Sō Kuramoto

Writing

Sō Kuramoto

Born 1934-12-31 · Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Kaoru Yamatani, better known by his pen name Sō Kuramoto, is a Japanese playwright and screenwriter.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1 poster
8.0

There is a man who divorced his wife. He moved to rural Hokkaido from Tokyo where he lived with his family without running water or electricity. He has his son and daughter in tow and works hard for them. The folk in the area try to help. A couple of years pass and the older son moves back to Tokyo, attends school and works part-time. The daughter commutes to the city to attend school. She wants to become a nurse. To become a registered nurse she needs to study a further three years. This takes money.

Kita no kuni kara '92 Sudachi Part 1

1992

Station poster
6.4

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.

Station

1981

No artwork available
NR

A daughter from an island in the Seto Inland Sea takes a job as a nanny in Tokyo. She thrills the hearts of fishmongers and milkmen.

Inu to Asachan

1969

Lanterns on Blue Waters poster
5.8

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 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.

Lanterns on Blue Waters

1983

Only on Mondays poster
6.8

Yuka is a “good-time girl” from Yokohama who is persuaded by her papa to sleep with a foreign business executive so that he can close an important deal. Nakahira presents a shrewdly observed portrait of a modern, sexually assertive woman—an unsettling character for a changing but still patriarchal society.

Only on Mondays

1964

Female Ninja Magic poster
7.1

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.

Female Ninja Magic

1964

Silence of the Sea poster
8.5

The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.

Silence of the Sea

2024

Blood Type: Blue poster
6.1

UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.

Blood Type: Blue

1978

Winter's Flower poster
6.5

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters to Youko, disguising as an uncle in Brazil. 15 years later, Kanno is released. He is determined to live legitimately, however the Yakuza has not forgotten his wicked deed!

Winter's Flower

1978

Tokyo 196X poster
NR

Kenkichi Godai, a reporter for the social affairs desk, returns home after covering the war-torn Vietnam. Compared to Vietnam, with its gunpowder smoke and carnage, Tokyo seems nothing short of paradise.

Tokyo 196X

1968

The School Cap poster
NR

A Tokyo student transfers to a rural school and finds it difficult to adjust himself to its customs and traditions. One of the customs is the wearing of an old school cap by a senior. It is a symbol of courage and bravery and is handed down to a new senior each year.

The School Cap

1963

北の国から ’95秘密 後編 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

北の国から ’95秘密 後編

1995

Umi e, See You poster
10.0

Team DANKAI are set to compete in the Paris-Dakar Rally, an off-road endurance race spanning thousands of miles and multiple continents. Prior to the event, DANKAI leader Mizuki is ordered by their sponsor to add popular celebrity Ryuichi Yoshii to the roster for publicity. This exacerbates DANKAI's resentments and baggage. Needing a steady hand to mediate dispute and navigate their support vehicle, Mizuki recruits legendary retired mechanic/driver Eiji Honma to the team. Soon Honma discovers his ex-wife Kei is also participating in the rally, alongside her current husband, the bullfighter Antonio Vázquez. Honma's truck also comes to include stowaway passenger Yuko Takei, Yoshii's pop star girlfriend who is trying to salvage their relationship.

Umi e, See You

1988

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kita no kuni kara '89 Kikyo

1989

Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Kita no kuni kara '87 Hatsukoi

1987

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

1995

北の国から記憶 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

北の国から記憶

2002

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

1966

Star of Destiny poster
NR

"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated them. When Eiji learns that his sister is engaged, he is determined to reunite with his mother and relay the wonderful news. With a pocket full of hopes and just one clue that may lead him to his mother, Eiji sets off for Taiwan.

Star of Destiny

1966

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kita no kuni kara 2002 Yuigon Part 2

2002

Journey to the North poster
NR

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings. However, Yuko, having returned home, has just become engaged to a local young man, and the sudden appearance of Eikichi makes others worry that their good relationship will be spoiled. An epic about pure love, which tells the story of a man who leaves his beloved woman, praying for her happiness. Adapted from the novel "Kiri no Naka no Shojo" Yojiro Ishizaka.

Journey to the North

1967

君は海を見たか poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

君は海を見たか

1971

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kita no kuni kara '83 Fuyu

1983

Goodbye Mr. Tears poster
NR

An American-Japanese girl travels to Japan to find her mother.

Goodbye Mr. Tears

1966