Akihiko Hirata — Actor (67)

Movie

Godzilla (1954)
ゴジラ
★ 7.6 77 ratings
other title: 哥斯拉 / ゴジラ …
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Yemani soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

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Oh! The Nomugi Pass (1979)
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★ 8.0 7 ratings
other title: 啊!野麦岭 / あゝ野麦峠 …
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.

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Sanjuro (1962)
椿三十郎
★ 8.7 262 ratings
other title: 츠바키 산주로 / 椿三十郎 …
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out their clan's evil influences, and in the process turns their image of a proper samurai on its ear.

Movie

The Pirates of Buban (1972)
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other title: 布布安的海贼 / ブブアンの海賊 …
By going to the Philippines, Imamura comes to meet people living in an extreme poverty. He discovers very quickly that some communities are under the control of cruel & armed pirates. Imamura will come to meet those men in order to understand their position.

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Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)
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★ 7.9 40 ratings
other title: 기류인 하나코의 일생 / 鬼龍院花子の生涯 …
Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form the backdrop of this epic tale of justice, obedience, and bloody vengeance.