Ikuo Sekimoto

Directing

Ikuo Sekimoto

Born

1942-07-18 (84)

Place of birth

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Double Rope Torture poster
4.6

Two sisters are captured by a bounty hunter for an S&M nightclub.

Double Rope Torture

1985

Double Rope Torture poster
4.6

Two sisters are captured by a bounty hunter for an S&M nightclub.

Double Rope Torture

1985

Female Yakuza Tale poster
6.1

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, fighting both the male yakuzas and a gang of female thieves.

Female Yakuza Tale

1973

Story of a Nymphomaniac poster
5.2

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...

Story of a Nymphomaniac

1975

Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa poster
2.7

No synopsis available yet.

Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa

1988

Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa poster
2.7

No synopsis available yet.

Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa

1988

His Motorbike, Her Island poster
7.8

Ko, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to crash.

His Motorbike, Her Island

1986

Rope Torture poster
5.7

A young wife of a banker gets blackmailed for having an affair. At first they just want her money. Then they decide to train her in the art of submission instead.

Rope Torture

1984

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties poster
6.0

Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

1995

The Desire of Angels poster
NR

How did two sisters from Tsugaru survive in the big city of Tokyo? The older sister passed the nursing exam and works at a major hospital in Tokyo. Meanwhile, the younger sister works as a menial laborer for a grimy obstetrician in a working-class neighborhood. The older sister, with a saintly face, works as a nurse, but in secret, she is consumed by carnal desires for men, while the younger sister, a naive and innocent country bumpkin, is trampled upon in the hell of adult lust... For some reason, these two contrasting sisters end up fighting over the same man... What will be the outcome of their fate?

The Desire of Angels

1979

In Blazing Love poster
8.0

An illustration of the tragic lives of geishas at a popular geisha house, Shinonomero. Shortly after being sold to a geisha house at age 5, Shizu is befriended by a fellow older geisha, Tsuru. After years of living and working together, Tsuru and Shizu manage to run the operations of Shinonomero as the proprietress and assistant. Despite vows to never to let their lovers come between them or Shinonomero, moments of weakness leave Tsuru and Shizu caught up in a web of betrayal and plunged into debt. With the guilt of losing Shinonomero to Udo, a yakuza who loaned them money, it is now up to young Shizu to redeem Tsuru’s honor and restore Shinonomero as their own.

In Blazing Love

1994

狩矢警部シリーズ 特別編「京舞妓VS狩矢警部〜乱れ傘の舞殺人事件」 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

狩矢警部シリーズ 特別編「京舞妓VS狩矢警部〜乱れ傘の舞殺人事件」

2006

The General and His Empire of Joy poster
4.6

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.

The General and His Empire of Joy

1977

Four Sisters poster
7.4

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others.

Four Sisters

1985

Turtle Geisha poster
5.1

Natsuko is so good at using that super-strong vagina of hers that she can fuck guys to death. In the end, she’s pitted against a sexual superman and a showdown ensues. There’s also a subplot about a mad scientist type who needs vaginal juices to create a potion designed to turn Japanese girls black.

Turtle Geisha

1972

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game poster
6.7

Released from reform school, the Girl Boss and her girl gang enter into conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss.

Girl Boss: Crazy Ball Game

1974

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group poster
8.0

A nasty schoolgirl does what she pleases, under the protection of her father, who is the school principal. Another girl is not so nasty, but she is determined and tough enough to contest the girl's gang in a democratic vote - and win. That causes her trouble in school, just when her own father, who owns a truck transport company, is murdered in a fake car accident by an American mobster. Before the girl can react, her naive mother has signed over the company to the mobster, and accepted him as her lover. Repentant, the mother starts drinking, and the good schoolgirl ties up with a halfbreed young man, who also has a grudge against Americans. He starts spying on the gangsters, discovers they are dealing in drugs, but is killed before he can report it. The good girl will lead her team in a desperation assault on the mobsters - and the police will eventually arrive just in time for the showdown.

Terrifying Girls' High School: Delinquent Convulsion Group

1973

Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown poster
6.5

Keiko Aizawa a vengeance-crazed vixen sets out on a journey to avenge the death of her older sister.

Girl Boss: Diamond Showdown

1974

The Dump Truck Rascal poster
7.5

Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.

The Dump Truck Rascal

1981

The Dump Truck Rascal poster
7.5

Depicting the turbulent life of truck driver Takashi, his fellow drivers, and the women he meets.

The Dump Truck Rascal

1981

Momotarō Zamurai III poster
NR

Momotaro carries this sword into battle against injustice in shogunate Japan. Aided by ninja he must now wage a furious battle against the terrible “Ran” clan, villains in league with Ohara Ukon, a bitter samurai nursing a grudge against the shogunate. Together the ruthless conspirators will threaten the foundations of shogunate rule over Japan. Only the relentless slashing sword of Momotaro may save the nation from the Ran clan's army of killers.

Momotarō Zamurai III

1994

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom poster
6.1

Delinquent girl boss meets and conflicts with an orphan girl who lives an isolated life after the dramatic deaths of her parents. She plays the piano, but stands up against her lecherous guardian, who is also a school official.

Terrifying Girls' High School: Women's Violent Classroom

1972

Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell poster
6.0

When her husband is betrayed by his fellow yakuza and jailed, his wife takes over and fights to prevent his expulsion from the clan. 14th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Companions in Hell

2001

A Savage Beast Goes Mad poster
6.9

Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

1976

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder poster
6.0

11th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

1999

Yakuza Ladies: I Want You Dead poster
6.0

12th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: I Want You Dead

1999

Crazy Boys poster
7.0

Tamotsu Iwaki (Masaya Kato), also known as "The Dandruff Cancer," was admitted to a juvenile training school in the summer when he was 18 years old after being hit with dirt on his car. At first he is at odds with Ginji (Shinobu Sakagami) and others, but eventually a friendship develops between them. One day, Gan escapes, falls in love with a beautiful girl, Kanako, whom he met at his friends' apartment, and attacks her in an elevator, but is captured again. After being discharged from the hospital, Gan meets Kanako again, and although they are repulsed by each other, they become attracted to each other.

Crazy Boys

1988

Crazy Boys poster
7.0

Tamotsu Iwaki (Masaya Kato), also known as "The Dandruff Cancer," was admitted to a juvenile training school in the summer when he was 18 years old after being hit with dirt on his car. At first he is at odds with Ginji (Shinobu Sakagami) and others, but eventually a friendship develops between them. One day, Gan escapes, falls in love with a beautiful girl, Kanako, whom he met at his friends' apartment, and attacks her in an elevator, but is captured again. After being discharged from the hospital, Gan meets Kanako again, and although they are repulsed by each other, they become attracted to each other.

Crazy Boys

1988

Yawara! poster
NR

Yawara Inokuma is a girl who aspires to an ordinary life but due to her innate talent is forced to practice judo by her authoritarian grandfather, Jigorou Inokuma, with the aim of achieving the championship in Japan and the gold medal in the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games. Because of the pressure from her grandfather she has a generally bad attitude about judo, avoiding it as much as she can. However, over time she comes to understand why her grandfather loves judo and appreciates it more.

Yawara!

1989

Jail Breakers poster
6.0

Kamiki (Sonny Chiba) is a career criminal who is given the chance to break out of prison for the 33rd time. Afterwards Kaimiki teams up with a bunch of thugs that engineer prison escapes for money.

Jail Breakers

1976

Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin poster
NR

During the events of the Chushingura incident, Mumyo, a disgruntled Shogunate secret agent, retires from post, disillusioned by the concept of loyalty. Meanwhile, the leader of the Uesugi Clan, who is Lord Kira’s son, sends a group of Ninja assassins to kill the Ako Ronin before they take revenge on his father. But, the chief retainer of the clan sees the foolishness of this plan and hires Mumyo, along with a group of Female Ninja, to stop the assassins and destroy the Ako Ronin from the inside.

Lady Vengeance and the 47 Ronin

1983

Victimized poster
2.0

1975 Toei movie.

Victimized

1975

Empress poster
4.3

A struggling single mother catches the eye of a rising executive and gains power and wealth as his mistress. But beware, power is fleeting.

Empress

1983

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

映画村殺人事件

1980

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge poster
6.0

13th installment of the 16-film franchise.

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge

2000

Zankyo poster
NR

The story of Iwaki, a young brawler who becomes a professional criminal when he joins a Yakuza clan.

Zankyo

1999

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kawachi Rascal Is Spurred On

1976

School Wars: Hero poster
NR

Set in the mid-1970s, the film is based on the true story of Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, a teacher and former Japanese international rugby union player, who turned-around a failing high school in Kyoto, giving special attention to the rugby team, which included the most disruptive students among its members.

School Wars: Hero

2004

A Kawachi Rascal's Song poster
NR

Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a talent for it. However, there was a woman that fell in love with such a man...

A Kawachi Rascal's Song

1976

The Sex Pervert poster
2.0

A cheerful young man working in fashion photography spies at a woman from his window, with a bigger plan haunting his mind.

The Sex Pervert

1977