Ruriko Asaoka Movies

Goyokin

78/100

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

Machibuse

72/100

Sent on a secret mission, a ronin must discover who his friends are and who must die.

Alone on the Pacific

71/100

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.

A Story Written with Water

73/100

A young man who's about to marry is torn between his fiancée and the love for his mother. His past, dreams and desires unfold simultaneously.

Thirst for Love

73/100

Etsuko, after her husbands death, moves in with her in-laws. With ambivalence, she finds herself sexually involved with her father-in-law. She then finds herself desiring young gardener Saburo, who has a relationship with the maid Miyo.

I Hate But Love

70/100

In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love (Nikui Anchikusho), a celebrity (played by megastar Yujiro Ishijara)...

The Rambling Guitarist

64/100

Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a wandering street musician, gets involved with a mob boss, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko), after saving one of his henchmen in a bar fight. Akitsu gives Shinji a job to ... See full summary »

Confessions Among Actresses

71/100

The lives of three movie actresses unfold, transform and get exposed. Each of them owes their choice of profession to a respective traumatic event.

Like a Shooting Star

71/100

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs...

Shadow Hunters

66/100

In the late Tokugawa period, the Edo government is using Spies from Iga Province to cause the downfall of innocent provincial Daimyo. The Shogun needs to claim the assets of fallen clans in order to boost the failing economies of Edo.

Danger Pays

67/100

When one billion yen goes AWOL, "Joe the Ace" (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn't the only one who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash.

Akai hankachi

70/100

A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years...

Jotai

68/100

Dendera

62/100

Fifty elderly women are abandoned to die on a snow covered mountain, but instead work together to build their own village named "Dendera."

Safari 5000

60/100

Genji monogatari

69/100

Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet ... See full summary »

Tokyo Mighty Guy

61/100

After mastering the art of French cuisine, young Jiro (Akira Kobayashi) returns to Japan and opens a restaurant in the busy streets of Ginza...

The Rambler Rides Again

61/100

Wakai hito

Tora-san's Rise and Fall

75/100

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

69/100

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana

72/100

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo's girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.

Tora's Tropical Fever

70/100

Asiapol Secret Service

64/100

The Girl I Abandoned

70/100

Tsutomu Yoshioka, a Tokyo office worker, is enaged to Mariko, the niece of his company's president....