Akane Shiratori

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Akane Shiratori

Born July 18, 1932 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Died September 14, 2024 · aged 92

Japanese film script supervisor and screenwriter.

Known For

Love LetterLove Letter · 1995
Love Letter
★ 7.81995
MovieDramaRomance
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.
Evil Dead TrapEvil Dead Trap · 1988
Evil Dead Trap
★ 6.01988
MovieHorrorThriller
A talk show hostess takes a camera crew out to an abandoned factory to investigate a purported snuff film that was made there. As she gets closer to the truth, she and her friends are subjected to a brutal nightmare.
My Sex Report: IntensitiesMy Sex Report: Intensities · 1976
My Sex Report: Intensities
★ 6.01976
MovieDrama
A man accustomed to calling the shots in his girlfriend’s work life becomes intrigued by a nurse and begins drawing her into a sexual world she never imagined.
Prophecies of NostradamusProphecies of Nostradamus · 1974
Prophecies of Nostradamus
★ 5.71974
MovieDramaScience Fiction
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Rolling on the RoadRolling on the Road · 1981
Rolling on the Road
★ 4.81981
MovieDrama
George is a washed-up middle-aged punk rocker, who divorces his wife and lives with his girlfriend, a soap massage parlor worker. His life becomes even more of a mess when the nurse he raped moves in with them.
The KeyThe Key · 1997
The Key
★ 5.01997
MovieDrama
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura
The Last Days of Planet EarthThe Last Days of Planet Earth · 1981
The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981
MovieScience FictionFantasy
Dr. Nishiyama has to combat increasingly bizarre events on which seem all too familiar to the French prophet Nostradamus's predictions.
Endless DesireEndless Desire · 1958
Endless Desire
★ 6.81958
MovieDramaComedy
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.

Filmography

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Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of LoveCockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love · 1991
Cockroach Trading Company's Hilarious Tale: The Five Hundred Million Yen Blues of Love
1991
Movie
Yukiko Miki, the only daughter of the Yamako-gumi, a yakuza group in Kansai, begs her father to let her start a company, and with three henchmen who also act as bodyguards, she establishes "Gokiburi Shoji" (Cockroach Trading). Their business involves committing crimes such as bank robberies to make money, and Ryotaro Anzai, who approaches her without knowing she's the daughter of a yakuza, also joins the company. Initially, they plan to rob an armored car, but a father and son duo steal 500 million yen from them. Next, they plan to rig a boat race, but by chance, Ryotaro spots the man who stole the money. Changing their plans, they devise various schemes to get 500 million yen back from the father and son duo.