
Acting
Akiko Hoshino
Born 1936-04-11 · Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Acting credits
6.5Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
Sakuran
2006
6.7True ghost stories described and/or narrated by the survivor involved and commences with the name and location of the one submitting the story. Each of the three collections begins with a series of creepy real-life photographs in which strange appendages or faces appear while a rather ominous narrator suggests you are now entering the highway to HELL. Three stories in the first TV-movie: The Lonely Girl Spiritual Flight Mystery of the Red Earring
Scary True Stories
1991
6.2An apparitions of a young schoolgirl in a yellow rain hat, a family massacre, and a law student's suicide after he fails his bar exam are linked by the ominous recordings discovered on an audio cassette.
Ju-On: White Ghost
2009
4.7Earthshaker is the ultimate weapon developed by the international conspiracy organization Skunk Gang. It is an invasion weapon that causes a huge earthquake throughout Japan, but it looks exactly like a vibrator. Akebi, an Okuhida kunoichi, succeeds in stealing the Earthshaker, but drops it during his escape.
Mikuri Han Theater Raw Squeezing Super DX
2005
6.3Part-time worker Hazuki lives with her younger sister, high school student Koharu, and their mother Sawa. One day they receive word that their estranged father is on his deathbed, so Sawa asks Hazuki and Koharu to visit him and take one last photo to remember him by.
Capturing Dad
2013
5.6Two Japanese friends accidentally kill their boss and dump his remains in Black Fuji, a mountain/landfill hybrid. This leads to poor results when the chemicals of the landfill mix with the corpse (and many other corpses) to give rise to a zombie infestation in Tokyo.
Tokyo Zombie
2005
6.3Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, seized with the idea that he too may disappear, has had a nervous breakdown. Aizawa suggests that Tatsuo recount his dreams as a means of solving the mystery, since human beings have an instinct that foretells the near future in the form of a dream. Keiko and Tatsuo eventually discover that the three disappearances have a strange connection…
Call from Darkness
1981
8.0Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up. She went to look for him in San Francisco but all she found was him with his new girlfriend. Kyoko went back to Tokyo and eventually married a big corporate CEO.
Take Me Away!
1978
NRA man she was once in a relationship with has been killed. A wife keeping a secret from her husband gets involved in a strange case.
Danchizuma no sakebi
1983
6.2Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
2005
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Beauty with a Mysterious Scar
1985
5.0A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2
2007
NRAn office lady joins a "mistress bank", starts falling in love with her client and gets involved in a murder case.
Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken
1984
NRJapanese drama film.
Ame no meguri ai
1977
8.0An experimental horror experience where the viewer is the protagonist. Directed by Kôji Shiraishi through POV, which makes the viewer feel as if he/she is watching the film with their own eyes.
Zetsuosore Taikan Kimodameshi
2014
NRFilm by Buichi Saitô
Hana no unga
1956
NRAn erotic drama in which Aiko Hoshino, a sexy actress of "100 Tales of Beasts", and REIKA, a former model for Cawaii, starred in W while sprinkling pheromones. A mentally retarded sister who can't live without her sister, and a younger sister who devotedly supports such an older sister. The younger sister, who is worried about her sister's safety and hesitates to marry her lover, is gradually cornered and drowns in sex in desperation. In such a situation, the older sister, who is anxious about being abandoned by her sister, also sees the shadow of a man and hides it.
Sister Lovedoll
2000