Akira Ishihama Movies

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

The story of a father and two teenaged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

A man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.

In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists,...

Keiko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. As she struggles to cope with the situation and...

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister...

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

Fukami, a secretary engaged to company president Kaido, her employer, is invited by his close friends, the Nogis, to a three-day-two-night tour. The...

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

Story of a family torn apart when Teiji (Mori), the father, develops intimate feelings for a runaway (Kuga) the family has taken into their home.

Eighth film of "Mysterious Thirteen Nights" series.

1954 Japanese movie

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An...

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.