Hiroko Yakushimaru
6 titles
Filmography
6 results

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun
(1981)A perky high-schooler takes on the mob in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, a one-of-a-kind genre-bender that riffs on the yakuza film, coming-of-age drama and ‘idol movie’, inventively adapted from Jiro Akagawa's popular novel by director Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club, Wait and See), a massively influential figure in Japanese cinema whose work has been little seen outside his homeland.

School in the Crosshairs
(1981)Shy Yuka’s psychic powers are put to the test when a transfer student with similar abilities arrives at school and intends to steal a class election.

Legend of the Eight Samurai
(1983)When the murder of a royal family in feudal Japan leaves a princess as the lone survivor, an inexperienced young samurai becomes her only hope.

Dearest
An elite businesswoman becomes a material witness to a murder somehow connected to a missing persons case that occurred in her home town 15 years ago.

Unnatural
Mikoto Misumi is a pathologist at UDI Lab. She can't stand neglecting unnatural deaths.

Kisarazu Cat's Eye
When 21-year-old Kohei learns he has six months to live, he recruits his friends to form a group of cat burglars who steal for the good of the community.