Aiko Morishita

Acting

Aiko Morishita

Born April 8, 1958 · Musashino, Tokyo, Japan (age 68)

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Known For

Double ClutchDouble Clutch · 1978
Double Clutch
★ 7.01978
MovieDrama
Hiromi Go plays a high school student who needs a role model in his life badly. He's raised by his older sister played by Keiko Matsuzaka who is a hostess at a night club. She meets a man who becomes her boyfriend. He races in a off-road car rally professionally. The same man becomes Go's role model and teaches him sophisticated car driving techniques. One of the techniques taught is 'double clutch' ( Thus the movie's title Double Kuracchi ) to make gear transition smoothly between shifts. Hiromi Go was a big pop idol in Japan when this movie was created. Both Go and Matsuzaka still enjoys high celebrity status in Japan.
Theater Of LifeTheater Of Life · 1983
Theater Of Life
★ 9.01983
MovieDrama
Adaptation of Shiro Ozaki's novel.
Eighteen Years, to the SeaEighteen Years, to the Sea · 1979
Eighteen Years, to the Sea
★ 6.71979
MovieDrama
Struggling with money, violence and social pressure, a couple of youngsters are drawn to dangerous games of death.
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me WildlyLove Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly · 1979
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
★ 4.81979
MovieDrama
A young man has more on his hands than he can handle: a child he rarely sees, a runaway wife, and a young prostitute he has just met. The close-knit city of Tokyo brings them all together.
Third BaseThird Base · 1978
Third Base
★ 6.41978
MovieDrama
Third is an aimless young man who hangs around with a couple of girls who are amateur hookers. One day, while acting as their pimp, he gets into a conflict with a young gangster and winds up killing him.
Tears for YouTears for You · 2006
Tears for You
★ 7.22006
MovieDramaRomance
A love story about two step-siblings, Yota and Kaoru. Long ago, Yota's mother married Kaoru's jazz-playing father, effectively merging the two families. Unfortunately, Kaoru's father skipped town, and Yota's mother passed away, but not before imparting a dying wish to her young son to take care of Kaoru.
No Grave for UsNo Grave for Us · 1979
No Grave for Us
★ 6.21979
MovieActionCrime
A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...
Hell's Angels: Crimson RoarHell's Angels: Crimson Roar · 1977
Hell's Angels: Crimson Roar
★ 6.01977
MovieDrama
After a fight with a local girl gang, Yoko serves time in prison. After her release the world she once knew has changed. When she is drugged and raped by a local yakuza she seeks revenge…

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Bakayaro! I'm Plenty MadBakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad · 1988
Bakayaro! I'm Plenty Mad
★ 8.01988
MovieComedy
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.

Chieko Atsugi (Episode 1)

The Taste of FishThe Taste of Fish · 2008
The Taste of Fish
★ 7.02008
MovieComedyDrama
It may sound cliché, but Japanese people really do love their fish. If Japan has the best and freshest fish in the world, then Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market is where you're most likely to find them. It's the home of Japan's biggest daily fish auction, and it's a place of fierce competition between fish merchants that have been in the business for generations. Based on a comic series, The Taste of Fish follows businessman Shuntaro, who has a successful career in a trading company and is in a steady relationship with girlfriend Asuka. One day, Shuntaro has to help out at the fish wholesaler store run by Asuka's father, and he immediately falls in love with the world of Tsukiji Fish Market. Soon, Shuntaro quits his job and devotes all of his time to running the business while learning about the market's fascinating set of long-standing traditions. However, he must first also learn to distinguish the tastes of different fishes before he can survive in the competitive world of Tsukiji.
Detective LovesickDetective Lovesick · 2010
Detective Lovesick
★ 7.22010
SeriesComedyDrama
He was the pride of his police department as the number one armed robbery buster... until he had his heart broken by the sudden flight of a fiancee from his life. Now "Detective Lovesick" finds his crime-fighting mojo and his chance at rising through the police hierarchy slipping away. Spending his days in a desperate search for the love of his life, Detective Lovesick is a man in love with himself and idolizes his drinking buddy, who is a romance psychologist. He loses himself to love easily, even at work, falling for every femme fatale he investigates and after a lot of hair pulling, ending each case with a marriage proposal. "Marry me or be under arrest." But will any woman accept such a proposal? Suspense, comedy and romance all converge in a libido-rich police drama unlike any you've ever seen.

Mama Reiko

Manhattan Love StoryManhattan Love Story · 2003
Manhattan Love Story
★ 8.02003
SeriesComedyDrama
Next door to Chuo TV's offices is "Manhattan," a coffee shop for aficionados. The owner's passion for coffee is almost a sickness and all he wants is for his customers to enjoy their coffee. He is a man of few words. If he has to say something, he gets his waiter Shinobu Gamo to speak on his behalf. Owner's real name is unknown. He would prefer to be addressed as the shops' "Master" rather than its owner - not that anyone is aware of this. He gives his all to coffee. Despite his wishes, his regular customers don't really come to taste the coffee. They are there because of love. They use his shop as a place for dates, marriage proposals and break-ups. He doesn't show it, but it saddens him that his customers are so preoccupied with affairs of the heart and not the coffee.

Maki Chikura