Movies: Mariko Okada

  • 1985
    Tampopo

    Tampopo (1985)

    Tampopo

    7.81985HD

    In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner, Tampopo, begs them to help her turn her establishment into a paragon of the "art of noodle-soup making"...

    Tampopo
  • 1954
    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954)

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    7.11954HD

    Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior....

    Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto
  • 1962
    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.81962HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her....

    An Autumn Afternoon
  • 1969
    Eros + Massacre

    Eros + Massacre (1969)

    Eros + Massacre

    7.51969HD

    Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers on two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories....

    Eros + Massacre
  • 1956
    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island (1956)

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

    7.21956HD

    A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to f...

    Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island
  • 1955
    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

    7.11955HD

    After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skil...

    Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
  • 1960
    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn (1960)

    Late Autumn

    7.71960HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband....

    Late Autumn
  • 1987
    A Taxing Woman

    A Taxing Woman (1987)

    A Taxing Woman

    6.81987HD

    Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his a...

    A Taxing Woman
  • 1955
    Floating Clouds

    Floating Clouds (1955)

    Floating Clouds

    7.71955HD

    A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He doesn't and after the war, she turns up and the affair resumes....

    Floating Clouds
  • 1978
    The Fall of Ako Castle

    The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

    The Fall of Ako Castle

    6.61978HD

    This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, ...

    The Fall of Ako Castle
  • 1970
    Heroic Purgatory

    Heroic Purgatory (1970)

    Heroic Purgatory

    6.91970HD

    Rikiya Shoda is an engineer working for the Atomic Agency in Japan. One day, his wife Nanako returns home with a lost teenager called Ayu. A man, pretending to be the father, comes to get her back; Ayu keeps telling him that Rikiya and Nanako are her...

    Heroic Purgatory
  • 1963
    Sing, Young People

    Sing, Young People (1963)

    Sing, Young People

    5.81963HD

    A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star....

    Sing, Young People
  • 1977
    Proof of the Man

    Proof of the Man (1977)

    Proof of the Man

    7.41977HD

    When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime....

    Proof of the Man
  • 1962
    Akitsu Hot Springs

    Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)

    Akitsu Hot Springs

    6.51962HD

    Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically...

    Akitsu Hot Springs
  • 1953
    The End of the Night

    The End of the Night (1953)

    The End of the Night

    01953HD

    Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will lead to a long, dark night of the soul, while his lady love, a bar hostess, tries to cope with her ...

    The End of the Night
  • 1953
    My Wonderful Yellow Car

    My Wonderful Yellow Car (1953)

    My Wonderful Yellow Car

    61953HD

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    My Wonderful Yellow Car
  • 2005
    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    7.22005HD

    A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infecti...

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
  • 1960
    Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams (1960)

    Spring Dreams

    5.81960HD

    When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends....

    Spring Dreams
  • 1971
    Confessions Among Actresses

    Confessions Among Actresses (1971)

    Confessions Among Actresses

    6.11971HD

    In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them ...

    Confessions Among Actresses
  • 1970
    Waterfront Blues

    Waterfront Blues (1970)

    Waterfront Blues

    01970HD

    Based on Shinichi Mori song...

    Waterfront Blues