Akiyuki Nosaka

A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

A former Buddhist monk turned erotic filmmaker, Subuyan lives with hairdresser Haru and her two teenage children. Shooting two skin flicks per day, he somehow manages to stay out of the clutches of the yakuza, but real trouble starts when Haru discovers him lusting after her daughter.

Teenagers are rebels without a cause. Let it be for stress relief or just a way to kill time, Mami (Kumiko Akiyoshi) and Chiaki were always up to no good – but their luck runs out when they shoplift with some other girls at a local supermarket. They flee from the scene and head back home, only to find detectives at their front door.

Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.

Set during World War II, the film follows a young brother and sister as they attempt to survive the aftermath of the firebombing of Kobe City.

A 16-year-old girl works in a factory to pay her late father’s debt. When she makes up her mind to become a hostess, a boy approaches her with kind and gentle manners...(Also occasionally known in English as “Play”)

Sequel to "Guys Who Never Learn".

When a mob boss retires under political pressure, his successor and yakuza family are tested to their limits as new alliances and enemies are formed.

The second film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".

The fourth film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa".

The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

Kiku-chan to Ookami, one of the Sensou Douwa wartime specials, follows a young Japanese settler girl in Manchukuo, Japan’s puppet state in occupied northeast China, during the final days of World War II. As Soviet forces enter Manchuria and Japan’s colonial rule collapses, Kiku’s family joins other settlers fleeing south toward Korea in the hope of returning to Japan. When Kiku falls ill with measles, the refugee group abandons her, leaving her behind to die. Alone in the wilderness, Kiku is found by an old wolf who first sees her as prey. But as the wolf watches over the helpless child, hunger gives way to a strange, fragile bond. With soldiers, fire, illness, and starvation closing in, can Kiku survive long enough to be found?

The third film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

War drama based on a short story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

In the early Showa period, a young woman named Asako drifts into a certain red light district. She appears in a white dress, straw hat, and white parasol, which is out of place in this area, but what kind of past does she have, and what are her feelings as she drifts there?

This unconventional comedy is set in the world of Osaka's popular cabarets and tells the story of a man who has dedicated his life to the nightlife industry.

Short film by Akiyuki Nosaka.

A university anatomy surgeon and lecturer, Dr. Mizukami, runs over and kills a corporate worker while driving with his student and lover, Ryoko. Instead of reporting the accident, Mizukami hides the dead body and attempts to carry on with his academic and professional life as if nothing happened.

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.