4 Movies Directed by Akihiko Shiota

Moonlight Whispers

Moonlight Whispers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-12-23

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (611 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Masahiko Kikuni (comic)

Yèichi Nishiyama

Akihiko Shiota

Fullplot:

An offbeat study of the adult games that men and women play filtered through the actions of two seemingly innocent Japanese school kids, Satsuki and Takuya, two 17-year-olds who first meet practising kendo but later fall head over heels in love. They then discover the ways they can most exuberantly express their love for one another, no matter how perverse. It all starts with Takuya stealing Satsuki's belongings like socks, secretly photographing her beautiful legs, and... When Satsuki discovers this, she takes revenge by dominating him and forcing him to watch her having sex with a schoolmate...

Harmful Insect

Harmful Insect

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (563 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Harmful Insect

Harmful Insect

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-16

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (565 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Dororo

Dororo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-15

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

139 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2045 Reviews)

Director:

Akihiko Shiota

Cast:

Writer:

Osamu Tezuka (comic)

Masa Nakamura (screenplay)

Akihiko Shiota (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the year 3048, the wounded Lord Kagemitsu Daigo proposes a deal to rule the whole world to forty-eight demons in their sealed temple. In return, the demons ask forty-eight parts of the body of his unborn son. When the mutilated baby is born, his mother puts him in a basket in the river flow to save his life. The baby survives and becomes the demon slayer Hyakkimaru that slash demons to retrieve his body parts. During his journey, he meets the female thief Dororo, who was raised as a boy after the death of her parents by the evil Lord Daigo, in a small town and she befriends Hyakkimaru and joins him in his quest seeking revenge against the Daigo's clan.

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