Makoto Akatsuka
Know for: Acting
Born: 1951-03-19
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Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....
I Love Peace (2003)
Izumi aims to be the first deaf creator of artificial limbs. One day, her senior co-worker, Kubo, goes to Afghanistan to help give aid to children as...
Wet Sand in August (1971)
Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles...
Goaisatsu (1991)
An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki (2015)
After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances,...
Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)
Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko...
Kim's War (1991)
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the...
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 (1980)
A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE
The Bored Samurai (1983)
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead...
Aoba gakuen monogatari (1981)
1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.
Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong. (1970)
After ten years Ryuma Shiranui, aka Dragon, returns to Hong Kong to visit the grave of his mentor, Kaizan Fubiki, who recently died from "an...
Gaki taishō kōshinkyoku (1979)
1979 Japanese film.
Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit (1991)
When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his...
Nozomi Witches (1990)
Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro Shiba,...
Double Suicide (1969)
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan....
Bitter Coffee Life (2012)
The story of a former police officer now retired to run a coffee shop called Bitter Coffee Life. In the long years of the past 20 years, he has been...
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock of his...
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa (1973)
Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike
Nomugi Pass (1979)
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya...
Playtime Never Ends (1991)
A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't...
Tora-san's Pure Love (1976)
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love...
The Village (1976)
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and,...
Tora-san Goes North (1987)
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...
Gakuen-sai no yoru: Amai taiken (1970)
A teenage drama film about Makiko Hayashi, a top student who is aiming to get into University of Tokyo, together with a group of other students. She...
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning to his ex-wife and his former life. If she puts a...