The best Akira Takahashi’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Akira Takahashi’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Akira Takahashi.
Jokyōshi nikki: Kinjirareta sei
Delinquent Girl: Alley Cat In Heat
5/10
A teenage runaway (Yuko Katagiri) goes to Tokyo.
Blue Rain Osaka
4.4/10
From director Masaru Konuma comes this tale of sorrow and nostalgia mixed with pop songs and feminine strength.
Flower & Snake
5.6/10
Shizuka is the aristocratic wife of the president of a large company. When she wants to divorce her domineering husband, he orders his employee Yoshi, the son of an adult toy store owner, to train his wife to become sexually submissive.
Ichijo's Wet Lust
5.3/10
Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is awaiting her day in court after having been arrested for indecency at her farewell performance. While she was active, she was both the rival and the model for many young strippers. Harumi was one of them. Ichijo Sayuri was the real-life queen of Osaka strippers who was arrested on her final performance.
The Hell-Fated Courtesan
6.2/10
Members of the Japanese royal family seeking to appease a "Death Goddess" through ritualistic temple sex.
Madame Evening Glory
4.7/10
Kizaki kidnaps Yuriko and engages in a rape and torture session with her, which he photographs. With the photos, he blackmails flower arrangement teacher Yumeji, Yuriko's older sister. Rather than allow him to shame her clan by sending the photos to the media, Yumeji goes to Kizaki. Kizaki then proceeds to rape and torture Yumeji, who was his true desire all along.
The Woman with Red Hair
5.7/10
Kozo and his colleague rape their boss's daughter and have sex with an unnamed woman.
Gate of Flesh
7.2/10
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market
6.3/10
Roman Porno from 1974, focusing on the daily life of lower-class individuals in the slums of Osaka.
Woman with Wet Fingers
4.7/10
Real-Life stripper Madoka Mika plays the fictional ROSE RED, a former striptease queen who is now doing roadshow engagements while trying to raise her kid and balance her love affairs.
Branded to Kill
7.2/10
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Ecstacy of the Black Rose
5.1/10
After his leading actress becomes pregnant and quits his sex film, Juzo becomes obsessed with finding a woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead.
Rape! 13th Hour
5.8/10
A serial rapist takes on a young protégé to his craft as he is pursued by a homosexual gang seeking vengeance for an attack on their leader.
Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin
5.7/10
When the boss of a yakuza clan in 1920s Osaka is assassinated, Oryu, his mistress, vows revenge. Her search for the killer takes her out of the city. The old boss' son proves a poor leader, only interested in Omitsu, his high-class girlfriend. Yajima, the second-in-command, is taking advantage of the situation to accumulate power for himself...
Tattooed Life
7.1/10
‘Tattooed Life' begins with a parasol wielding Yakuza assassin attacking a rickshaw. It almost looks like feudal Japan until somebody pulls a gun and we're reminded that it's the 20th century. Post-shooting, the assassin delivers his bounty to his brother (to pay for his art school education) before getting ambushed in one of the few rickshaw-jacking incidents in film history, and being rescued by his art-student brother. In the aftermath, one brother is marked for death by the Yakuza, and the other brother won't go to art school with blood on his hands, so they decide the perfect way to deal with such hardships is to become fugitive construction workers in northern Japan . And why not?
Skin of Roses
4.4/10
Naomi Tani plays Ritsuko , a popular madame of a nightclub. But, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Lady Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for the VIP clientele. After a year of these special shows, the loan is almost paid off.
Noble Lady Bound Vase
6/10
A rich man buys a wife, whose father was in debt. Months later, the man's sister comes to visit, and discovers that the wife is secretly in love with another man.
Story of a Prostitute
7.3/10
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
The Man with a Shotgun
6.3/10
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
