Akane Shiratori
Known for Writing
Japanese film script supervisor and screenwriter.
Born
July 18, 1932
Died
September 14, 2024 (age 92)
Birthplace
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
27 films
Known for Writing
Japanese film script supervisor and screenwriter.
Born
July 18, 1932
Died
September 14, 2024 (age 92)
Birthplace
Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Filmography
27 films

Translucent Tree
2004 · 2h 1m
country: Japan
Translucent Tree is centered around divorced Chigiri, a suburban middle-aged mother taking care of her teenage daughter, Mayu, and her ailing father Kaho. Her life is mundane and rather hopeless until Go, a TV producer from Tokyo, pays a visit to her town and the tree they shared time under some twenty years back after a TV commercial shoot. His remembrances of her, the tree, and the long unrequited love stir both of their hearts to fumbling action as they re-discover the love between them.

Love Letter
1995 · 1h 57m
country: Japan
Hiroko attends the memorial service of her fiancé, Itsuki Fujii, who died in a mountain-climbing incident. Although Itsuki's mother says that their old house is gone, Hiroko records the address listed under his name in his yearbook and sends him a letter. Surprisingly, she receives a reply, and discovers it came from his old classmate, a girl who also happens to be called Itsuki Fujii.

Love Letter
1985 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A drama depicting the conflict between a man that ran to an old lover suffering from advanced leukemia, his wife and child that were left behind, and the friendship that develops between his wife and his former lover.

The Legend of the Stardust Brothers
1985 · 1h 38m
country: Japan
A shady music mogul brings together two wannabe stars—punk rock rebel Kan and new-wave crooner Shingo—and transforms them into the Stardust Brothers, a girl-friendly, silver-jumpsuited, synth-pop sensation. Along with their #1 fan, who herself dreams of a music career, the duo rockets to stardom.

Modori River
1983 · 2h 17m
country: Japan
The story of Takeha, a free-spirited genius poet who lived through Taisho Romanticism, and the women who gave themselves over to his ambitions.

The Last Days of Planet Earth
1981 · 1h 27m
country: United States
In 1853, Gentetsu Nishiyama tells his students that the French prophet Nostaradamus foretells great change for Japan, some of his students revolt, calling his words heresy and his wife flees with a book of Nostradamus’s predictions… In the present day, Dr. Nishiyama has to combat increasingly bizarre goings on which seem all to familiar to the prophet's predictions…

Painful Bliss: Final Twist
1977 · 1h 13m
country: Japan
A young executive has a really bad night after an encounter with a crazed bisexual wannabe yakuza and his horny girlfriend.

Lesbian World: Ecstasy
1975 · 1h 12m
country: Japan
A woman got pregnant but was disillusioned with the man who didn't seem to love her child. She silently gave birth to her child, but from that moment on, she had no attachment to men. Her roommate taught her about the pleasures of lesbian sex, and she came to know about her pleasure. One night, she was assaulted by a man, and her hatred of men was confirmed. She starts working at a lesbian bar, her homosexual friends increase, and she becomes more and more satisfied with the pleasure between women...Made with participation from Masako Togawa.

Prophecies of Nostradamus
1974 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.

Lovers Are Wet
1973 · 1h 16m
country: Japan
A young man named Katsu comes to a rural town by the sea, and begins to work as a movie reel carrier in a movie theater. Apparently this town is the hometown of Katsu, but no matter how many residents of the town ask, "Is it Katsu?" he just laughs. The wife of the cinema owner that has become involved with Katsu is interested in his past ...

Coed Report: Yuko's White Breasts
1971 · 1h 10m
country: Japan
Yuko is an innocent high school girl who has a crush on her gym teacher. She and her friends have a sleep-over party which develops into a sexual dare-game involving eels, and a lesbian orgy. Now sexually-awakened, Yuko decides to seduce her teacher, but is raped in an elevator before she meets her teacher.

Wet Sand in August
1971 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their halcyon days are soon coming to an end.

Sign of the Jack
1970 · 1h 23m
country: Japan
Hanamura, widely known in gangland a professional trouble shooter has the sign of the Jack tattooed on his chest. His follower is his sworn partner Kurahara. They attempt to help the Towada-Gumi gang against its rival group the Kamioka-Gumi which is seeking the chance to conquer the Towada-Gumi in collusion with Noda, a big shot in the town operating a real estate firm.

The Elder Sister
1969 · 1h 28m
country: Japan
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.

A Chain of Islands
1965 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.

The Rambling Guitarist
1959 · 1h 18m
country: Japan
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.

Endless Desire
1958 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.