Makoto Akatsuka

Acting

Makoto Akatsuka

Born March 19, 1951 · Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Died July 4, 2024 · aged 73

No biography available.

Known For

The Twilight SamuraiThe Twilight Samurai · 2002
The Twilight Samurai
★ 7.82002
MovieDramaRomance
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 to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?
The Yellow HandkerchiefThe Yellow Handkerchief · 1977
The Yellow Handkerchief
★ 7.01977
MovieComedyDrama
A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handkerchief on the window, it would mean that she wants him back at home.
Love and HonorLove and Honor · 2006
Love and Honor
★ 7.42006
MovieDramaRomance
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband's honor.
The VillageThe Village · 1975
The Village
★ 7.41975
MovieDrama
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, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Unification of Japan 32Unification of Japan 32 · 2019
Unification of Japan 32
2019
MovieActionCrime
Himuro and Tamura of the Kyowa-kai discover that the conflict with the Marukami-kai involving the Yokohama Fujishiro-gumi is a secret maneuver between the Chinatown mafia and the half-grey group Kobura. Having discovered that they have a common enemy, the Kyowa-kai and Marukami-kai formulate a joint strategy, but Himuro and Tsurumi of the Marukami-kai are at odds over the dead Ryuji Munakata.
Nozomi WitchesNozomi Witches · 1990
Nozomi Witches
★ 6.01990
MovieRomanceComedy
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, who decides to join the high school boxing club. Adapted from Toshio's Nobe manga, with the same title.
Double SuicideDouble Suicide · 1969
Double Suicide
★ 7.01969
MovieDramaRomance
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.
Kabei: Our MotherKabei: Our Mother · 2008
Kabei: Our Mother
★ 7.62008
MovieFamilyDrama
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. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.

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Kumokiri NizaemonKumokiri Nizaemon · 2013
Kumokiri Nizaemon
★ 9.02013
SeriesDramaMystery
During the Kyoho period in the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, there is a gang of thieves active not just in Edo but also the Tokaido and the Nakasendo, and all across the Kansai region, stealing large sums of money with skillful techniques. They only target the very wealthy and never kill or injure people. They appear with the clouds and disappear like the mist. On the night that the beautiful Ochiyo is to become the bride of a dry goods dealer, a large amount of money hidden inside the shop is stolen. The gang disappears without injuring anyone. It was a two-year plan to marry Ochiyo off so that she could bring them in. The leader of this gang is Kumokiri Nizaemon, the greatest bandit of all time. He keeps a rein on his highly-skilled and notorious followers Nanabake no Ochiyo, Kinezumi no Kichigoro, Subashiri no Kumagoro, Ingakozo Rokunosuke and others.