Ziko Uchiyama

Actor and director

Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)

While driving, the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash. She loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Noriko Sakai  •  Chiharu Niiyama  •  Kei Horie  •  Yui Ichikawa

While driving, the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash. She loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takashi Shimizu
CAST:  Noriko Sakai  •  Chiharu Niiyama  •  Kei Horie  •  Yui Ichikawa

The Eel (1997)

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away; so he suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōhei Imamura
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Misa Shimizu  •  Akira Emoto  •  Fujio Tokita

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he's away; so he suddenly returns home and kills her. After eight years in prison, he returns to live in a small village, opens a barber shop (he was trained as a barber in prison) ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōhei Imamura
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Misa Shimizu  •  Akira Emoto  •  Fujio Tokita

Charisma (1999)

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Ren Osugi  •  Yoriko Doguchi

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
CAST:  Koji Yakusho  •  Hiroyuki Ikeuchi  •  Ren Osugi  •  Yoriko Doguchi

Ja-On (2004)

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DIRECTION:  Kenji Goto
CAST:  Minami Hoshikawa  •  Yasutoshi Kira  •  Ziko Uchiyama  •  Kenji Yamauchi

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DIRECTION:  Kenji Goto
CAST:  Minami Hoshikawa  •  Yasutoshi Kira  •  Ziko Uchiyama  •  Kenji Yamauchi

Ninja Vixens: Web of Passion (2003)

In this arousing adventure of super ninja skill, Suzukane and Okan are two beautiful female warriors in training who must hunt down and rescue their ninja clan lord's sacred and protective ninjitsu scroll. Kagerou is the sultry duo's archnemesis -- a sex- and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Yuho
CAST:  Toko Ushikawa  •  Miho Munakata  •  Minori Kousaki  •  Takayuki Yoshizaki

In this arousing adventure of super ninja skill, Suzukane and Okan are two beautiful female warriors in training who must hunt down and rescue their ninja clan lord's sacred and protective ninjitsu scroll. Kagerou is the sultry duo's archnemesis -- a sex- and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hitoshi Yuho
CAST:  Toko Ushikawa  •  Miho Munakata  •  Minori Kousaki  •  Takayuki Yoshizaki

Ballads (1993)

The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Ziko Uchiyama  •  Hideki Oka  •  Naoyuki Tomomatsu  •  Miyuki Hira

The story of a young man who tragically lost his lover in a horriffic motorcycle accident. Now working at a video store and selling uncensored gay hardcore pornography under the counter, he one day discovers the worlds most bizarre snuff video... which happens to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naoyuki Tomomatsu
CAST:  Ziko Uchiyama  •  Hideki Oka  •  Naoyuki Tomomatsu  •  Miyuki Hira

In a Thicket (1996)

Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires, perversions like incest, and occult phenomenon like an oracle-demon, hallucinations, and human sacrifice. Once again, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Kaori Sakagami  •  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Hitomi Shiraishi

Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires, perversions like incest, and occult phenomenon like an oracle-demon, hallucinations, and human sacrifice. Once again, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Shunsuke Matsuoka  •  Kaori Sakagami  •  Shigeki Hosokawa  •  Hitomi Shiraishi

Weather Woman (1996)

Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so during her forecast she lifts her skirt, thereby capturing the attention and the hearts of viewers. Keiko's stunt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoaki Hosoyama
CAST:  Kei Mizutani  •  Takashi Sumita  •  Yasuyo Shirashima  •  Saori Taira

Keiko, a young, newly hired weather woman, is eager to give her channel's flagging ratings a boost. She decides a panty shot might do the trick, so during her forecast she lifts her skirt, thereby capturing the attention and the hearts of viewers. Keiko's stunt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomoaki Hosoyama
CAST:  Kei Mizutani  •  Takashi Sumita  •  Yasuyo Shirashima  •  Saori Taira

Atlanta Boogie (1996)

"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokohama and those they want to expel from the neighborhood: the illegal foreign workers, the deadbeats, the juvenile delinquents, and elderly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masashi Yamamoto
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Goro Kishitani  •  Yasuko Tomita  •  Kanji Tsuda

"Atlanta Boogie" centers around a mock track meet between the "normal" and "good" citizens of Yokohama and those they want to expel from the neighborhood: the illegal foreign workers, the deadbeats, the juvenile delinquents, and elderly.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masashi Yamamoto
CAST:  Masaharu Fukuyama  •  Goro Kishitani  •  Yasuko Tomita  •  Kanji Tsuda

Soft Skin (1998)

Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Moeko Ezawa  •  Hiromi Kuronuma  •  Tomomi Kuribayashi  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Minako, a Tokyo housewife, is depressed that everyone has an active life outside the home except her. Taking her inspiration from TV reports of a hitch-hiking chainsaw murderer, Minako decides to spice up her life by finding a young lover and running off with him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisayasu Satô
CAST:  Moeko Ezawa  •  Hiromi Kuronuma  •  Tomomi Kuribayashi  •  Kenji Mizuhashi

Miniskirt Special Investigation Team L.E.G.S. (1998)

This is an excellent example of the sort of lunacy that makes people want to import low-budget Japanese movies of this sort. Pretty girls. Silly hijinks. Insane action for the budget.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takao Nakano
CAST:  Ichiko Sannomiya  •  Kumi Ichikawa  •  Naoko Morita  •  Nanao Takizawa

This is an excellent example of the sort of lunacy that makes people want to import low-budget Japanese movies of this sort. Pretty girls. Silly hijinks. Insane action for the budget.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takao Nakano
CAST:  Ichiko Sannomiya  •  Kumi Ichikawa  •  Naoko Morita  •  Nanao Takizawa

The Lickerish Stranger (2017)

Nagisa is living together with handsome college professor, Kotaro.However, lately Kotaro has been particularly violent towards Nagisa during sex, even going so far as to hurt her. One day, Etsuko, a woman claiming to be Kotaro’s sister, appears at their house ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirohisa Sasaki
CAST:  Miyuki Sakura  •  Kurea Hasumi  •  Shijimi  •  Kosaka Hotaru

Nagisa is living together with handsome college professor, Kotaro.However, lately Kotaro has been particularly violent towards Nagisa during sex, even going so far as to hurt her. One day, Etsuko, a woman claiming to be Kotaro’s sister, appears at their house ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirohisa Sasaki
CAST:  Miyuki Sakura  •  Kurea Hasumi  •  Shijimi  •  Kosaka Hotaru