Directing
Hideo Onchi
Born — Died
1933-01-23 — 2022-01-20
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
22 titles
Known for
6.3A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
Toward the Terra
1980
9.0An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.
Marriage
1993
6.8A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based on an autobiographical novel written by Kyuzo Sasayama.
Shimanto River
1991
NRDrama about a young woman, abused as a child, who carries on sexual relations with four men, but is unable to get close to any of them.
La Fée Diabolique
1963
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
Two Hearts in the Rain
1968
5.0A documentary about the legendary Japanese filmmaker.
Juzo Itami: The Man with 13 Faces
2007
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.3A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
Toward the Terra
1980
6.3A young boy learns he is part of a powerful race of psionic humans who must fight the normal humans determined to keep them from Earth.
Toward the Terra
1980
9.0An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.
Marriage
1993
6.8A young boy, Atsu, grows up along the banks of the Shimanto River in rural southern Shikoku. He comes to grips with the unfairness of life and the emotional pain involved in the loss of innocence. The film is based on an autobiographical novel written by Kyuzo Sasayama.
Shimanto River
1991
NRDrama about a young woman, abused as a child, who carries on sexual relations with four men, but is unable to get close to any of them.
La Fée Diabolique
1963
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
Two Hearts in the Rain
1968
Love story of a working-class boy and girl.
Two Hearts in the Rain
1968
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
Once a Rainy Day
1966
3.7On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinjuku West Exit Bus Terminal. In the burning flames, Mitsuko, who was exhausted by her affair, suddenly thought of suicide. As a result, she escaped too late from the bus and suffered a serious injury. From there, she was hospitalized for a long time. As she gradually recovered, the wife of her affair partner, Soroku Sugihara, died of cancer. Soroku proposed to Mitsuko again, and they lived together. Due to Soroku's mounting debt, they decided to flee to Tojinbo. With the desperate persuasion of her acquaintances, Mitsuko regained her desire to "live again."
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
3.7On the night of August 19, 1980, a bus was set on fire by the vagrant Hirofumi Maruyama at the Shinjuku West Exit Bus Terminal. In the burning flames, Mitsuko, who was exhausted by her affair, suddenly thought of suicide. As a result, she escaped too late from the bus and suffered a serious injury. From there, she was hospitalized for a long time. As she gradually recovered, the wife of her affair partner, Soroku Sugihara, died of cancer. Soroku proposed to Mitsuko again, and they lived together. Due to Soroku's mounting debt, they decided to flee to Tojinbo. With the desperate persuasion of her acquaintances, Mitsuko regained her desire to "live again."
I Want To Live Once More: Shinjuku Bus Fire Incident
1985
Zoologist Pierre and his friend's lover Yuko overcome the barriers of language and borders to fulfill their love.
Summer of Love
1972
8.0Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.
Hidden Fangs
1961
8.0Set in a juvenile detention center and depicted with a documentary touch.
Hidden Fangs
1961
A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.
The Call of Flesh
1964
A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and contemplates returning to an old lover who comes back into her life.
The Call of Flesh
1964
9.01962 Japanese movie
Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
1962
9.01962 Japanese movie
Kōkōsei to jokyōshi hijō no seishun
1962
9.0A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far away from home.
To the Bracken Fields
2003
NRKenkichi 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
A TV film based on the kidnapping and murder of 4 year old Yoshinobu Murakoshi.
The Biggest Post-war Kidnapping: The Yoshinobu case
1979
10.0Kawasaki, a high school student from Ichiko, walks along a mountain path toward Amagi and encounters a troupe of traveling performers. He becomes captivated by Kaoru, a black-haired dancer carrying a drum on her back. Deciding to travel with the troupe to Shimoda, Kawasaki finds that Kaoru also harbors a tender affection for him.
The Izu Dancer
1967
