Cast: Maiko Kawakami

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Maiko Kawakami. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Postcard

2010 · Movie · 114 min. · Japan

Direction Kaneto Shindô

Cast Etsushi Toyokawa · Akira Emoto · Shinobu Otake · Naomasa Musaka

Synopsis Towards the end of the war, one hundred middle-aged soldiers were sent to the frontline according to lots drawn by their superior officer. On the night of the lottery, a soldier, expecting to be killed in action, leaves a postcard...

6.7

39 votes

6.7

39 votes

Violent Cop

1989 · Movie · 103 min. · Japan

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Maiko Kawakami · Makoto Ashikawa · Sei Hiraizumi

Synopsis Detective Azuma is a Dirty-Harry style rogue cop who often uses violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague, Iwaki, is supplying drugs from within the police...

6.5

4K votes

6.5

4K votes

Tomie: Unlimited

2011 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

3.3

114 votes

3.3

114 votes

The Breed

2000 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

Direction Takahisa Zeze

Cast Maiko Kawakami · Yoko Kamon · Yutaka Matsushige · Ken'ichi Endô

Synopsis Children born with special power. They seek blood for eternal life. And tonight, the victims …!

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Teacher and Three Children

2008 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan

Direction Kaneto Shindô

Cast Akira Emoto · Etsushi Toyokawa · Naomasa Musaka · Maiko Kawakami

Synopsis Set at the end of the Taisho era (1920s) at Ishiuchi Jinjo Higher Elementary School in the mountains of Hiroshima prefecture, there was a fervent teacher called Mr. Ichikawa (Akira Emoto). He always placed his pupils first and took any...

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Red Lightning

1994 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Direction Takashi Ishii

Cast Maiko Kawakami · Jinpachi Nezu · Noriko Hayami · Shingo Tsurumi

Synopsis Nami is a photographer on the set of a porn film. When photographing a rape scene between a teacher and a schoolgirl, she becomes uncomfortable, having remembered a similar incident in her own past.

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Black Board

1986 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Kaneto Shindô

Cast Terutake Tsuji · Nobuko Otowa · Kazuki Minabuchi · Leo Morimoto

Synopsis Black Board tells the story of middle school bullying taken to the point of homicide in this 1986 classic.

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A Tale of Happiness

1988 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Yôichi Higashi

Cast Maiko Kawakami · Minori Terada · Shuko Honami · Hiroyuki Watari

Synopsis Yusuke Mikuni, a department manager at his company, buys a one-room apartment to have some space to himself. He signs an agreement with a young woman named Chako and has an affair with her once a week at the apartment.

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The Horizon

1984 · Movie · 136 min. · Japan

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Direction Katsuo Fukuzawa · Shin Katô · Shin'ichi Sanjô · Hirotsugu Takenoshita

Cast Hideko Hara · Tetsuya Takeda · Aya Ueto · Miho Konishi

Synopsis Kinpachi Sakamoto is the homeroom teacher for a group of third-year students known as the "B-Group". The students are from a wide range of backgrounds, and have an equally wide range of hopes, plans and problems. Mr. Sakamoto sticks by...

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