Acting
Hako Yamasaki
Born May 18, 1957 · Hita, Oita Prefecture, Japan (age 69)
Hatsuko Yamasaki (born May 18, 1957), known professionally as Hako Yamasaki, is a Japanese folk singer-songwriter, actress, and writer. Her debut album "Tobimasu" was released in 1975 and it became what she is mostly known for. In 1991, she made her acting debut.
Known For
64: Part 1 · 201664: Part 1
★ 7.32016
MovieMystery
1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge of the Case 64, moves as a Public Relations Officer in the Police Affairs Department. His relation with the reporters is conflicted and his own daughter is missing. The statute of limitations for the Case 64 will expire in one year. Then a kidnapping case, similar to the Case 64, takes place. The rift between the criminal investigation department and police administration department deepens. Mikami challenges the case as a public relations secretary.
A New Love in Tokyo · 1994A New Love in Tokyo
★ 5.71994
MovieRomanceDrama
A look at the lives of two prostitutes in Tokyo: Rei, who works as an S&M dominatrix, and Ayumi, in the more straightforward profession of call girl. In addition to their working life, the film also looks at their private lives. Rei is acting in an amateur theatre company along with the receptionist from Ayumi's escort service, while Ayumi is living with her student-boyfriend as he struggles to finally get accepted to college.
Heaven's Story · 2010Heaven's Story
★ 7.22010
MovieDrama
A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.
Minazuki · 1999Minazuki
★ 5.81999
MovieDrama
Akira's wife walks out on him, leaving him to confide in his gangster brother-in-law. Using only a cryptic note as a clue the two brothers go on a road trip to find his wife. After a series of violent encounters with strangers, Akira meets a prostitute. The pair start a relationship. After Akira finds his wife, he questions whether he still wants to be with her.
A Spoiling Rain · 2023A Spoiling Rain
★ 5.72023
MovieDrama
The story is about a film director, Kutani, who lives in the dying pink film industry, and an aspiring screenwriter, Iseki, and their loved one, Shoko, whose dream of a film she has clung to begins to crumble, and how their lives intersect.
Poca Pon · 2026Poca Pon
2026
MovieDramaMystery
Inspired by a bizarre murder case, this is the story of a family and the voice "POCA PON" — a voice that sometimes heals people, and sometimes destroys them.
Go for Broke · 1985Go for Broke
★ 6.81985
MovieAction
At a Japanese school, a desperate student council struggles with a recurring problem. The aggressive and relentless members of the Yagyu biker gang stop by the school each semester to beat up the kids, steal their lunch money and vandalize their belongings. The kids want to fight back but realize they're too weak and undermanned against the bikers, and so they hire a handful of tough gals to train and defend them.
Gate of Youth · 1981Gate of Youth
★ 7.21981
MovieDrama
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.
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The Inferno · 1979The Inferno
★ 6.91979
MovieHorror
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
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