Yōichi Iijima

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagisa Ōshima
CAST:  David Bowie  •  Tom Conti  •  Ryuichi Sakamoto  •  Takeshi Kitano

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagisa Ōshima
CAST:  David Bowie  •  Tom Conti  •  Ryuichi Sakamoto  •  Takeshi Kitano

Taboo (1999)

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagisa Ōshima
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Yoichi Sai

Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nagisa Ōshima
CAST:  Takeshi Kitano  •  Ryuhei Matsuda  •  Tadanobu Asano  •  Yoichi Sai

A Pool Without Water (1982)

The man has a monotonous job punching tickets for the Japanese railway. One night, while walking home, he saves Jun from getting raped by two hoodlums. A few days later, he sneaks into her house but gets discovered. Later, as he watches his son subdue an insect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Mie  •  Reiko Nakamura  •  Yumiko Fujita  •  Yuya Uchida

The man has a monotonous job punching tickets for the Japanese railway. One night, while walking home, he saves Jun from getting raped by two hoodlums. A few days later, he sneaks into her house but gets discovered. Later, as he watches his son subdue an insect ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Mie  •  Reiko Nakamura  •  Yumiko Fujita  •  Yuya Uchida

Woman Hunting: Massacre Woods (2012)

Five women get hunted in the Massacre Woods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A.K.G.
CAST:  Momoka Nishina  •  Yuka Yoshida  •  Naoko Kishimoto  •  Atsuko Matsuda

Five women get hunted in the Massacre Woods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A.K.G.
CAST:  Momoka Nishina  •  Yuka Yoshida  •  Naoko Kishimoto  •  Atsuko Matsuda

Nawa de okasu (1980)

Pinku from 1980.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Watanabe
CAST:  Mayuko Hino  •  Masayoshi Nogami  •  Jiro Kokubu  •  Kayoko Sugi

Pinku from 1980.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Watanabe
CAST:  Mayuko Hino  •  Masayoshi Nogami  •  Jiro Kokubu  •  Kayoko Sugi

Basara ningen (2009)

Based on Minoru Nagao's 1969 experimental book Illustrator: Basara ningen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirono Yamada
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Ayaka  •  Miu Nakamura  •  Yumeka Sasaki

Based on Minoru Nagao's 1969 experimental book Illustrator: Basara ningen.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirono Yamada
CAST:  Jiro Dan  •  Ayaka  •  Miu Nakamura  •  Yumeka Sasaki

Zannin renzoku gokanma (1978)

Pinku from 1977  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Yōichi Iijima

Pinku from 1977  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōji Wakamatsu
CAST:  Yōichi Iijima

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DIRECTION:  Shinya Yamamoto
CAST:  George Tokoro  •  Miho Tsukasa  •  Toshiro Omi  •  Keiko Torii

Japanese pink film  (more)

DIRECTION:  Genji Nakamura
CAST:  Yuka Asagiri  •  Rima Aono  •  Rumi Sasaki  •  Rika Takahara

Attack!! Gang Army (1977)

The relationship between Japan and Keros became tense due to the conflict between the salmon and trout fishing grounds in the north. The government tried to survive by offering the Northern Territories to Keros, who gathered the Keros faction elements in the corps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Temujin Hijikata
CAST:  Yōichi Iijima  •  Tsutomu Yamagishi  •  Osamu Mitsuhashi  •  Shigechika Sato

The relationship between Japan and Keros became tense due to the conflict between the salmon and trout fishing grounds in the north. The government tried to survive by offering the Northern Territories to Keros, who gathered the Keros faction elements in the corps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Temujin Hijikata
CAST:  Yōichi Iijima  •  Tsutomu Yamagishi  •  Osamu Mitsuhashi  •  Shigechika Sato

But only love… (2016)

Sasaki Hiroshi, who loses both his vocal cords and his job due to throat cancer, is shocked to learn that his daughter Kumiko is not his biological child. He and his wife Harumi are anguished as distrust turns into obsession within the speechless Hiroshi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiro Sano
CAST:  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Hitomi Enjô  •  Yōichi Iijima  •  Azusa Sakai

Sasaki Hiroshi, who loses both his vocal cords and his job due to throat cancer, is shocked to learn that his daughter Kumiko is not his biological child. He and his wife Harumi are anguished as distrust turns into obsession within the speechless Hiroshi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuhiro Sano
CAST:  Kazuhiro Sano  •  Hitomi Enjô  •  Yōichi Iijima  •  Azusa Sakai

Kôshoku danjo: Sex no kisetsu (2019)

Nana, who aims to be an actress, has no buds. Nagasaki calls out to Nana as she walks through her town. She is curtly treated by her, but invites her to a nearby cafe and asks for her Nana and Yori back. But Nana has another target. He even threatened to break up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirohisa Sasaki
CAST:  Noa Eikawa  •  Misuzu Kawana  •  Kurano Haruka  •  Chisa Hasegawa

Nana, who aims to be an actress, has no buds. Nagasaki calls out to Nana as she walks through her town. She is curtly treated by her, but invites her to a nearby cafe and asks for her Nana and Yori back. But Nana has another target. He even threatened to break up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hirohisa Sasaki
CAST:  Noa Eikawa  •  Misuzu Kawana  •  Kurano Haruka  •  Chisa Hasegawa