Akira Ishihama Movies

The film opens with kidnappers of a corporate executive making an unusual ransom demand: that a wizened executive from another company haul large...

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

Film directed by Manao Horiuchi.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunderstandings created by the people surrounding...

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a runaway (Kuga) the family has taken into their home.

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

Isamu is a high school student who raises a pigeon at home amidst his father's opposition.

Eighth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.

1954 Japanese movie

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists,...