Acting
Hiroko Maki
Born November 10, 1948 · Tokyo, Japan
Died July 22, 2000 · aged 51
No biography available.
Known For
Wasabi · 2001Wasabi
★ 6.72001
MovieDramaAction
Hubert is a French policeman with very sharp methods. After being forced to take 2 months off by his boss, who doesn't share his view on working methods, he goes back to Japan, where he used to work 19 years ago, to settle the probate of his girlfriend who left him shortly after marriage without a trace.
Rhapsody in August · 1991Rhapsody in August
★ 7.11991
MovieDrama
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly · 1979Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
★ 4.81979
MovieDrama
Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run out on him. In utter confusion, he tries to reason out where he had gone amiss that such a thing should happen out of the clear blue sky. About this time, Yuichi helps Ayako, a young girl, embroiled in trouble. She returns Yuichi's kindness by making off with his precious camera. Then she returns and since his wife has washed her hands of him, he forces himself on Ayako who acts as if she had been waiting for him to enter her. Suddenly, Yuichi's wife returns...
Gorotsuki · 1992Gorotsuki
★ 10.01992
MovieCrimeAction
This coming-of-age drama comically depicts two young men who yearn to become members of the yakuza underworld, focusing on the apprenticeship of a rookie yakuza
Zero · 1984Zero
★ 6.11984
MovieWar
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
The International Gang of Kobe · 1975The International Gang of Kobe
★ 5.71975
MovieCrimeDrama
In 1947, in Kobe, Japan, a local street gang fights for their survival when its turf is overrun by United States occupation forces and international gangs.
Someday, Someone Will Be Killed · 1984Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
★ 5.51984
MovieComedyDrama
While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins.
The Blossom and the Sword · 1973The Blossom and the Sword
★ 7.71973
MovieActionDrama
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.
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