Directing
Atsushi Muroga
Born
1964-05-18 (62)
Place of birth
Osaka, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Known for
NRJapan in the near future. Six prisoners, male and female, in prison, who have signed a "Special Pardon Pledge" are taken to a secret room covered in concrete with no way out. They are brought to a secret room covered with concrete with no way out. There are monitors on the walls and several surveillance cameras on the ceiling. The room is lined with boxes of various sizes with locks on them. There is only one condition to pass the special pardon examination: to escape from the room by using the items in the boxes given to each person.
Escape Game ZERO
2011
6.1After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
2009
6.0An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the judicial system is complete when her next case goes disastrously wrong, her corrupt boss is killed by her disappointed gangster clients, and she only narrowly escapes the same fate when a gun-toting stranger bursts into the office and shoots the men dead.
Gun Crazy: Episode 2 — Beyond the Law
2002
NRWhile imprisoned in South Korea, Kuroki (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of a yakuza clan, is offered one deal. In exchange for an early release from prison, he is asked to kill a man. The target's name is Tatsuhiko Kaji (Hakuryu), a man who grew up in Japan and is now a senior member of the Korean mafia.
Shot Gun
2014
6.4A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot.
Score
1995
NRA new horror TV drama by six up-and-coming directors, set in a school built on land where a legend of a priestess who was slaughtered by warriors 400 years ago remains... Three high school girls who begin to tell a hundred stories are confronted with the horror of a chain of curses...
Rensakaidan ~a chain of curses~ Vol.2
2006
Behind the camera
NRJapan in the near future. Six prisoners, male and female, in prison, who have signed a "Special Pardon Pledge" are taken to a secret room covered in concrete with no way out. They are brought to a secret room covered with concrete with no way out. There are monitors on the walls and several surveillance cameras on the ceiling. The room is lined with boxes of various sizes with locks on them. There is only one condition to pass the special pardon examination: to escape from the room by using the items in the boxes given to each person.
Escape Game ZERO
2011
6.1After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
2009
6.1After losing a street race to Tatsuya Shima's legendary "Blackbird" Porsche 911 Turbo, high school student Akio Asakura purchases a heavily-modified first-generation Datsun S30 Fairlady Z from a junkyard. The car has a dark history of accidents, leading some to believe it's cursed; hence its nickname "Devil Z." Akio also discovers that the Z's first owner shared his first and last name, and was killed in the car during a race with the Blackbird. Meanwhile, fashion model Reina Akikawa joins the rivalry between Akio and Tatsuya with her modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R32.
Wangan Midnight: The Movie
2009
6.0An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the judicial system is complete when her next case goes disastrously wrong, her corrupt boss is killed by her disappointed gangster clients, and she only narrowly escapes the same fate when a gun-toting stranger bursts into the office and shoots the men dead.
Gun Crazy: Episode 2 — Beyond the Law
2002
6.0An idealistic young lawyer whose faith in the law is rocked when she is unable to prevent a rapist from walking free. Her disillusionment of the judicial system is complete when her next case goes disastrously wrong, her corrupt boss is killed by her disappointed gangster clients, and she only narrowly escapes the same fate when a gun-toting stranger bursts into the office and shoots the men dead.
Gun Crazy: Episode 2 — Beyond the Law
2002
NRWhile imprisoned in South Korea, Kuroki (Hitoshi Ozawa), leader of a yakuza clan, is offered one deal. In exchange for an early release from prison, he is asked to kill a man. The target's name is Tatsuhiko Kaji (Hakuryu), a man who grew up in Japan and is now a senior member of the Korean mafia.
Shot Gun
2014
6.4A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot.
Score
1995
6.4A small time Yakuza thug is thrown into a bloody battle after a bank robbery he was forced into goes wrong when all the men begin to turn on each other a hitch-hiking serial killing couple decide to steal their loot.
Score
1995
NRA new horror TV drama by six up-and-coming directors, set in a school built on land where a legend of a priestess who was slaughtered by warriors 400 years ago remains... Three high school girls who begin to tell a hundred stories are confronted with the horror of a chain of curses...
Rensakaidan ~a chain of curses~ Vol.2
2006
5.3Aki Fukase is a rookie detective looking to make a name for herself in the field of law enforcement. Unfortunately, her inexperience contributes to the death of her partner when a trap is set by Galhowk, an international terrorist group. Overcome with guilt, Aki is ordered to take some time off until she recovers from the ordeal. However, she's more determined than ever and decides to disobey those orders and sets out to track down Galhowk in order to clear her conscience and her name.
Gun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody
2003
5.3Aki Fukase is a rookie detective looking to make a name for herself in the field of law enforcement. Unfortunately, her inexperience contributes to the death of her partner when a trap is set by Galhowk, an international terrorist group. Overcome with guilt, Aki is ordered to take some time off until she recovers from the ordeal. However, she's more determined than ever and decides to disobey those orders and sets out to track down Galhowk in order to clear her conscience and her name.
Gun Crazy: Episode 3 — Traitor's Rhapsody
2003
5.4A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
2002
5.4A mysterious stranger comes into a lawless town run by a kingpin and starts shooting up the place.
Gun Crazy: Episode 1 — A Woman from Nowhere
2002
6.0Bike runner Takeshi was doing bike race without police noticing him in public road. But one day, he is caught by motorcycle policeman during the race. His important bike is confiscated and his father cuts off financial help. Disappointed, Takeshi started working at Japanese noodle restaurant whose owner is the father of his childhood friend Mio. He is depressed because he can't run anymore on bike and the job is not much fun. However one day, he finds a shabby super cub at restaurant warehouse. Takeshi starts it remodeling.
Super Cub
2008
6.0Bike runner Takeshi was doing bike race without police noticing him in public road. But one day, he is caught by motorcycle policeman during the race. His important bike is confiscated and his father cuts off financial help. Disappointed, Takeshi started working at Japanese noodle restaurant whose owner is the father of his childhood friend Mio. He is depressed because he can't run anymore on bike and the job is not much fun. However one day, he finds a shabby super cub at restaurant warehouse. Takeshi starts it remodeling.
Super Cub
2008
5.0In 2002, “Fukushu Ho” (Revenge Law) has been implemented. “Fukushu Ho” allows victims or victims' family to exact revenge against criminals directly. Yasuyuki is a middle school teacher. He is opposed to “Fukushu Ho,” but he changes his mind after his wife is murdered. Yasuyuki decides to take revenge on the murderer who killed his wife. According to “Fukushu Ho,” Yasuyuki travels to an island which has been designated as the get my revenge location. At the same time, members of a radical environment protection group, who committed terroristic acts indiscriminately, are at the same island. Family members who lost loved ones in the terroristic acts arrive on the island to exact revenge. The victims' families have 18 hours to take revenge. Weapons, food and GPS are given to the families and the locations of the criminals. If the revenge acts are not carried out within 18 hours, the criminals are released.
Get My Revenge
2016
5.0In 2002, “Fukushu Ho” (Revenge Law) has been implemented. “Fukushu Ho” allows victims or victims' family to exact revenge against criminals directly. Yasuyuki is a middle school teacher. He is opposed to “Fukushu Ho,” but he changes his mind after his wife is murdered. Yasuyuki decides to take revenge on the murderer who killed his wife. According to “Fukushu Ho,” Yasuyuki travels to an island which has been designated as the get my revenge location. At the same time, members of a radical environment protection group, who committed terroristic acts indiscriminately, are at the same island. Family members who lost loved ones in the terroristic acts arrive on the island to exact revenge. The victims' families have 18 hours to take revenge. Weapons, food and GPS are given to the families and the locations of the criminals. If the revenge acts are not carried out within 18 hours, the criminals are released.
Get My Revenge
2016
NRLone wolves join forces and plunge into a reckless fight with the organization.
Blowback: Midnight Gangsters
1990
NRNo synopsis available yet.
June 6th
2013
3.0Based on the comic book series of the same name by Akio Chiba.
Captain
2007
3.0Based on the comic book series of the same name by Akio Chiba.
Captain
2007
6.3In Southeast Asia, armed guerillas storm a party being hosted by a major Japanese trading company. They kidnap Eri Enomoto (Rika Uesugi), the director's daughter, and demand a huge ransom. But company infighting stalls plans to comply with the kidnappers, and Eri's father collapses from the strain. When Eri's childhood friend, Miki (Natsuki Katoh), learns of the kidnapping and the company's reluctance to save her friend, she decides to try and rescue Eri on her own.
Gun Crazy 4: Requiem for a Bodyguard
2003
6.3In Southeast Asia, armed guerillas storm a party being hosted by a major Japanese trading company. They kidnap Eri Enomoto (Rika Uesugi), the director's daughter, and demand a huge ransom. But company infighting stalls plans to comply with the kidnappers, and Eri's father collapses from the strain. When Eri's childhood friend, Miki (Natsuki Katoh), learns of the kidnapping and the company's reluctance to save her friend, she decides to try and rescue Eri on her own.
Gun Crazy 4: Requiem for a Bodyguard
2003
6.0A betrayed gangster seeks to avenge his dead partner, with the help of a beautiful restaurant owner and a mysterious bounty hunter.
Blowback: Love & Death
1991
NRFight fiercely with a duo of hitmen to protect the witnesses of the trial!
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
2001
NRFight fiercely with a duo of hitmen to protect the witnesses of the trial!
Ah, A Sharp Detective 2
2001
6.0A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn peddler is used as a mole by a dirty cop.
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
2000
6.0A cocaine deal is about to go down between yakuza and Hong Kong triad gangsters and a small time porn peddler is used as a mole by a dirty cop.
Dogfight: Stray Dogs' Elegy
2000
NRDirect to video sequel to Super Cub.
Super Cub 2
2008
7.0Five men, including one Korean, kidnap a 19-year-old college student named Yumi. She is the daughter of a tycoon who controls the Japanese underworld. With 100 million yen on the line, the kidnappers fall out…
The Ransom
2023
7.0Five men, including one Korean, kidnap a 19-year-old college student named Yumi. She is the daughter of a tycoon who controls the Japanese underworld. With 100 million yen on the line, the kidnappers fall out…
The Ransom
2023
4.7Four crooks rob a jewelery shop, then head for an abandoned factory where they plan to fence the goods to the Yakuza. Unfortunately, their chosen location happens to be the same place where American scientists had previously experimented on resurrecting the dead.
Junk
2000
4.7Four crooks rob a jewelery shop, then head for an abandoned factory where they plan to fence the goods to the Yakuza. Unfortunately, their chosen location happens to be the same place where American scientists had previously experimented on resurrecting the dead.
Junk
2000
NRRyoko was a promising athlete in high school, abandoned on land due to an injury, but was impressed by Sawako's drift and was fascinated by the world of driving to get the long-awaited MR2. However, friends fell into a hunt for a remodeled "Normal Wolf", and Ryoko was defeated and MR2 was on the verge of being scrapped. Challenge the re-election with MR2 revived by the hands of friends.
Over Rev!
2001
NRtear past midnight shadows accelerator roaring through this highway city in the seat next to mine, you look away hiding your blush in fear I will protect you, wield me like a knife I'll hold you close in my arms my sweet babe leave your worries behind past and future is ours to rewrite together let's go to a paradise made for the two of us 100 million, 200 million, 10 billion count every last kiss that I give to you baby! I'll hold you tight in my arms and never let you go just fall in love with my machine gun kiss!
A Bullet Named Love
1993
NRtear past midnight shadows accelerator roaring through this highway city in the seat next to mine, you look away hiding your blush in fear I will protect you, wield me like a knife I'll hold you close in my arms my sweet babe leave your worries behind past and future is ours to rewrite together let's go to a paradise made for the two of us 100 million, 200 million, 10 billion count every last kiss that I give to you baby! I'll hold you tight in my arms and never let you go just fall in love with my machine gun kiss!
A Bullet Named Love
1993
NRNo synopsis available yet.
They Call Him Joker
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
They Call Him Joker
2007
NRNo synopsis available yet.
THE GROUND 地雷撤去隊
1998
NRNo synopsis available yet.
THE GROUND 地雷撤去隊
1998
