Writing

Akira Saiga

Born — Died

1932-08-03 — 1989-01-03

Place of birth

Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Writing

Credits

30 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Tokyo In Love poster
NR

Akio Tsukaro, dreaming of working for a beauty school's flag shop one day, stayed at Bunta Tadokoro without being involved in salon art, even though he graduated from beauty school. One day, Akio saw Michiko, a beautiful girl raining in Ginza. Since then, Akio has become unforgettable with the mascot that Michiko has taken away...

Tokyo In Love

1965

The Hill is Full of Flowers poster
NR

A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro Ishizaka. Miwako Kazuki left the English literature department and joined Toyo Critics. She was attracted by Noro, the editor-in-chief, whose wife died a few years ago and was now living with her two orphans and her old mother....

The Hill is Full of Flowers

1963

Lost Virgin poster
7.0

Story of a nineteen-year-old office girl who loses her virginity.

Lost Virgin

1968

Wind of Youth poster
7.0

A romantic Nikkatsu youth film about three female friends.

Wind of Youth

1968

Kiri ni Kieta Hito poster
NR

The movie depicts the complicated romantic feelings of a woman who is attracted to a man other than her fiancé.

Kiri ni Kieta Hito

1963

Dreams Come True at Night poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dreams Come True at Night

1967

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit poster
9.0

A unique depiction of the awakening of male and female sexuality in youth.

Confession of a girl: The Forbidden Fruit

1968

Murder Unincorporated poster
6.5

When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry showcases some of the most peculiar killing tactics to ever hit Japanese cinema!

Murder Unincorporated

1965

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower poster
NR

A flower is a woman or a man is a butterfly... Love and melancholy bloom wildly in the nighttime garden! This is a moody entertainment work depicting the love, laughter, melancholy, and human drama of an iron-fisted daughter of a family of expositors who, after her father's death, disbanded her gang and moved to Tokyo by herself, where she becomes a hostess and demonstrates her natural chivalrous temperament, risking her life in the neon-lit Ginza district.

Women of the Night - Butterfly Flower

1969

Whirlwind Of Love poster
NR

A young woman in Hokkaido gets cold feet during her marriage ceremony and runs to Tokyo with her friends.

Whirlwind Of Love

1969

Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa poster
7.0

Kunio Shimizu, a sailor of Tohto University, helped a girl that was chased by someone on her way home from practice.The girl went away without saying anything, leaving her wallet with Kunio. A few days later, she visited Kunio. She was working at a toy factory called Tomoko Nishizawa. Kunio naturally became attracted to Tomoko, but for some reason Tomoko refused to talk about her past. One day, the two went to the bowling alley and were approached by Tempira...

Aa Seishun no Mune no Chi wa

1964

Welcome, My Baby poster
NR

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and attempt to bring together the parents of a baby who have separated.

Welcome, My Baby

1964

Season of Farewell poster
NR

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

Season of Farewell

1962

The Free Island poster
NR

One day, after the ceasefire in the Vietnam War, Maroku Ohno rushed into an American military position. He had been wandering inland, unaware that the war had ended. He finally returned to Japan, only to find his hometown, Awaji Island, completely changed, and his former lover now married. So he began making a fortune in Tokyo with the intention of buying Awaji Island.

The Free Island

1967

Time of First Love poster
NR

3 senior highschool girls help make a hot air balloon for a boy during their summer holidays and took up all sort of part-time jobs in the course.

Time of First Love

1975

Ginza for Two poster
NR

The story of love and friendship between a seamstress girl and a member of a student ensemble, who, against all odds, turned a song written by the composer about adversity into a real hit.

Ginza for Two

1967

The Spiders: The Reckless Operation poster
7.0

The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to prove their love for a girl who told them "the person who can overcome any obstacle will be my lover"! Neither traffic, buildings, nor the police can stop them, in this madcap rock musical adventure!

The Spiders: The Reckless Operation

1967

Diamonds of the Andes poster
10.0

Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to leave the world of the yakuza and live with his fiancée Reiko.

Diamonds of the Andes

1968

Under the Roof of Young Tokyo poster
NR

Nineteen-year-old Fukiko Kuwano lives with her father, who is nearing retirement, her mother, and her younger brother. After colliding with a stranger while speeding on her bicycle, she is surprised to discover that their new lodger is that very stranger.

Under the Roof of Young Tokyo

1963

BGs of Ginza poster
6.0

Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.

BGs of Ginza

1969

Dai nippon kosodoro den poster
NR

Japanese comedy film.

Dai nippon kosodoro den

1964

Challenge of a Man poster
NR

Hiroshi (Ishizaka), the second son of Nippon Automobile president Tsuda (Ozawa), comes to the company's speed test track every day and drives his car at breakneck speed. One day, no one tried to criticise him, but only test driver Inoki (Kurizuka) accused him of being selfish. Angered, Hiroshi challenged Inoki to a race, but lost miserably. From then on, Hiroshi began to seriously hone his skills as a racer in order to overtake Inoki.

Challenge of a Man

1968

Dai Nihon hattari-den poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Dai Nihon hattari-den

1965

Tokyo Night poster
NR

A girl runs away form her house in Kyoto to find fortune in the Japanese capital.

Tokyo Night

1967

Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa poster
NR

Comedy directed by Mio Ezaki.

Kikeki: onna mo tsurai wa

1970

Quick Draw Sanshiro poster
NR

Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters!

Quick Draw Sanshiro

1962

Ponkotsu oyaji poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Ponkotsu oyaji

1962

涙でいいの poster
NR

1969 Japanese movie

涙でいいの

1969

波浮の港 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

波浮の港

1963

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi

1962