawachi

Waru (2006)

A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hisao Maki  •  Atsuko Sakuraba  •  Ryo Ishibashi

A former gangster gets released from prison and goes to work for a group of people. The leader of this group becomes his mentor and the fight to combat criminals and for world peace. The whole resulting in the wanted and are chased of all families mob in Japan. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Hisao Maki  •  Atsuko Sakuraba  •  Ryo Ishibashi

Family (2001)

When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Kenichi Endo  •  Taishu Kase  •  Kazuya Kimura  •  Koichi Iwaki

When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Kenichi Endo  •  Taishu Kase  •  Kazuya Kimura  •  Koichi Iwaki

Bodyguard Kiba (1993)

Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Daisuke Nagakura  •  Ren Osugi  •  Hisao Maki  •  Masaru Matsuda

Naoto Kiba takes on the task of protecting thug Junpei who embezzled 500 million yen from Okinawa's largest gangster gangs, Soryu-kai.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Miike
CAST:  Daisuke Nagakura  •  Ren Osugi  •  Hisao Maki  •  Masaru Matsuda

Ginza Midnight Story - Utopia (2000)

Japanese gangster drama set in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo, following Haruka (Atsuko Sakuraba), a young geisha who is attacked by an influential businessman who plans to abduct her. When she is rescued by the members of a club called 'Utopia', Haruka ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Tsuji
CAST:  Atsuko Sakuraba  •  Miyuki Kojima  •  Wakaba Nakano  •  Sakura Mano

Japanese gangster drama set in the exclusive Ginza district of Tokyo, following Haruka (Atsuko Sakuraba), a young geisha who is attacked by an influential businessman who plans to abduct her. When she is rescued by the members of a club called 'Utopia', Haruka ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroyuki Tsuji
CAST:  Atsuko Sakuraba  •  Miyuki Kojima  •  Wakaba Nakano  •  Sakura Mano

Karate Wars (1978)

Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries' native to martial arts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nanbu
CAST:  Tōru Abe  •  Charlie Chan Yiu-Lam  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Dam Datsakorn

Maki travels from Japan to Hong Kong and Thailand in order to show the superiority of Japanese karate to those countries' native to martial arts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Nanbu
CAST:  Tōru Abe  •  Charlie Chan Yiu-Lam  •  Nobuo Kaneko  •  Dam Datsakorn

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DIRECTION:  Fujirô Mitsuishi
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Hisao Maki  •  Hidekazu Akai