Cinematography: Akira Sako
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Akira Sako. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Udon
2006 · Movie · 134 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuyuki Motohiro
Cast Yusuke Santamaria · Manami Konishi · Tortoise Matsumoto · Kyoka Suzuki
Plot A dramedy about the relationship between an aspiring comic and his stubborn noodlemaker father.
6.5
24 votes
6.5
24 votes
Key of Life
2012 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan
Direction Kenji Uchida
Cast Masato Sakai · Teruyuki Kagawa · Ryoko Hirosue · Yosiyoshi Arakawa
6.4
63 votes
6.4
63 votes
Ritana (The Returner)
2002 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Yamazaki
Cast Takeshi Kaneshiro · Anne Suzuki · Kirin Kiki · Goro Kishitani
Plot 2084. After decades of intense fighting, an alien invasion force is close to destroying what's left of the world. In a last-ditch effort to save the human race, a guerilla...
5.9
1K votes
5.9
1K votes
Ajin: Demi-Human
2017 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuyuki Motohiro
Cast Takeru Satō · Gou Ayano · Tetsuji Tamayama · Ken'ichi Suzumura
Plot In the original manga's story, an immortal first appeared on an African battlefield. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans)....
5.6
33 votes
5.6
33 votes
Shaolin Girl
2008 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan
Direction Katsuyuki Motohiro
Cast Kou Shibasaki · Tôru Nakamura · Yôsuke Eguchi · Takashi Okamura
Plot A Shaolin-trainer young woman returns to Japan to resuscitate her grandfather's defunct martial arts school.
4.7
46 votes
4.7
46 votes
Princess Toyotomi
2011 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan
Direction Masayuki Suzuki
Cast Haruka Ayase · Masaki Okada · Kiichi Nakai · Hiroshi Tamaki
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Again
2015 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan
Direction Sumio Omori
Cast Kiichi Nakai · Haru · Emi Wakui · Toshirô Yanagiba
Plot Mie never got to know her father because he died during the Great Hanshin earthquake of 1995. One day, discovers a bundle consisting of 28 years worth of New Year’s...
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Waruboro
2007 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan
Direction Yasushi Sumida
Cast Ryôhei Abe · Yui Aragaki · Seiji Fukushi · Katsutaka Furuhata
Plot Ko-chan used to be an ordinary student, but a fight with another student changed all of that. He fights now, is in brawls, finds trouble and makes trouble and is...
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Dive!!
2008 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Naoto Kumazawa
Cast Kento Hayashi · Sôsuke Ikematsu · Junpei Mizobata · Asaka Seto
Plot The story has three male protagonist. The perfect diving athlete Yoichi Fujitani (Sosuke Ikematsu), of pedigree stock and carrying the weight of the entire diving club because he's the best....
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Umizaru 3: The Last Message
2010 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan
Direction Eiichirô Hasumi
Cast Hideaki Ito · Ai Katô · Shôhei Miura · Masaya Kato
Plot Captain of a rescue diver team Daisuke Senzaki (Hideaki Itô) wants to call it quits to spend time with his wife Kanna (Ai Katô) and his child. But before that...
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I Have Loved You for 30 Years, Yayoi (All About March)
2020 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan
Direction Kazuhiko Yukawa
Cast Haru · Hitomi Kuroki · Kenshi Okada · Ryô Narita
Plot The story of two people who have loved each other for thirty years.
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Tatara Samurai
2016 · Movie · 135 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshinari Nishikôri
Cast Shun Sugata · Akira · Denden · Shô Aoyagi
Plot In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he...
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Platinum Data
2013 · Movie · 133 min. · Japan
Direction Keishi Ohtomo
Cast Kazunari Ninomiya · Etsushi Toyokawa · Honami Suzuki
Plot Based on the novel by Keigo Higashino.
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