Hikaru Ishikawa
Known for Sound
Filmography
32 films
Known for Sound
Filmography
32 films

Kusa no ran
2004 · 1h 58m
country: Japan
This is a true story about the "Chichibu Incident," which is said to be the only revolution in Japan.

Flower & Snake
2004 · 1h 55m
country: Japan
The wealthy president of a company has built up an unpayable debt to a local crime lord, and to escape punishment he sells his famous dancer wife to the lecherous old man figuring a 90 year old can’t do too much bad with her. Perhaps not, but others can while he watches. She’s put on stage in an underground BDSM sex show and begins a spiraling decent from strongly independent woman to submissive sex slave

Vibrator
2003 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Rei is a freelance writer embattled by personal demons. She hears voices in her head, and has sleeping problems, eating disorders and drinks excessively. On Valentine's Day, she meets truck driver Takatoshi. She joins him on a journey in his bumpy and shaky truck - which vibrates in tune with her uneasy soul.

Thirteen Steps
2003 · 2h 2m
country: Japan
A released inmate is hired to solve a murder case.

Moonlight Whispers
1999 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
Satsuki and Takuya are high school students who meet at kendo practice, where they bash one another with wooden swords. They begin an awkward romance, but Takuya soon reveals a masochistic side to his desires. He has been stealing Satsuki's soiled clothing and secretly surveilling her while imagining her subjugation of him. Disgusted, Satsuki rejects him but he persists, and she discovers her own pleasure in manipulating and humiliating him.

Secret
1999 · 1h 59m
country: Japan
A man is shocked to find out that after a deadly car accident involving his wife and daughter, his wife died, but her mind somehow got transfered into their daughter's body.

Diary of Early Winter Shower
1998 · 1h 56m
country: Japan
Kounosuke Mibu and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.

The Key
1997 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura

The Seven Chefs
1997 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Traveling chef Ryuji is called back to Tokyo to help save his late teacher’s restaurant. With the help of his close friend Kinu, Ryuji must complete the training of Wataru — the apprentice chosen by his late teacher to become the next master chef — in the art of culinary excellence and running a successful business.

Aa!! Hana no Ouendan
1996 · 1h 31m
country: Japan
An action comedy about a freshman who joins his university's cheerleading squad and gradually discovers his manliness through interactions with powerful seniors.

Jigokudo Spiritual Press
1996 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
Upon rescuing a friend who is being held captive by a wicked classmate and his gang of bullies, 11-year-olds Tetsushi, Yuusuke, and Ryoji unexpectedly find themselves entwined in a supernatural battle against the forces of hell. Armed with courage, wit, and three magical charms given to them by a mysterious hermit, they set out to thwart the evil in a quest, which takes them to the depths of hell and brings them to a final battle with the god of death himself.

A Brief Message from the Heart
1995 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
A young woman tries to reconcile with her mother, who left their family for another man.

MARKS
1995 · 2h 18m
country: Japan
Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...

Heisei Irresponsible Family: Tokyo de Luxe
1995 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume their fraudulent activities. Everything carries on smoothly until the eldest and the fourth sons' modus operandi go awry, the mother's lover runs off with another woman, and disasters strike one after another. This film is a collaboration between Yoichi Sai and Goro Kishitani following "All Under the Moon." The family business of the Ameya family is defrauding people. The matriarch, who keeps getting married and divorced, has five children with different fathers. The Ameya family chases after fortune and leaves a trail of trouble on their path.

Lifetime Insecurity
1994 · 1h 47m
country: Japan
In the midst of a bad economy, Yokoyama, the vice president of Taiyo Real Estate, launches a plan to cut back on his labor force. Fifty employees are segregated into a special assignment division and given an ultimatum: meet a sales goal of 1.5 billion yen within three months or be fired. Spiteful of their unjust treatment, two men, Shinoda and Takigawa, take up the battle against the ruthless Yokoyama.

Sakura
1994 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
The story of a bus conductor who dedicates his life to the cherished Japanese symbol.

The Anthropology of a Fight Scene
1993 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A man must overcome many obstacles as he works his way through the dangerous crime world to the level of yakuza.

All Under the Moon
1993 · 1h 49m
country: Japan
A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.

Emperor of Upheaval
1993 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
The anti-gangster law has been very bad for business, but one yakuza boss is running his syndicate like a ruthless conglomerate -- and thriving.

Passion
1992 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A man tries to mend his past by helping his best friend’s sister.

Seven Days War 2
1991 · 1h 20m
country: Unknown

Heaven and Earth
1990 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Warlords Kagetora and Takeda each wish to prevent the other from gaining hegemony in feudal Japan. The two samurai leaders pursue one another across the countryside, engaging in massive battles of cavalry and infantry. Younger and less brutal, Kagetora must find the strength to be as brutal as his opponent, but at what cost?

Seven Days War
1988 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
A community is in turmoil when junior high schoolers barricade themselves in an empty factory to protest the draconian rules of parents and teachers. They're sick of heavy-handed teachers and iron-fisted parents. And now they're going to do something about it.

Be-Bop High School 2
1986 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Teen thugs Hiroshi and Toru get caught in a street war when their prized school trousers are forcefully taken from them by punks from a rival school.

Moment of Demon
1985 · 1h 54m
country: Japan
Filled with guilt over his forbidden desires, a young man leaves home and his studies. He finds a new smaller place to stay, a low-paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. Then his mother, unable to fight her forbidden desires, shows up.

W's Tragedy
1984 · 1h 48m
country: Japan
A young theatre actress fights for her uncertain career while having to confront the personal sacrifices that will arise from it.

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed
1984 · 1h 37m
country: Japan
While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins.

A Madcap Corporation
1983 · 1h 42m
country: Japan
A yakuza family goes into show business.

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
1983 · 1h 44m
country: Japan
Kazuko Yoshiyama is a third-year junior-high-school student. One day, while cleaning the lab, she smells lavender and faints. From then on, she has the power to travel through time.