Akira Shioji

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Jan 09, 1928 (97 years old)
Death date
Oct 29, 1994

Akira Shioji

Known For

Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant
1h 45m
Movie 1992

Great Prophecy: The Revival of the Giant

A V-Cinema tokusatsu movie released by TOEI and Bandai Visual. Creature design by Keita Amemiya. It was originally planned to include Space Sheriff Gavan, but those plans fell through.

Asian Beat: I Love Nippon
1h 44m
Movie 1991

Asian Beat: I Love Nippon

Commentary: The first work in the "Asian Beat" series, in which young directors from six Asian countries, including Japan, compete to create the same protagonist (Masatoshi Nagase). The main character "TOKIO" becomes involved in various incidents when he meets Banana, a Filipino girl who is a terrorist and holds top-secret information that will shake Japan. This work depicts the appearance of TOKIO and his escape from Japan.

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet
1h 25m
Movie 1990

Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet

Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives off of the money earned by his girlfriend and is more interested in trying to look cool than anything else. He meets Yumeko (Chikako Aoyama), an innocent but dangerous narcoleptic runaway, after she steals his car, and she soon moves in with him. Following the assassination of a high-ranking member by the Kazama Family, Junko is called on to be the lookout while the family gets revenge. However, the other men quickly "zoom", or escape from their duty, leaving the task to Junko. Will he take out Kazama, or will he zoom?

Dream Street
1h 35m
Movie 1989

Dream Street

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso
2h 9m
Movie 1989

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso

A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.

Gate of Flesh
1h 59m
Movie 1988

Gate of Flesh

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.

A Taxing Woman
2h 7m
Movie 1987

A Taxing Woman

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities. Itakura and Gondo soon find themselves engaged in a complicated, satirical battle of wits.

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