Akira Emoto Movies

  • 1989
    Beijing Watermelon

    Beijing Watermelon

    Beijing Watermelon

    71989HD

    Shunzo is a popular greengrocer in a town near Tokyo. His life, and the lives of his wife Michi, and their two children, undergoes a dramatic change...

    Beijing Watermelon
  • 2013
    Yellow Elephant

    Yellow Elephant

    Yellow Elephant

    5.92013HD

    Married couple Aiko Tsumari and Ayumu Muko live a happy and peaceful life. Aiko is bit naive, while Ayumu works as a not so popular novelist. One...

    Yellow Elephant
  • 2018
    Color Me True

    Color Me True

    Color Me True

    7.52018HD

    Kenji is a young aspiring movie director. He falls in love with Princess Miyuki, who came from a black‐and‐white movie.

    Color Me True
  • 2010
    Sakurada Gate Incident

    Sakurada Gate Incident

    Sakurada Gate Incident

    7.42010HD

    Mito Domain Samurai Seki Tetsunosuke must pay the consequences for his role in the assassination of Great Elder Ii Naosuke. Based on true events.

    Sakurada Gate Incident
  • 2022
    No Place to Go

    No Place to Go

    No Place to Go

    62022HD

    Michiko used to work as a live-in part-timer at an izakaya, but suddenly lost her job and her house at the same time due to COVID-19 pandemic. There...

    No Place to Go
  • 2019
    They Say Nothing Stays the Same

    They Say Nothing Stays the Same

    They Say Nothing Stays the Same

    6.8572019HD

    Toichi is a boatman who ferries the villagers to a town on the other side of the river. Besides rowing a boat for the villagers all day long, he...

    They Say Nothing Stays the Same
  • 1988
    Revolver

    Revolver

    Revolver

    7.21988HD

    When a gun belonging to a police officer is stolen, it ends up in the hands of a student, who decides to use it on a yakuza who beat him recently....

    Revolver
  • 2004
    The Motive

    The Motive

    The Motive

    6.92004HD

    Four people are discovered brutally murdered in an up-scale high-rise apartment. All the victims appear to be family, but as the investigation...

    The Motive
  • 2019
    Castle of Sand

    Castle of Sand

    Castle of Sand

    8.72019HD

    A bruised and battered corpse in Shibuya, Tokyo has the attention of the local cops. A veteran detective is assigned to the case. The last utterance...

    Castle of Sand
  • 1985
    The Second Is a Christian

    The Second Is a Christian

    The Second Is a Christian

    61985HD

    The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster,...

    The Second Is a Christian
  • 2019
    Iwane: Sword of Serenity

    Iwane: Sword of Serenity

    Iwane: Sword of Serenity

    7.82019HD

    Iwane Sakazaki returns to his homeland and gets caught in the middle of an incident that results in the tragic death of two of his best friends from...

    Iwane: Sword of Serenity
  • 2008
    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    Teacher and Three Children

    62008HD

    The 95-year-old director shot the film in his hometown of Ishiuchi, Hiroshima. The story is based on a teacher he had when he was a child.

    Teacher and Three Children
  • 2018
    Recall

    Recall

    Recall

    7.22018HD

    A woman was killed by a truck wheel, which flew off while the vehicle was in motion. As the freight company which owns the truck becomes the target...

    Recall
  • 1982
    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

    81982HD

    During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living...

    Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
  • 2004
    River of First Love

    River of First Love

    River of First Love

    6.82004HD

    8-year old boy, Shimpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak...

    River of First Love
  • 2012
    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky

    6.82012HD

    In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the...

    Casting Blossoms to the Sky
  • 2000
    Another Heaven

    Another Heaven

    Another Heaven

    62000HD

    A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain...

    Another Heaven
  • 1998
    Love Letter

    Love Letter

    Love Letter

    81998HD

    Goro, a small-time thug who manages an adult video store, is approached with a proposal for a sham marriage. Seeing no option to refuse, he agrees to...

    Love Letter
  • 2010
    The Lightning Tree

    The Lightning Tree

    The Lightning Tree

    72010HD

    Set during the Edo Period, a young man from a noble family meets a young woman under a special tree called "Raiou" (the tree was struck by lightning...

    The Lightning Tree
  • 2022
    Noise

    Noise

    Noise

    5.92022HD

    Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries. Keita Izumi...

    Noise