Directing
Jo Hirose
Born
1938-12-20 (87)
Place of birth
Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
22 titles
Known for
7.5Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh heavily on her sanity...
Portrait of Chieko
1967
NRA feature-length animated film released in theaters in 1990. The main character, Kyosuke, whose father is the head of the gang Murata-gumi, pushes forward through a turbulent and turbulent life in search of a new way of life for a man. Kyosuke tries to live a life completely different from his father's because of his repulsion and self-reliance. The original is a masterpiece chivalrous manga of the same name by Hiroshi Motomiya, a master who has continued to ask the world about the way men live.
Otokogi
1990
9.0No synopsis available yet.
My Destiny
1968
NR1974 Japanese movie
Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage
1974
6.0Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) was imprisoned in Aomori for attempted murder at the end of a war with the Shuyukai. However, even in prison, the enemies targeting Honki never cease. After repeated attacks by remnants of the Shuyukai, Maji lost a young man, Issei, whom he had taken as his apprentice in the prison. When Honki is eventually released from prison, he is confronted by a new enemy, the TARUMA clan, which has its sights set on Nagisa's territory. The gang's leader, Daruma (Tetsu Watanabe), has taken up with the head of the Kaze and plans to eliminate Maji, a young but charismatic figure with a strong following.
Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Love Is After School
1973
Behind the camera
7.5Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh heavily on her sanity...
Portrait of Chieko
1967
NRA feature-length animated film released in theaters in 1990. The main character, Kyosuke, whose father is the head of the gang Murata-gumi, pushes forward through a turbulent and turbulent life in search of a new way of life for a man. Kyosuke tries to live a life completely different from his father's because of his repulsion and self-reliance. The original is a masterpiece chivalrous manga of the same name by Hiroshi Motomiya, a master who has continued to ask the world about the way men live.
Otokogi
1990
9.0No synopsis available yet.
My Destiny
1968
NR1974 Japanese movie
Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage
1974
NR1974 Japanese movie
Mr. Mutsugoro’s Happy Marriage
1974
6.0Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) was imprisoned in Aomori for attempted murder at the end of a war with the Shuyukai. However, even in prison, the enemies targeting Honki never cease. After repeated attacks by remnants of the Shuyukai, Maji lost a young man, Issei, whom he had taken as his apprentice in the prison. When Honki is eventually released from prison, he is confronted by a new enemy, the TARUMA clan, which has its sights set on Nagisa's territory. The gang's leader, Daruma (Tetsu Watanabe), has taken up with the head of the Kaze and plans to eliminate Maji, a young but charismatic figure with a strong following.
Maji! 5: Deadly Struggle
1996
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Love Is After School
1973
NRA coming-of-age film in which Junko Sakurada, who was immensely popular as a girl star, plays the leading role in a movie for the first time. Based on Keiko Ochiai's book of the same title, the film tells the story of a 17-year-old girl's first love and growth who yearns for an older teacher.
Spoonful of Happiness
1975
6.0After the Kikuchigumi smash-up, Shiragane Honki (Tamotsu Ishibashi), a member of the Nagisa clan's gold batch, is recognized for his manly spirit and joins the head family of the parent Kaze clan to serve as an apprentice. Maji, who receives the plighted love of the head of the Kaze (Tokuma Nishioka), is assigned to help collect debts under Akame, the number three of the 13 members of the Kaze's grass-roots batch. One day, Jiro, a thug in Akame's gang, absconds with the gang's money. Jiro's capture is entrusted to Maji?
Maji! 3
1994
NRThis idol film centers on the love story between Mari Asami (Mari Amachi), a designer at a toy manufacturer, and Shunji Kawachi (Kensaku Morita), a newcomer in charge of planning, while also weaving in the love story of Mari's uncle ( Kunie Tanaka ), and featuring singing scenes by Mari Amachi throughout.
What is Love?
1973
6.0Nagisa Gumi Gold Batch Shirogane Maji (Tamotsu Ishibashi) has returned to his hometown of Nagisa after a successful stint in the Kazengumi. Just then, Maji receives word that his long-time enemies, the Shuyukai, are to leave the Kazagumi affiliate. The Nagisa territory, which is located in the neighbourhood next to the Shuyukai, is in a state of crisis. Maji's achievements in Kazagumi training earned him a big role as assistant to the Nagisa clan's young leader. However, the newly released Nagisa clan chairman, Isaburo Foragi, does not take kindly to this and interferes with Serious in any way... and the all-out war between the Shuyukai and the Nagisa clan begins!
Maji! 4: The Struggle
1995
7.0When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what the Shogunate doesn't realise is that Tanaka's even more incompetent assistant Mondo is in fact the leader of a gang of revengers for hire, there motto is "Sure Death" (or your money cheerfully refunded). Mondo doesn't know that everyone knows about the secret, but they all think he does. Poor Mondo, he not only has to deal with crazed Shogunate extremists, oddball ninjas, crooks who work for the Emperor and bicycle riding foreign death squads. He also have to deal with a wife and a crazy mother-in-law!
Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!
1985
NRJapanese horror anthology of 4 chilling tales.
Sunday Horror Series Best Selection 3
2024
NRNobuko and five male friends graduate from a high school, promising to remain friends forever. One year later, Nobuko is working as a mediocre actress for TV commercials, and the five men are wearing beards and have formed a psychedelic rock band. One day, Nobuko meets Jun, who draws cartoons based on his experiences.
Fallen Leaves and Sweet Memories
1969
6.0After the Nagisa clan's infighting three years earlier, the young boss, Kikuchi , who is unwilling to take over from his successor, Hirakawachi , establishes his own gang, the Kikuchi clan.
Maji! 2
1994
NRBased on the novel of the same name by Ayako Sono
青春の構図
1976
NRBased on the novel of the same name by Ayako Sono
青春の構図
1976
NRA musical romance.
Che, Che, Che with Love
1965
No synopsis available yet.
喪失の儀礼
2003
NRNo synopsis available yet.
港町紳士録
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
港町紳士録
1979
6.0Ryoko, a childhood friend who has come to Tokyo to take the nurse's exam, goes missing on the day of the exam, and Maji rushes to find her. ......
Maji! 9: Rage
1998
