Akira Hitomi

Acting

Akira Hitomi

Born — Died

1922-11-16 — 2015-08-15

Place of birth

Tokyo City, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Dodes'ka-den poster
7.1

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.

Dodes'ka-den

1970

30,000 Miles Under the Sea poster
5.3

The ruler of the underground world, is planning to conquer the whole world. Riding the fire dragon Isamu and Angel, the princess of the undersea kingdom, try to stop him from destorying their world.

30,000 Miles Under the Sea

1970

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies poster
6.6

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

Tora-san's Song of Love poster
8.3

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.

Tora-san's Song of Love

1983

Tora-san Goes Religious? poster
7.7

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.

Tora-san Goes Religious?

1983

Tora-san, the Expert poster
8.7

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.

Tora-san, the Expert

1982

Film credits

1980s · 7 titles

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies poster
6.6

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies

1986

Tora-san's Song of Love poster
8.3

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.

Tora-san's Song of Love

1983

Tora-san Goes Religious? poster
7.7

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter.

Tora-san Goes Religious?

1983

Tora-san, the Expert poster
8.7

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.

Tora-san, the Expert

1982

Tora-san's Island Encounter poster
8.3

Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.

Tora-san's Island Encounter

1985

Marriage Counselor Tora-san poster
8.0

In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san's wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

1984

No artwork available
NR

A series of murders occurred in which housewives who were working as prostitutes. A magazine journalist investigating the truth begins to harbor suspicions about his sister-in-law, and then an unexpected killer is revealed.

Nikutai no shokei

1982

1970s · 14 titles

Dodes'ka-den poster
7.1

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a young woman brutalized at home, drunks, schemers, and saints of small kindnesses. Kurosawa crafts a ragged mosaic of hardship, fantasy, and flickers of grace that keep people moving forward.

Dodes'ka-den

1970

30,000 Miles Under the Sea poster
5.3

The ruler of the underground world, is planning to conquer the whole world. Riding the fire dragon Isamu and Angel, the princess of the undersea kingdom, try to stop him from destorying their world.

30,000 Miles Under the Sea

1970

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy poster
6.6

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countless assassins are sent to kill him on sight and kidnap his girl Fujiko! Can Lupin get the loot before the Maccherone gang, rescue Fujiko, and stay alive at the same time?

Lupin the Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy

1974

Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa poster
NR

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa

1973

Human Revolution II poster
8.0

Dramatic story of one man trying to make a difference.

Human Revolution II

1976

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man poster
10.0

The last (10th) Toho "Crazy film" in the Nippon Ichi series.

Japan's No. 1 Shocked Man

1971

Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us poster
NR

Detective Hayata's friend is killed by criminals. In order to find the murder, Hayata infiltrate a gang, with the aim of getting closer to the big bosses responsible for the murder

Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us

1971

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters poster
5.3

After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a year later in Tokyo to face different challenges in the form of yakuza and… street vendors.

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters

1970

I'll Be Deceived poster
10.0

A con man defrauds a small rural town, sparking an international manhunt.

I'll Be Deceived

1971

Oh, My Comrade! poster
10.0

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One day Fukuzo guides Harumi, an old woman, to the Yasukuni Shrine where the souls of fallen soldiers are enshrined. Finding she has no place to go, Fukuzo carries her to his shack by the sea.

Oh, My Comrade!

1970

Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man poster
10.0

The eighth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

Japan's No. 1 Yakuza Man

1970

Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage poster
NR

1974 Japanese movie

Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage

1974

港町紳士録 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

港町紳士録

1979

Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man poster
8.0

The ninth installment of ten in Nippon Ichi film series.

Japan's No. 1 Mischievous Man

1970

1960s · 26 titles

Western King, Eastern Leader poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Western King, Eastern Leader

1964

The Mad Atlantic poster
9.0

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they ever have, creating enmity and exhaustion. Just when the ship has taken a huge catch of tuna in its nets, Murakami learns that his ship is the only one in position to rescue the crew of another ship, sinking in a storm. He must choose between saving the catch or saving lives. Either choice may mean his ruin.

The Mad Atlantic

1966

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

凸凹珍道中

1960

Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion poster
NR

The fourth "Tenamonya" feature. Adapted from the popular television comedy, Fujita stars in this film based on historical events.

Last Days of the Tokugawa Regime: Tenamonya Confusion

1967

Crazy Big Discovery poster
8.0

When the yakuza murder a bar hostess who, through a computer error, had amassed a huge fortune , the Crazy Cats make a robot duplicate of her.

Crazy Big Discovery

1969

Great Incidents poster
NR

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

Great Incidents

1967

My Brother, My Love poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

My Brother, My Love

1968

The Craziest Operation poster
10.0

The Crazy Cats try to steal 1,000,000,000 yen in laundered Yakuza money.

The Craziest Operation

1966

The Crazy Adventure poster
7.0

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

The Crazy Adventure

1965

Youth Season Continued poster
7.0

The Second movie based on a popular TV show about Pintemps Cosmetics and their struggles to make new successful products, filled with singing, dancing, and laughter.

Youth Season Continued

1964

Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses poster
NR

A Toho film featuring the comedy duo Konto 55, (コント55号), comprised of comedians Kinichi Hagimoto and Jiro Sakagami.

Konto 55: Mankind's Weaknesses

1969

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan poster
8.5

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Irresponsible Rascal of Japan

1962

Youth Season poster
10.0

1962 Japanese movie

Youth Season

1962

Invitation to the Enchanted Town poster
8.0

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku".

Invitation to the Enchanted Town

1961

006 wa uwaki no number poster
NR

Japanese sex comedy film.

006 wa uwaki no number

1965

Notorious Bastard poster
NR

When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind this scheme.

Notorious Bastard

1963

Mexican Free-for-All poster
10.0

The eleventh film in the comedy series starring Japan's leading comedy group, the Crazy Cats. Susumu Sakamori and his friends travel to Mexico to find a stone statue that contains the location of the secret treasure "Olmeca".

Mexican Free-for-All

1968

Obon's Dipping Contest poster
NR

Comedy based on a popular manga.

Obon's Dipping Contest

1961

Monstrous! Who Am I?! poster
NR

Comedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.

Monstrous! Who Am I?!

1969

Women's Doctor poster
NR

Life of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women.

Women's Doctor

1964

Industrial Spy Free-for-All poster
9.0

Saburo Sarutobi, a former member of the Zengakuren, and Maruo Inumaruo, a former member of the police force, have joined two rival companies, Toyotomi Denki and Tokugawa Musen, respectively, and have been at each other's throats at every turn. They are engaged in a nightly industrial espionage war in an attempt to somehow get under each other's noses, but eventually they both find themselves targeted by an international industrial espionage ring...

Industrial Spy Free-for-All

1967

Crazy Big Explosion poster
7.0

Chaos ensues when a secret agent gathers a group of criminals (The Crazy Cats) to steal gold from a bank.

Crazy Big Explosion

1969

The Sandal Keeper poster
8.0

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to eventually become a trusted general.

The Sandal Keeper

1964

Monsieur Zivaco poster
8.0

International thief Zivaco, who can assume any identity, eludes the authorities and battles rival thief WCWC for a rare gold samurai sword.

Monsieur Zivaco

1967

No artwork available
NR

Japanese comedy film.

若社長と爆発娘

1960

Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Japan's No. 1 Sesame Paste Man

1965