4 Movies Starring Tatsuya Mihashi

The Bad Sleep Well

The Bad Sleep Well

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-01-22

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

135 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (6542 Reviews)

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Writer:

Hideo Oguni

Eijirè Hisaita

Akira Kurosawa

Ryèzè Kikushima

Shinobu Hashimoto

Fullplot:

In Kurosawa's HAMLET-like story of corporate scandal in post-war Japan, a young man attempts to use his position at the heart of a corrupt company to expose the men responsible for his father's death.

High and Low

High and Low

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1963-11-26

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (16497 Reviews)

Director:

Akira Kurosawa

Cast:

Writer:

Hideo Oguni (screenplay)

Ryèzè Kikushima (screenplay)

Eijirè Hisaita (screenplay)

Akira Kurosawa (screenplay)

Evan Hunter (novel)

Fullplot:

An executive mortgages all he owns to stage a coup and gain control of the National Shoe Company, with the intent of keeping the company out of the hands of incompetent and greedy executives. He needs the same money, though, to pay the ransom that will possibly save a child's life. His resolution of that dilemma -- the certain loss of the company vs. the probable loss of the child -- makes for one distinct drama, and an ensuing elaborate police procedure makes for a second.

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-09-23

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (23560 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Larry Forrester (screenplay)

Hideo Oguni (screenplay)

Ryèzè Kikushima (screenplay)

Gordon W. Prange (based on "Tora! Tora! Tora!")

Ladislas Farago (based on "The Broken Seal")

Fullplot:

In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early Sunday morning air attack on the U.S. base at Pearl Harbour. American intelligence is breaking the Japanese diplomatic messages but few high-ups are prepared to believe that an attack is likely, let alone where or how it might come.

Dolls

Dolls

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-12

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (12838 Reviews)

Director:

Takeshi Kitano

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Three stories of undying love: Bound by a long red cord, a young couple wanders in search of something they have forgotten. An aging yakuza returns to the park where he used to meet his long-lost girlfriend. A disfigured pop star confronts the phenomenal devotion of her biggest fan.

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