Directing

Atsushi Mihori

Born April 29, 1936 · Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (age 90)

No biography available.

Known For

Afternoon When Flowers FellAfternoon When Flowers Fell · 1989
Afternoon When Flowers Fell
★ 8.01989
Movie
A widowed restaurateur is faced with scandal after discovering her late husband had a child out of wedlock. Hearing that two criminals had attempted to take over the restaurant from her late husband, she hires her late husband's best friend, a private detective, to investigate.
Sex Comedy, Quick on the TriggerSex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger · 1971
Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger
★ 7.01971
MovieComedy
Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation.
Quick-draw OkatsuQuick-draw Okatsu · 1969
Quick-draw Okatsu
★ 6.21969
MovieCrimeAction
This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habit, and it plunges the family into trouble when he loses a lot of money in a crooked dice game. After releasing he is unable to pay the debt he owes; the blame is shouldered by the father, who is killed, leading Okatsu on a path of revenge.
Criminal Woman: Killing MelodyCriminal Woman: Killing Melody · 1973
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
★ 6.61973
MovieActionCrime
Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.
The Young Eagles of the KamikazeThe Young Eagles of the Kamikaze · 1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
★ 7.71968
MovieWarDrama
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two YakuzaHishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza · 1968
Hishakaku and Kiratsune: A Tale of Two Yakuza
★ 7.01968
MovieCrime
With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s eponymous novel. Three-time Seijun Suzuki collaborator Goro Tanada wrote a gangsterized adaptation of Ozaki’s story for Uchida at a time when the yakuza had eclipsed the samurai genre as Toei's main cash crop. Protagonist Hishakaku murders a man in a quarrel over a barmaid and goes to jail. In his temporary absence, his girlfriend Otoyo, a former geisha, falls for Hishakaku’s brother, inciting a dangerous love triangle that, in typical yakuza fashion, ends tragically.
Traveling in PartyTraveling in Party · 1967
Traveling in Party
★ 6.01967
MovieComedy
A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.
Army IntelligenceArmy Intelligence · 1968
Army Intelligence
★ 7.01968
MovieThriller
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.

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Criminal Woman: Killing MelodyCriminal Woman: Killing Melody · 1973
Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
★ 6.61973
MovieActionCrime
Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he is murdered and Reiko is gang raped, leading her to attempt a knife attack on the Yakuza boss (Ryoji Hayama) at a swank nightclub. Failing to kill him she ends up in prison, where she befriends a crew of other malcontents (including Yumiko Katayama and Chiyoko Kazama) and meets the Yakuza boss's girlfriend (Miki Sugimoto). Upon release Reiko reassembles her mob and launches a Machiavellian scheme to engineer a gang war between Hayama's Oba Industries and the formerly dominant Hamayasu Clan. The rival gangs begin killing each other off and Reiko works her way closer to her ultimate vengeance.

Director

Scars of the SunScars of the Sun · 1981
Scars of the Sun
★ 6.01981
MovieDrama
In a night painted with raw, incendiary desire, the story follows Shuhei as he slips from a morbid funeral into a world pulsing with illicit passions. At the seductive bar "EDEN," sultry whispers and heady intoxication set the stage for heated encounters—moments charged with forbidden attraction. An awkward, yet intensely charged reunion with his estranged brother in a steamy hotel room sparks a domino effect of erotic interludes, igniting wild nights at a pulsating disco and secret rendezvous at a coastal villa. Here, simmering rivalries and envious longings flare into explosive encounters, culminating in a searing, tumultuous climax where the boundaries between lust and violence vanish in a frenzy of physical, unrestrained ecstasy.

Producer