Movies: Saki Takaoka

  • 2007
    Yakuza: Like a Dragon

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2007)

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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    Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yakuza past. Unfortunately, Kiryū's problems slowly escalate as he is pur...

    Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  • 2023
    In Love and Deep Water

    In Love and Deep Water (2023)

    In Love and Deep Water

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    On a massive luxury cruise ship while at sea, the loyal butler and a mysterious woman cross paths as they try to uncover a murder-mystery that occurs on the ship....

    In Love and Deep Water
  • 2004
    Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie

    Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004)

    Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie

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    8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series. The segments are, in order: The Night Watchman (directed by Akio Yoshida), Wisps of Smoke (Kosuke Suzuki), Gloves (Hirohisa Sasaki), The Weight (Kosuke Suzuki), Fu...

    Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
  • 1995
    Ocean Waves

    Ocean Waves (1995)

    Ocean Waves

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    As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down....

    Ocean Waves
  • 2014
    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin (2014)

    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin

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    Japan around 1860: popular courtesan Asagiri will be freed soon from her service, yet she cannot imagine any other existence. Until one day at a local festival, Asagiri meets the young artisan Hanjiro by chance – an encounter that changes her destiny...

    A Courtesan with Flowered Skin
  • 2017
    The Lowlife

    The Lowlife (2017)

    The Lowlife

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    Based on a 2016 novel by Mana Sakura, “The Lowlife” shows the stories of three women who work in Japan’s adult video industry....

    The Lowlife
  • 1998
    Young Thugs: Nostalgia

    Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998)

    Young Thugs: Nostalgia

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    Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Including biographical elements, Nostalgia centers around the home and school of a young boy, whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and the loveable....

    Young Thugs: Nostalgia
  • 2014
    Midnight Diner

    Midnight Diner (2014)

    Midnight Diner

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    A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo....

    Midnight Diner
  • 1994
    Crest of Betrayal

    Crest of Betrayal (1994)

    Crest of Betrayal

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    Weaving two storylines together: the first is the story of 18th-century shogunate intrigue and loyalty, and the second is a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil....

    Crest of Betrayal
  • 2021
    Masquerade Night

    Masquerade Night (2021)

    Masquerade Night

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    An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta mus...

    Masquerade Night
  • 2024
    Ravens

    Ravens (2024)

    Ravens

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    Enigmatic, rejected, heartbroken. Masahisa Fukase must rebuild his life, overcome tradition, his inner demons and the pain of a broken marriage. The fascinating love story of the iconic Japanese photographer, his wife, his art and his family told for...

    Ravens
  • 1990
    Swimming Upstream

    Swimming Upstream (1990)

    Swimming Upstream

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    One day after school, Kaoru glances at Sonoko at the pool side. He falls in love with her at first sight and decides to join the swimming team even though he cannot swim....

    Swimming Upstream
  • 2021
    First Love

    First Love (2021)

    First Love

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    A university student has the usual dreams and aspirations. It turns out to be a pipe dream and so she murders her own flesh and blood. The usual media heads seek an answer in order to sell copy. A psychologist is writing a book about the character an...

    First Love
  • 2012
    Lesson of the Evil: Prologue

    Lesson of the Evil: Prologue (2012)

    Lesson of the Evil: Prologue

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    Follows high school teacher Seiji Hasumi's background history and in the process depicts the horror inherent in daily life....

    Lesson of the Evil: Prologue
  • 2022
    Just Remembering

    Just Remembering (2022)

    Just Remembering

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    A former couple remembers their most intimate days, only to part once again. A bittersweet love story inspired by a Jim Jarmusch masterpiece, set in times of the COVID-19 pandemic....

    Just Remembering
  • 2005
    Female

    Female (2005)

    Female

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    'Female' is comprised of five short films adapted from five novels by female authors. Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, Tetsuo Shinohara, Ryuichi Hiroki, Miwa Nishikawa, and Suzuki Matsuo....

    Female
  • 2008
    Samurai Gangsters

    Samurai Gangsters (2008)

    Samurai Gangsters

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    Jirocho (Kiichi Nakai), a fledgling bakuto who left his wife, goes on a year-long training with his minions: right-hand man and military master Ohmasa (Kishibe Ittoku); stinky priest Daigoro (Takashi Sasano); well-known stranger Ishimatsu Mori (Yoich...

    Samurai Gangsters
  • 1992
    The River with No Bridge

    The River with No Bridge (1992)

    The River with No Bridge

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    A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are continuously harassed by their teachers and classmates through their childhood as a result of their Buraku herit...

    The River with No Bridge
  • 2013
    Monster

    Monster (2013)

    Monster

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    A woman has an ugly face. She has been called 'monster' since childhood. A case occurs in her town that leads to her being ejected and a relocation to Tokyo. She obtains plastic surgery and begins working as a prostitute. She makes some dough and ext...

    Monster
  • 1989
    Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve

    Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve (1989)

    Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve

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    Years after the events of Megazone 23 II, the only city on Earth is the supposedly idyllic Eden. There lives Eiji Takanaka, a B Level hacker who has just been accepted into EX, the organization that controls Eden. However, before his first day on the...

    Megazone 23 III - Part 1 - The Awakening of Eve