Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Born: January 27, 1935
in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Movies for Akiko Koyama...

The Intermission
Title: The Intermission
Released: February 23, 2013
Type: Movie
A unique black comedy set in Ginza Cinepathos, a long-established movie theater that closes at the end of March 2013 while being familiar to movie fans with its retro appearance and unique lineup. Unique guests visiting the theater draw a human pattern during breaks.
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The Oshima Gang
Title: The Oshima Gang
Released: March 13, 2010
Type: Movie
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MacArthur's Children—Part II
Title: MacArthur's Children—Part II
Released: January 24, 1987
Type: Movie
A continuation of the story of the postwar years in the Japanese Inland Sea. Now a decade has passed. Two friends meet and decide to look for the beautiful girl with whom they went to school as children.
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Title: Sanada Taiheiki
Character: Yamate-sama
Released: April 3, 1985
Type: TV
The drama tells the story of the Sanada family. Originally serving the Takeda Clan they ruled the northern district of Shinano. The story begins right after the death of Takeda Shingen, continues through the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu who founded the Tokugawa shogunate and covers roughly the period 1580-1610.
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Legend of Plumeria
Title: Legend of Plumeria
Released: July 2, 1983
Type: Movie
Emiko Hayasaka (Seiko Matsuda), who lives in Hawaii, has arranged a marriage with Akira Kuniyoshi (Shinji Yamashita), the son of the president of a hotel chain. Although Emiko is not yet ready to get married, Akira and both of her parents are enthusiastic about the matchmaking. During a summer vacation in Japan, Emiko is attacked with a knife by a boy, but is saved by Shinji Terao (Kiichi Nakai), a young man who happens to be passing by. Shinji is passionate about windsurfing and trains hard every day for the world championships. Emiko is attracted to him because of his sincerity, though he is not very sociable. Upon returning to Hawaii, she overcame her parents' objections and got him to break off his proposal to Akira. Meanwhile, the world competition is approaching and Shinji comes to Hawaii from Japan.
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Manji
Title: Manji
Character: Chigusa Shido
Released: March 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved.
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Empire of Passion
Title: Empire of Passion
Character: Mother of Landowner
Released: September 6, 1978
Type: Movie
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
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Sweet Revenge
Title: Sweet Revenge
Character: Michiko Kono
Released: December 17, 1977
Type: Movie
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in Kitakyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death.
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Curse of the Dog God
Title: Curse of the Dog God
Character: Sachi Kenmochi
Released: June 18, 1977
Type: Movie
A trio of young scientists investigate a source of uranium at the base of a sacred mountain, and after running over a dog, find themselves cursed by the locals.
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In the Realm of the Senses
Title: In the Realm of the Senses
Released: September 15, 1976
Type: Movie
A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.
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Karate Warriors
Title: Karate Warriors
Character: Yumi
Released: April 10, 1976
Type: Movie
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
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Title: Onna: Sono Ai no Series
Released: October 3, 1973
Type: TV
Collection of short stories about women in various periods of Japanese history. Based on famous Japanese novels.
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Dear Summer Sister
Title: Dear Summer Sister
Character: Tsuru Ômura
Released: August 5, 1972
Type: Movie
Sunaoko come to Okinawa to find his brother Tsuruo. Her searching is not very painless because it tears up old wounds in complicated relationships, some of which date back to the horrors of war.
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Title: Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Character: Kayo
Released: April 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall owner, and after befriending pimp and ne’er-do-well Ryuji (Tsunehiko Watase), she gets a job working at a hostess club in the chic Ginza neighborhood, where the expensive shops and neon lights conceal a dark world of crime and sexual slavery. But when a rival gang attempts to muscle in on the club, Nami becomes enmeshed in a violent struggle that forces her to wield a skilled pool cue to defend her uncle’s business, and eventually a short sword to wreak bloody vengeance upon her enemies.
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The Ceremony
Title: The Ceremony
Released: May 18, 1971
Type: Movie
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
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Naked Ambition
Title: Naked Ambition
Released: April 4, 1970
Type: Movie
Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her. Film it is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel "Kyofu Jidai".
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Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
Title: Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
Released: November 7, 1969
Type: Movie
This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series
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The Biggest Gamble
Title: The Biggest Gamble
Released: September 14, 1969
Type: Movie
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which puts Itsuki between a rock and a hard place.
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Boy
Title: Boy
Character: Stepmother
Released: July 26, 1969
Type: Movie
A family of four lives off of scams in which they pretend to be injured by automobiles. After suffering an injury during the war, the father believes he is an invalid. He and his wife have a 10-year-old boy and another, younger boy. The adults pretend to be injured by autos in crowded traffic, blackmailing the fearful motorists with threats to call in the police.
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Women's Police: Part II
Title: Women's Police: Part II
Character: Hisayo
Released: May 28, 1969
Type: Movie
Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi) is the recruiter and protector of hostesses at the Club Rose. One day he visits Club Aron, to complain about attempts to lure hostesses from Club Rose. Aron's madam Hisayo reminds him of a tragic experience five years before, when a lovely girl named Kumi committed double suicide with a man in a hotel. For Aron's madam is Kumi's elder sister. Kagari's friend Hayazaki introduces him to Chie, the young sister of the man who died with Kumi, who has come to Tokyo to learn the truth about her brother's death. Kagari sends them both away. But he continues to be haunted by the warmed-over memories. When Club Aron is found selling bootleg whisky Kagari learns that Hisayo has been a tool in the hands of the Akune group who are also responsible for trying to steal his girls, and that Fujikura, the public prosecutor who presided over the case of Kumi's death and ruled it suicide, is now the personal lawyer of the Akune group...
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The Night before Pearl Harbor
Title: The Night before Pearl Harbor
Character: Akiko
Released: March 9, 1968
Type: Movie
The last film in the series brings the tale to the doorstep of Pacific War, with the planning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor dominant in Nakano Spy School.
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Death by Hanging
Title: Death by Hanging
Character: Woman
Released: February 2, 1968
Type: Movie
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
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Journey
Title: Journey
Released: November 12, 1967
Type: Movie
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Game of Chance 2
Title: Game of Chance 2
Released: April 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Bungo is released from prison to find his son Kenichi in the care of strangers. Teruko, the woman originally looking after the boy, was forced to leave town and sell herself into prostitution. Bungo and Kenichi, in their search for Teruko, arrive in a new place and find work running a peddling stall for the upright Tatsumaki family. However, the drifting father and son soon find themselves caught up in a struggle for territory. Boss Negishi, the head of the yakuza family responsible for the death of the former Tatsumaki leader, will stop at nothing to take over the marketplace. Sickened by the injustice, Bungo takes on the rival boss knowing it might cost him his newly acquired freedom..
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Sing a Song of Sex
Title: Sing a Song of Sex
Character: Takako Tanigawa
Released: February 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Four sexually hungry high school students preparing for their university entrance exams meet up with an inebriated teacher singing bawdy drinking songs. This encounter sets them on a less than academic path.
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A Thousand Suspects
Title: A Thousand Suspects
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.
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Violence at Noon
Title: Violence at Noon
Character: Matsuko Koura, wife of Eisuke, teacher
Released: July 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
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Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
Title: Young Boss: Invitation to Fight
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
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Title: Tange Sazen
Character: Oren
Released: October 6, 1965
Type: TV
The loyal Sōma clan samurai Tange Samanosuke is attacked and mutilated as the result of a betrayal, losing his right eye and right arm. He then begins to lead the life of a nihilistic ronin, using the pseudonym Sazen.
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Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
Title: Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
Released: August 14, 1965
Type: Movie
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Fangs of Vengeance
Title: Fangs of Vengeance
Released: June 25, 1965
Type: Movie
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My Bellett
Title: My Bellett
Character: Company president
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
Title: Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
Released: March 4, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
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The Catch
Title: The Catch
Character: Hiroko Ishii
Released: November 22, 1961
Type: Movie
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions as to how to proceed with their “catch.”
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Night and Fog in Japan
Title: Night and Fog in Japan
Character: Misako Nakagawa
Released: October 9, 1960
Type: Movie
Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.
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Only She Knows
Title: Only She Knows
Released: April 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating. Though she survives, the impact of the event creates increasing discord and agony for her and her loved ones.
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Shisha to no kekkon
Title: Shisha to no kekkon
Released: February 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.
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Tokyo Omnibus
Title: Tokyo Omnibus
Released: October 30, 1959
Type: Movie
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.
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Koko ni otoko ari
Title: Koko ni otoko ari
Released: August 9, 1959
Type: Movie
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Red Pants
Title: Red Pants
Released: July 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude, however, is nothing but a cloak to hide her affection for him. Shinji, hard working and manly, becomes the focus of many yearning eyes and Seikichi, the boss' son, picks a quarrel with him and violent fight ensues in which Shinji kills a man in self-defense.
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The Red Bat
Title: The Red Bat
Released: October 7, 1958
Type: Movie
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Don't get in your hands
Title: Don't get in your hands
Released: February 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.
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The Adorable Trio
Title: The Adorable Trio
Character: Emi Hosaka
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese romantic comedy film.
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Hearts A-Flutter
Title: Hearts A-Flutter
Character: Asako Wakasugi
Released: December 15, 1957
Type: Movie
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悪魔の顔
Title: 悪魔の顔
Released: July 9, 1957
Type: Movie
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白磁の人
Title: 白磁の人
Released: January 15, 1957
Type: Movie
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こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
Title: こゝに幸あり・後篇 花咲く朝
Released: April 4, 1956
Type: Movie
1956 Japanese movie
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A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Title: A Samurai's Honor at Pawn
Released: April 4, 1956
Type: Movie
A film about the struggle of an officer from Edo, Toyama Saemon, with a lightning-fast gang of thieves.
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こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
Title: こゝに幸あり・前篇 誘惑の都
Released: March 28, 1956
Type: Movie
1956 Japanese movie
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晴姿稚児の剣法
Title: 晴姿稚児の剣法
Character: お孝
Released: January 3, 1956
Type: Movie
Underneath Himeji Castle, Miyamoto Bensuke was determined to inherit the will of his late father, Shinmen Munenori, and aimed to become a great swordsman. For this purpose, he challenged anyone he could to matches and eventually forced a duel upon a martial artist named Arima Kihei, whom he killed. Munenori's old friend, the monk Guan Ando, reprimanded Bensuke's brutality and told him to go to the capital to refine his skills.
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振袖釼法
Title: 振袖釼法
Character: おきん
Released: July 26, 1955
Type: Movie
In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the domain. However, due to a personal grudge held by Horikawa Gentazaemon, the swordsmanship instructor, Genbachi met an untimely and bitter death through foul means within the precincts of the Hachiman Shrine. Due to the domain's oppressive treatment of those of low status, Tsuji, now with her infant son Botaro, was dispossessed of her home and exiled.