Hideji Ōtaki Movies
- 1980
Kagemusha
Kagemusha7.8191980HD
Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid...
- 1985
Tampopo
Tampopo7.81985HD
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...
- 2004
Izo
Izo6.0512004HD
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified....
- 1978
The Fall of Ako Castle
The Fall of Ako Castle6.61978HD
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the...
- 1989
Black Rain
Black Rain7.5091989HD
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic...
- 1992
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion
Minbo: the Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion6.71992HD
An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so they...
- 2004
Casshern
Casshern5.8872004HD
Fifty years of war between the Great Eastern Federation and Europa - now merged as Eurasia - have taken their toll on planet Earth. As a result of...
- 1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons7.2171973HD
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one...
- 1984
The Funeral
The Funeral7.21984HD
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...
- 1987
A Taxing Woman
A Taxing Woman6.7811987HD
Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a...
- 1978
The Demon
The Demon6.251978HD
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children...
- 2000
Dora-heita
Dora-heita5.12000HD
A new magistrate in the town of Horisoto—widely reputed to be the most lawless township in Japan, uses guile and his opponents' own...
- 1977
Village of Eight Gravestones
Village of Eight Gravestones6.31977HD
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of...
- 1982
Lovers Lost
Lovers Lost7.11982HD
A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a...
- 1977
Mount Hakkoda
Mount Hakkoda6.81977HD
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...
- 1978
Winter's Flower
Winter's Flower61978HD
Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself...
- 1968
The Sands of Kurobe
The Sands of Kurobe6.21968HD
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...
- 1978
Queen Bee
Queen Bee7.31978HD
To solve the mystery of a murder of an old governess which takes place at a wealthy Daidoji family's country estate, family secrets and lies dating...
- 1952
Children of Hiroshima
Children of Hiroshima71952HD
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...
- 2008
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces62008HD
In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class...