Makoto Akatsuka Movies

A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and,...

Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fellow high school student neighbor Ryotaro Shiba,...

A teenage drama film about Makiko Hayashi, a top student who is aiming to get into University of Tokyo, together with a group of other students. She...

Japanese youth film.

The story of a former police officer now retired to run a coffee shop called Bitter Coffee Life. In the long years of the past 20 years, he has been...

An anthology exploring the meaning of the Japanese greeting goaisatsu.

1979 Japanese film.