Akira Oda

Tsugaru Folksong (1973)

A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōichi Saitō
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Akira Oda  •  Mihoko Nakagawa  •  Kō Nishimura

A young girl is being asked about a man with whom she was keeping company, as her grandmother plays a lament on a shamisen. Then the focus changes to a couple arriving from Tokyo - the woman returning to her home, the man an escapee from the yakuza. The man doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōichi Saitō
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Akira Oda  •  Mihoko Nakagawa  •  Kō Nishimura

The Revolt (1980)

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Masakane Yonekura  •  Junko Sakurada

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Masakane Yonekura  •  Junko Sakurada

The Bullet Train (1975)

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Kei Yamamoto  •  Eiji Gō

A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police race to find the bombers so the train crew can learn how to defuse the bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junya Satō
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Kei Yamamoto  •  Eiji Gō

Japanese Godfather: Conclusion (1978)

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Shin Saburi  •  Toshirō Mifune  •  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Bunta Sugawara

The three-film saga comes to a conclusion as three leaders of the underworld battle it out to determine who will become Don of Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadao Nakajima
CAST:  Shin Saburi  •  Toshirō Mifune  •  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Bunta Sugawara

The Okinawa War of Ten Years (1978)

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akinori Matsuo
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Yumiko Nogawa  •  Takao Yamada

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akinori Matsuo
CAST:  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Sonny Chiba  •  Yumiko Nogawa  •  Takao Yamada

Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark (1981)

Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native planet to find it controlled by a wicked tyrant Captain Kogar. He also finds his family has been slaughtered and so now it is up to him and his pals to kick the heck out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Yamada  •  Bunker Jenkins
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Oda  •  Ryō Nishida  •  Yōko Akitani

Sci-fi meets martial arts in this lively chronicle of a warrior pilot who returns to his native planet to find it controlled by a wicked tyrant Captain Kogar. He also finds his family has been slaughtered and so now it is up to him and his pals to kick the heck out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Yamada  •  Bunker Jenkins
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Oda  •  Ryō Nishida  •  Yōko Akitani

The Legend of Love & Sincerity (1974)

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeyuki Yamane
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Ai Saotome  •  Masami Naka  •  Akira Oda

Meet Saotome Ai, a high school girl from a well-to-do family. When she was a small child, she was in an accident that resulted in a young boy being permanently scarred between his eyes while she emerged unscathed. The young boy saved her life and although she never ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shigeyuki Yamane
CAST:  Hideki Saijo  •  Ai Saotome  •  Masami Naka  •  Akira Oda

Detonation! Violent Games (1976)

Teruo Ishii's West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It's the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Koichi Iwaki  •  Masami Kuwashima  •  Yutaka Nakajima  •  Akira Oda

Teruo Ishii's West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It's the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Koichi Iwaki  •  Masami Kuwashima  •  Yutaka Nakajima  •  Akira Oda

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie (1978)

The movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Yamada
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Oda  •  Ryō Nishida  •  Yōko Akitani

The movie version of Ryu and Hayato fighting against the Gavanas Empire.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Minoru Yamada
CAST:  Hiroyuki Sanada  •  Akira Oda  •  Ryō Nishida  •  Yōko Akitani