Direction: Shirô Moritani

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Shirô Moritani. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


After School

1973 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Takeo Chii · Hiromi Kurita · Nobuko Miyamoto · Masanobu Sawai

Plot The world of adults seen by a high school girl in the valley between school and home after school, and the sparkling poison that only a daughter of this age...

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Take Care, Red Riding Hood

1970 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Yusuke Okada · Akira Nakao · Ayako Hosho · Akiko Kazami

Plot A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

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Kaikyô

1982 · Movie · 142 min. · Japan

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Ken Takakura · Sayuri Yoshinaga · Tomokazu Miura · Naoko Otani

Plot In 1954, Go Akuzu (Ken Takakura) travels to the Tsuruga Straits that separate Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido from the island of Honshu, to investigate the tragic loss of a...

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Shôsetsu Yoshida gakko

1983 · Movie · 132 min. · Japan

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Shinsuke Ashida · Eitarô Ozawa · Ken Mitsuda

Plot In collaboration with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released.

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The Revolt

1980 · Movie · 150 min. · Japan

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Ken Takakura · Sayuri Yoshinaga · Masakane Yonekura · Junko Sakurada

Plot When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his...

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Hakkodasan

1977 · Movie · 169 min. · Japan

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Shôgo Shimada · Ken Takakura · Hideji Ôtaki · Kinya Kitaoji

Plot Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army tackled Mount Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.

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