Akio Jissoji Movies

  • 1970
    This Transient Life

    This Transient Life

    This Transient Life

    7.51970HD

    Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an...

    This Transient Life
  • 2005
    Rampo Noir

    Rampo Noir

    Rampo Noir

    5.92005HD

    An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

    Rampo Noir
  • 1971
    Mandala

    Mandala

    Mandala

    61971HD

    Two university students from Kyoto decide to swap partners and spend the night in an isolated motel. However, one of the couples is attacked....

    Mandala
  • 1972
    Poem

    Poem

    Poem

    71972HD

    The ascetic houseboy of a Japanese lawyer bears witness to the secretive sexual relationship between the lawyer's assistant and the maid, the...

    Poem
  • 1988
    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis

    6.21988HD

    The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.

    Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis
  • 2007
    Ten Nights of Dreams

    Ten Nights of Dreams

    Ten Nights of Dreams

    6.42007HD

    Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to...

    Ten Nights of Dreams
  • 1974
    It Was a Faint Dream

    It Was a Faint Dream

    It Was a Faint Dream

    5.31974HD

    Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine....

    It Was a Faint Dream
  • 1977
    Utamaro's World

    Utamaro's World

    Utamaro's World

    5.61977HD

    Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and...

    Utamaro's World
  • 1988
    Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice

    Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice

    Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice

    51988HD

    A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted...

    Marquis de Sade’s Prosperities of Vice
  • 2005
    Summer of Ubume

    Summer of Ubume

    Summer of Ubume

    6.32005HD

    Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has...

    Summer of Ubume
  • 1969
    When Twilight Draws Near

    When Twilight Draws Near

    When Twilight Draws Near

    6.41969HD

    Bored by the emptiness of everyday life, four students gather to play dangerous games in an apartment.

    When Twilight Draws Near
  • 1998
    Murder on D Street

    Murder on D Street

    Murder on D Street

    7.21998HD

    Detective Kogoro Akechi is faced with a peculiar murder case involving forgeries of classic pornographic artworks.

    Murder on D Street
  • 2006
    The Rug Cop

    The Rug Cop

    The Rug Cop

    5.72006HD

    A spot-on, hilarious spoof of 1970s Japanese TV cop shows, THE RUG COP follows chrome-domed officer Genda as he transfers to a new precinct just as a...

    The Rug Cop
  • 1994
    A Watcher in the Attic

    A Watcher in the Attic

    A Watcher in the Attic

    4.81994HD

    In 1923, in a cheap Tokyo rooming house, a languid young man named Goda was feeling bored with his life. One day while playing dress up with a...

    A Watcher in the Attic
  • 1983
    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    Lanterns on Blue Waters

    5.21983HD

    The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89...

    Lanterns on Blue Waters
  • 1986
    Blue Lake Girl

    Blue Lake Girl

    Blue Lake Girl

    6.51986HD

    Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last...

    Blue Lake Girl
  • 1979
    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman

    8.21979HD

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman is a 1979 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Akio Jissoji. It is a compilation film made up of scenes from Jissoji's...

    Akio Jissoji's Ultraman
  • 1990
    La Valse

    La Valse

    La Valse

    31990HD

    A rape incident has occurred. The victim was a woman named Yumiko Kawamura, a dental hygienist. However, the statements of the victim Yumiko and the...

    La Valse
  • 1989
    Arietta

    Arietta

    Arietta

    3.51989HD

    A young widow becomes an SM call girl to pay off the debts accumulated by her yakuza husband. She's a depressed woman, merely going through the...

    Arietta
  • 2006
    Die Silbermaske

    Die Silbermaske

    Die Silbermaske

    32006HD

    Sabine is able to transform into a silver superhero through the power of the Ring of Nibelungen. She travels to Japan where she searches for her...

    Die Silbermaske