Mitsuko Oka

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Kids Return (1996)

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Ken Kaneko  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Hatsuo Yamaya

Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takeshi Kitano
CAST:  Ken Kaneko  •  Masanobu Ando  •  Leo Morimoto  •  Hatsuo Yamaya

Okoge (1992)

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiro Nakajima
CAST:  Misa Shimizu  •  Takehiro Murata  •  Takeo Nakahara  •  Atsushi Fukazawa

A straight young woman living in Tokyo becomes involved in the lives of a gay man and his married lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takehiro Nakajima
CAST:  Misa Shimizu  •  Takehiro Murata  •  Takeo Nakahara  •  Atsushi Fukazawa

Virus (1980)

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Robert Vaughn  •  Masao Kusakari  •  Henry Silva

Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Robert Vaughn  •  Masao Kusakari  •  Henry Silva

BU・SU (1987)

Mugiko, an 18-year-old attempts to escape her unhappiness with village life by going to Tokyo to live and work in the geisha house run by her aunt. The daughter of a once great geisha, Mugiko is entitled by blood to train in the geishas ancient art of classical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Kazue Itô  •  Masahiro Takashima

Mugiko, an 18-year-old attempts to escape her unhappiness with village life by going to Tokyo to live and work in the geisha house run by her aunt. The daughter of a once great geisha, Mugiko is entitled by blood to train in the geishas ancient art of classical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jun Ichikawa
CAST:  Yasuko Tomita  •  Michiyo Yasuda  •  Kazue Itô  •  Masahiro Takashima

Fantastic Girls (2015)

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Mio Yuki  •  Yuri Shirahane  •  Aran Kei

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akiko Ohku
CAST:  Rika Adachi  •  Mio Yuki  •  Yuri Shirahane  •  Aran Kei

Gehara: The Dark and Long-Haired Monster (2009)

A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyotaka Taguchi
CAST:  Ken Osawa  •  Mina Fujii  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Shirō Sano

A fishing boat is attacked at sea by a gigantic, hairy monster. After examining the sole survivor (Kanji Tsuda), scientific adviser Dr Murakami (Shiro Sano) suspects the culprit is a “Keukegen spectre”, a shaggy supernatural beast from Japanese folklore. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyotaka Taguchi
CAST:  Ken Osawa  •  Mina Fujii  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Shirō Sano

Black Rose (2017)

While investigating a murder case, Kamiki Kyoko finds out the truth behind the death of her father who was a police officer which leads her to the dark secrets within the police force. In order to solve the case and take revenge for her father, Kamiki and her ...  (more)

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CAST:  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Goro Kishitani  •  Shunsuke Nakamura  •  Tokuma Nishioka

While investigating a murder case, Kamiki Kyoko finds out the truth behind the death of her father who was a police officer which leads her to the dark secrets within the police force. In order to solve the case and take revenge for her father, Kamiki and her ...  (more)

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CAST:  Shihori Kanjiya  •  Goro Kishitani  •  Shunsuke Nakamura  •  Tokuma Nishioka

Memories of You (1988)

University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichirô Sawai
CAST:  Kumiko Goto  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Tomomi Satô  •  Shingo Yanagisawa

University student Akira meets the lovely 14-year-old Yumi, whom he had tutored years ago. Her mother is told by her doctor that the schoolgirl has leukaemia and has only 6 months to live.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichirô Sawai
CAST:  Kumiko Goto  •  Toru Nakamura  •  Tomomi Satô  •  Shingo Yanagisawa

The Soup of Heaven (2008)

Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinozaki
CAST:  Haruka Igawa  •  Shirō Itō  •  Eiki Kitamura  •  Ryoko Kuninaka

Follows the life of an Office Lady who gets through her tedious work days by dreaming of a legendary soup and soup chef she's heard of. She decides to go in search of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Makoto Shinozaki
CAST:  Haruka Igawa  •  Shirō Itō  •  Eiki Kitamura  •  Ryoko Kuninaka

Kanto Outlaw (1971)

Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Yoshio Harada  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Mitsuko Oka

Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Yoshio Harada  •  Ryôhei Uchida  •  Mitsuko Oka

The New Class of the Sewage Canal (1976)

First film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Okamoto
CAST:  Koji Moritsugu  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Junko Natsu  •  Yukari Yamamoto

First film produced by Nikkatsu Children's Films.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koji Okamoto
CAST:  Koji Moritsugu  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Junko Natsu  •  Yukari Yamamoto

Dead Angle (1979)

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Yoko Shimada  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Edward James Olmos

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Isao Natsuyagi  •  Yoko Shimada  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Edward James Olmos

Expelled from the Kanto Mob (1971)

In the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the area into the Kuroda family to the south and the Takeuchi family to the north in order to protect the security of Kame no Ii, which had opened up in place of the Yoshiwara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Kei Satō  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Junko Natsu

In the late Taisho era. Umeshima Jinbei, the president of the Kanto Umeshima Kai, divided the area into the Kuroda family to the south and the Takeuchi family to the north in order to protect the security of Kame no Ii, which had opened up in place of the Yoshiwara ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Keiichi Ozawa
CAST:  Tetsuya Watari  •  Kei Satō  •  Mitsuko Oka  •  Junko Natsu

A Balance (2020)

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes deeply ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yujiro Harumoto
CAST:  Kumi Takiuchi  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Masahiro Umeda  •  Ken Mitsuishi

Documentary director Yuko portrays a school violence incident from three years ago that resulted in suicides, while she was teaching classes at her father’s cram school. As her documentary project progresses, Yuko discovers a hidden truth and becomes deeply ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yujiro Harumoto
CAST:  Kumi Takiuchi  •  Yuumi Kawai  •  Masahiro Umeda  •  Ken Mitsuishi

Summer Secrets (1982)

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Kawakami
CAST:  Sawako Kitahara  •  Chiemi Manabe  •  Hisako Mitsui  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiromichi Kawakami
CAST:  Sawako Kitahara  •  Chiemi Manabe  •  Hisako Mitsui  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama

Intimate Stranger (2022)

A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mayu Nakamura
CAST:  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Fuju Kamio  •  Yu Uemura  •  Shogen

A psychological thriller set in the post-COVID Tokyo. The film follows a woman looking for her missing son, and a shady young man who approaches her, claiming to know her son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mayu Nakamura
CAST:  Asuka Kurosawa  •  Fuju Kamio  •  Yu Uemura  •  Shogen

A Gangster's Morals (1970)

Yakuza movie directed by Yasuharu Hasebe  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Saburo Kitajima  •  Shinsuke Minami  •  Kotaro Satomi  •  Tamio Kawachi

Yakuza movie directed by Yasuharu Hasebe  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuharu Hasebe
CAST:  Saburo Kitajima  •  Shinsuke Minami  •  Kotaro Satomi  •  Tamio Kawachi

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DIRECTION:  Kosuke Suzuki
CAST:  Takanori Iwata  •  Atsushi Ito  •  Takaaki Enoki  •  Ayano Kudo

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit (1968)

A unique youth masterpiece depicting the awakening of male and female sexuality with a refreshing touch of the breath of youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Kaji
CAST:  Mitsuko Oka  •  Shuichi Ikeda  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Jiro Okazaki

A unique youth masterpiece depicting the awakening of male and female sexuality with a refreshing touch of the breath of youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noboru Kaji
CAST:  Mitsuko Oka  •  Shuichi Ikeda  •  Meiko Kaji  •  Jiro Okazaki

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DIRECTION:  Hajime Hashimoto
CAST:  Masayuki Sakamoto  •  Akiko Yada  •  Yuma Nakayama  •  Sayaka Akimoto
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