Akemi Yamaguchi

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

TragicEmotionalHeartbreakingIntense

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Takahata
CAST:  Tsutomu Tatsumi  •  Ayano Shiraishi  •  Yoshiko Shinohara  •  Kozo Hashida

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Isao Takahata
CAST:  Tsutomu Tatsumi  •  Ayano Shiraishi  •  Yoshiko Shinohara  •  Kozo Hashida

Woman on the Night Train (1972)

Saeko is abnormally attached to her older sister, Yumi. When Yumi becomes engaged to Arikawa, Saeko schemes to separate the two. She seduces Arikawa who then becomes confused over his attraction to both sisters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Tanaka
CAST:  Mari Tanaka  •  Keiko Tsuzuki  •  Tomoko Katsura  •  Kibaji Tankobo

Saeko is abnormally attached to her older sister, Yumi. When Yumi becomes engaged to Arikawa, Saeko schemes to separate the two. She seduces Arikawa who then becomes confused over his attraction to both sisters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Tanaka
CAST:  Mari Tanaka  •  Keiko Tsuzuki  •  Tomoko Katsura  •  Kibaji Tankobo

The Last Laugh (1972)

Roman Porno film depicting the great uproar that the children cause in the division of their property, even before their parents are dead, as they claw at their greed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Tanaka
CAST:  Mari Tanaka  •  Mikiko Sakai  •  Chigusa Takayama  •  Michiko Komori

Roman Porno film depicting the great uproar that the children cause in the division of their property, even before their parents are dead, as they claw at their greed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Tanaka
CAST:  Mari Tanaka  •  Mikiko Sakai  •  Chigusa Takayama  •  Michiko Komori

Overly-Ripe Breasts: Married Women (1973)

A woman's husband’s infidelity drives her to sleep with both of her sisters’ lovers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Junko Miyashita  •  Keiko Aikawa  •  Akemi Yamaguchi  •  Mikiko Sakai

A woman's husband’s infidelity drives her to sleep with both of her sisters’ lovers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Junko Miyashita  •  Keiko Aikawa  •  Akemi Yamaguchi  •  Mikiko Sakai

Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market (1972)

Sold into prostitution by her "uncle", a young girl is so innocent and naive that she doesn't know what she has to do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Hiroshi Gojo  •  Nobutaka Masutomi  •  Shinko Jo  •  Chigusa Takayama

Sold into prostitution by her "uncle", a young girl is so innocent and naive that she doesn't know what she has to do.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Hiroshi Gojo  •  Nobutaka Masutomi  •  Shinko Jo  •  Chigusa Takayama

Love Hunter (1972)

Kyōko is a woman with a promiscuous past who is sexually unsatisfied with her marriage. Her frustrations lead her to have hedonistic dreams, such as her mother and grandfather having sex together. Seeking to rejuvenate her marriage, she throws a wild party. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiichirō Yamaguchi
CAST:  Hidemi Hara  •  Mari Tanaka  •  Ryûji Ôizumi  •  Kōju Ran

Kyōko is a woman with a promiscuous past who is sexually unsatisfied with her marriage. Her frustrations lead her to have hedonistic dreams, such as her mother and grandfather having sex together. Seeking to rejuvenate her marriage, she throws a wild party. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seiichirō Yamaguchi
CAST:  Hidemi Hara  •  Mari Tanaka  •  Ryûji Ôizumi  •  Kōju Ran

Affair at Twilight (1972)

Reiko is an adulterous housewife whose lover is a foul-tempered yakuza gangster. After one of her husband's friends spies the amorous duo at a no-tell motel, the stage is set for murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Hidemi Hara  •  Akira Takahashi  •  Nobutaka Masutomi

Reiko is an adulterous housewife whose lover is a foul-tempered yakuza gangster. After one of her husband's friends spies the amorous duo at a no-tell motel, the stage is set for murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Hidemi Hara  •  Akira Takahashi  •  Nobutaka Masutomi

Office Lady Diary: Scent of a She-Cat (1972)

Roman Porno from 1972.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhiko Fujii
CAST:  Rie Nakagawa  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Keiko Aikawa  •  Akemi Yamaguchi

Roman Porno from 1972.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Katsuhiko Fujii
CAST:  Rie Nakagawa  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Keiko Aikawa  •  Akemi Yamaguchi

Nagasaki Butterfly (1972)

Oman travel from Shanghai to Japan in search of her mother, only to be betrayed by her companion and sold to a brothel, where she becomes a geisha and gambler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Sally May  •  Miki Hayashi  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Atsushi Yamatoya

Oman travel from Shanghai to Japan in search of her mother, only to be betrayed by her companion and sold to a brothel, where she becomes a geisha and gambler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Sally May  •  Miki Hayashi  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Atsushi Yamatoya

Silent Tears (1972)

Roman Porno from 1972.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kato
CAST:  Yūko Katagiri  •  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Isao Morishima  •  Keiko Maki

Roman Porno from 1972.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Kato
CAST:  Yūko Katagiri  •  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Isao Morishima  •  Keiko Maki

Dead Blossoms (1972)

After having served a prison sentence Oman is released only to find that her sister is in the clutches of a group of Yakuza lowlifes. Once again Oman has to take action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Sally May  •  Miki Hayashi  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Soichiro Maeno

After having served a prison sentence Oman is released only to find that her sister is in the clutches of a group of Yakuza lowlifes. Once again Oman has to take action.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chūsei Sone
CAST:  Sally May  •  Miki Hayashi  •  Yuri Yamashina  •  Soichiro Maeno

Night of the Felines (1972)

Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female sex workers, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Tanaka
CAST:  Tomoko Katsura  •  Ken Yoshizawa  •  Hidemi Hara  •  Keiko Maki

Set in a Shinjuku bathhouse brothel, the film uncovers the sexual eccentricities of everyday people. Focusing on three female sex workers, the colorful, unpredictable look into the hidden underbelly of Japanese nightlife is playful but also unafraid to explore ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Tanaka
CAST:  Tomoko Katsura  •  Ken Yoshizawa  •  Hidemi Hara  •  Keiko Maki

Farewell to Rock'n Roll (1973)

There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Naito
CAST:  Emiko Yamauchi  •  Naoya Makoto  •  Takashi Shikauchi  •  Yumiko Katayama

There is an ongoing war between two Girl Gangs, the Akabane 100 Club and the Ikebukuro Cavalry. Yukiko, the "Bankaku," or chief bodyguard of the Akabane, is released from reform school and sets about to finish an ongoing one-on-one grudge match with the Arab Falcon ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Naito
CAST:  Emiko Yamauchi  •  Naoya Makoto  •  Takashi Shikauchi  •  Yumiko Katayama

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Hiroko Isayama  •  Kō Nishimura

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Hiroko Isayama  •  Kō Nishimura

The Now Girl (1972)

For a girl who works in a 3rd rate bar, Ayuko is full of vanity. Nomura, her patron, is besotted by her and it is their habit that they cannot reach a climax unless they peek at a couple, across the way, making love. Intent on climbing up in the world, Ayuko uses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Junko Miyashita  •  Taiji Tonoyama  •  Keiko Aikawa

For a girl who works in a 3rd rate bar, Ayuko is full of vanity. Nomura, her patron, is besotted by her and it is their habit that they cannot reach a climax unless they peek at a couple, across the way, making love. Intent on climbing up in the world, Ayuko uses ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Kazuko Shirakawa  •  Junko Miyashita  •  Taiji Tonoyama  •  Keiko Aikawa

Man and Woman (1972)

Kiyomi, a popular hostess at a bar in Shinjuku, has a traumatic childhood that makes her only sensitive to sexual intercourse with women. One day, the girl she loved as a junior hostess betrayed her and slept with her man. Uncomfortable with men, Kiyomi "swaps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōyū Ohara
CAST:  Hidemi Hara  •  Yoshie Kitsuda  •  Michiyo Mako  •  Hiroyuki Mikawa

Kiyomi, a popular hostess at a bar in Shinjuku, has a traumatic childhood that makes her only sensitive to sexual intercourse with women. One day, the girl she loved as a junior hostess betrayed her and slept with her man. Uncomfortable with men, Kiyomi "swaps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kōyū Ohara
CAST:  Hidemi Hara  •  Yoshie Kitsuda  •  Michiyo Mako  •  Hiroyuki Mikawa