The best Hitomi Nakahara’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Hitomi Nakahara’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Hitomi Nakahara.
Strawberry Shortcakes
7/10
Follows the ups and downs of four female friends in Tokyo looking for love and trying to cope with the responsibilities in their lives.
The Escape
Film about the 2-26 Incident.
The Second Bullet is Marked
4.5/10
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha, Part 4
A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.
Luminous Woman
6.8/10
A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer.
Himeyuri no Tô
6.6/10
A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
6.2/10
Chiba plays Tenka Ichirou, a student and son of a private detective who, if the sequelonic nature of this film is to be believed, keeps getting into wacky adventures. And I do mean 'wacky'. Herein you'll see Japan's greatest action star pretend to be a plastic surgeon, make funny faces when surprised, sit terrified in the back of a cab driven by a manic... the list goes on.
Seven Masks of Revenge
The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome Town. Next day the man is found brutally murdered and the mystery starts to unravel.
The Story of Pure Love
7.4/10
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
The Invitation from Cinema Orion
6.6/10
Based on the short story from the best-selling collection "Poppoya" by Jiro Asada, "The Invitation from Cinema Orion" tells the story of a couple's undying love for the cinema and each other.
The Challenge
5.9/10
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
Four Hours of Terror
6.1/10
Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
A Fishwife's Tale
Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.
Devotion to Railway
7.1/10
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
There Was a War When I Was a Child
4.5/10
An award-winning Japanese film about a child's experiences during the Second World War.
What Price Love
An anti-drug story happened in Japan.
In Search of Mother
7.1/10
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in Edo (Tokyo), he travels there, intent on finding her and leaving the swordsman's life behind. But a team of rival gangsters is hot on his heels.
High Noon for Gangsters
7/10
After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.
The Town Hero
7/10
Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that Kokichi's fiancee, Otoyo, was a chambermaid whom Kawakatsu abducted in order to make her his concubine and Tasuke feels compelled to right this wrong. Meanwhile Kawakatsu is dealing in black-market lumber and receiving kick-backs but unbeknownst to him he is under investigation by Lord Izu, one of the Shogun Elders. Will Tasuke be able to rescue Otoyo from the clutches of Lord Kawakatsu and can Lord Izu put an end to his money hungry evildoings.
Glorious Standard Bearer
Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a profit even at the cost of human lives. A fireman exposes the corrupt activities of merchants.
