Mami Okamoto

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schrader
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Go Riju  •  Masato Aizawa  •  Masayuki Shionoya

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Schrader
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Go Riju  •  Masato Aizawa  •  Masayuki Shionoya

Jazz Daimyo (1986)

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Ikko Furuya  •  Ichirō Zaitsu  •  Ai Kanzaki  •  Mami Okamoto

Shipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve out a niche in the market with their musical talents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Ikko Furuya  •  Ichirō Zaitsu  •  Ai Kanzaki  •  Mami Okamoto

Tree Without Leaves (1986)

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Ichirō Zaitsu  •  Meiko Kaji

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kaneto Shindō
CAST:  Keiju Kobayashi  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Ichirō Zaitsu  •  Meiko Kaji

Rainbow Kids (1991)

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Toru Kazama  •  Hiroshi Nishikawa  •  Katsuyasu Uchida

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kihachi Okamoto
CAST:  Ken Ogata  •  Toru Kazama  •  Hiroshi Nishikawa  •  Katsuyasu Uchida

Before The Leaves Fall (2015)

An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mineko Okamoto
CAST:  Kaoru Yachigusa  •  Toru Kazama  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Ittoku Kishibe

An elderly woman sets out to see in person a painting by a famous artist.She believes she was the inspiration for the painting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mineko Okamoto
CAST:  Kaoru Yachigusa  •  Toru Kazama  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Ittoku Kishibe