Izo Hashimoto

Izo Hashimoto

Birth : 1954-02-21, Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

History

Writer, director, and artist.

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Izo Hashimoto

Movies

Cold
Director
Genius scientist Kikuo Himura (Yosuke Kubozuka) succeeds in developing a miracle cure for the cold virus. There are now people who are after Kikuo Himura's cold vaccine. Doctor Ichinose (Akira Emoto) is jealous of Kikuo Himura and tries to get the formula which is only in Kikuo Himura's head. Dougen (Chris Peppler) is a high-ranking member of a secret organization. Him and his subordinate try to get the vaccine source by any means necessary. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman, Sakurako (Manami Konishi) approaches Kikuo Himura.
Shamo
Screenplay
Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer.
Shamo
Story
Ryo Narushima is a student who has served prison time for killing his parents. Once he is released, he trains to become a professional kick-boxer.
Oh! My Zombie Mermaid
Writer
A pro wrestler is forced to participate on a wrestling reality show to win a new home and restore his wife, who is infected with a mermaid virus.
Pistol Opera
Writer
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
The Guys from Paradise
Screenplay
Set in the Philippines, Takashi Miike’s “The Guys from Paradise” weaves together the stories of several real-life criminal cases. Young up-and-coming salary man Kohei Hayakawa is sent to Paradise prison on false drug charges, and assumes his lawyers will clear up this misunderstanding fairly quickly. However, he soon comes to the realization that his innocence means less than how much bribe money he’s able to come up with for his release. It becomes apparent that Kohei is going to have to get to know his fellow inmates a little better, as he’s obviously in this situation for the long haul; but meeting a female inmate from a nearby jail certainly makes his transition to the criminal life a little easier to take.
Embalming
Screenplay
Young female embalmer Miyako is called in to restore the body of a young man who has committed suicide, before the funeral. While performing the embalming process she finds herself pricks by a needle buried deep in the boy’s flesh where it should not be. During the night the head is removed from the body and stolen, Miyako begins a desperate search for it so she can finish her work. Miyako search finds her encountering organ harvesting, religious cults, incest, psychopathic schizophrenics as well as some very dark secrets from here own past.
Azami The Punisher
Screenplay
Azami spends her days as a tattoo artist who's in charge of her own parlor, but she also has another side. She is the punisher of evils that have gone beyond the usual laws of society. A former Miss Japan, Naoko Kamishirato, tattooed and nude in provocative scenes in her first starring role...
Black Jack 3: Black Mirror Image
Screenplay
Blackjack's surgery was to save Dr. Summit, a surgeon infected with a mysterious infectious disease. However, there appears Dr. Kiriko, who demands extraordinary money like Black Jack, but undertakes euthanasia instead of treatment.
Black Jack 2: Pinoko I Love You
Screenplay
A difficult request brought to the unlicensed genius surgeon Black Jack. It was supposed to be born as twins, but it was an operation to separate what had been taken into another body. The second in a series depicting the episode of the birth of Pinoko.
Black Jack
Screenplay
Tatsumi, a young doctor who works at Teito University Hospital, will be witnessing the operation of Black Jack, who does not have a doctor's license. Osamu Tezuka's comic of the same name was made into a series with an original video.
陽炎2
Screenplay
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
陽炎2
Director
An entertainment drama depicting the conflict of yakuza, centering on the female torso and her sister's feud.
Teito Monogatari Gaiden
Director
In 1995, a mental hospital is erected near the Japanese Ministry of Finance, located adjacent to the grave of Taira no Masakado. A young male nurse by the name of Jin’ya Yanase is obsessed with the legend of Taira no Masakado and more importantly, the spirit of his evil subordinate Yasunori Kato. Slowly, he becomes possessed by Kato's spirit, who wants to use him as a new host to revive in the modern world. Keiko Tatsumiya (the heroine of the original story), is an old woman living homeless on the streets of Tokyo. When she senses the presence of Yasunori Kato, she must regain her resolve to face the demon-god and vanquish his spirit once and for all.
Gontakure
Screenplay
A Yakuza comedy.
Shoot!
Screenplay
The Golden Trio of junior high school soccer players, Toshi, Kenji and Kazu, enroll at the new Kakegawa High School merely because they want to play with Kubo, the legendary player who learned his superb soccer techniques in Germany and who helped the Kakegawa team, which then consisted of freshmen only, win eight place in the all-Japan....
Driving High!
Writer
Kaoru is a former racing driver who retired two years ago. She is invited by her brother Saburo to return to Team Alesis, which he owns, as a B driver. However, the mechanics don't think it's a good idea for Kaoru, a woman, to be driving, and their relationship becomes awkward.
Driving High!
Director
Kaoru is a former racing driver who retired two years ago. She is invited by her brother Saburo to return to Team Alesis, which he owns, as a B driver. However, the mechanics don't think it's a good idea for Kaoru, a woman, to be driving, and their relationship becomes awkward.
Puru Puru Angelic Holiday
Director
A fantasy comedy in which Fumie Hosokawa and Ai Iijima play angels. The angel Elle arrives on earth completely naked. She had escaped from heaven to fall in love with a human man on earth. Pure and unpredictable, she attempts her first adventures on Earth one after another, taking care of her pure white feathers that rot if she stays on Earth for more than seven days. However, when God notices Elle's escape, he gives Hirolin, another angel, a "space transfer device" and tries to bring her back to heaven.
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Writer
A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive and successful reporter friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
Evil Dead Trap 2: Hideki
Director
A female projectionist is haunted by the image of a small boy while a killer prowls the city. The projectionist's relationship with her attractive and successful reporter friend drives the plot deeper into insanity.
Ibu wa hatsukoi no yō ni
Screenplay
An office lady (Yasuko Tomita) who has a bitter memory of Christmas Eve breaks up with her affair partner (Shoji Sadaoka) and finds a new love.
Black Princess 2 Flame Target
Screenplay
A female detective realises that the construction company corruption case was not guilty... there was an evil mastermind behind it!
cf Girl
Writer
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.
cf Girl
Director
The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Takashi Kitajima.
Strawberry Times: Sugiura Miyuki no kojin kyōju
Writer
Lucky Sky Diamond
Director
Japanese gore horror film, often sold as an unofficial "Guinea Pig" sequel.
The Peacock King
Writer
Coerced by the evil Witch Raga, Ashura, the Hell Virgin, attempts to unlock the four Earth holes that lead to the Gates of Hell. Together, Raga aims to control the Earth. However, two monks skilful in magical powers set off on a journey to the cities to obstruct Ashura from unlocking the gates and stop Raga. Otherwise, not only will control of the Earth be at stake, but the King of Hell will resurrect and darkness will overcome the world.
Akira
Screenplay
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.
High School Agent
Screenplay
Teenager Kanemori Kousuke is a secret agent for the international VN spy network. Using his computer hacking skills, he tracks international criminals. Later he goes after Neo-Nazis to the Arctic were they try to raise a U-boat with a sinister secret.
Sukeban Deka the Movie 2: Counter-Attack of the Kazama Sisters
Screenplay
After the events of the previous film, the 17 years-old Sukeban Deka III, Yui Kazama, works for the Juvenile Security Bureau along with her older sisters Yuka and Yuma. This organization is led by politician Kuraudo Sekin, who fights juvenile crime in heavy-handed manners, to the extent to equip his student agents with triple-bladed yo-yo weapons. However, when Sekin's methods become too zealous, Yui quits the bureau and refuses to undertake undercover missions for them. It is soon discovered that Sekin's actual goal is to overthrow the Japanese government, and the Kazama sisters, along with a gang of young outcasts, have to stop him.
TO-Y
Screenplay
GASP is a popular alternative band. Conflict arises when the lead singer To-Y is offered a pop idol contract that stipulates he leave the rest of the band behind.
The West Tako Cheerleaders
Screenplay
A boy seeks manhood in joining his school’s militaristic cheer squad.
The West Tako Cheerleaders
Director
A boy seeks manhood in joining his school’s militaristic cheer squad.
TWD Express: Rolling Takeoff
Screenplay
A crew of space cargo workers rescue a beautiful android and land themselves in trouble thereby.
The Drifting Classroom
Writer
An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.
Dream Dimension Gentleman
Writer
When a strange group of men attempt to kidnap Atsuko Fukune, a dancer at a club, she seeks the help of Mamiya Mugen, a famous detective - who also happens to be a child. When it turns out that other girls have gone missing, Mamiya, with the help of his butler Alucard, springs into action to solve the mystery.
Sukeban Deka: The Movie
Screenplay
After the events of the TV series, the 18 year old Yoko Godai has abandoned her special agent Saki Asamiya name to return to her normal life, and is now studying for college entrance exams. However, she accidentally bumps into a young man named Kazuo Hagiwara trying to escape from a group of hitmen, and learns that he comes from Sanko Academy, a private school located in a remote island known as Hell's Castle. The school is ruled by a former revolutionary thought to be dead named Hattori who is trying to brainwash students into terrorists to help him stage a fascist coup d'etat in Japan.
Namadori kaikin tour: Mushirareta bikini
Screenplay
Film by Seiji Izumi, 1985 with Seijo-tai aka Saints aka 聖女隊 (Eri, Mai, Ami). A trio of Japanese adult film actresses, who individually went under the names Mai (真衣), Eri (恵理) and Ami (亜美). Enjoy the tropical paradise of Saipan with the local Beach Boys!
Barrow Gang BC
Screenplay
Film about a pirate radio station.
Computer Wars ISAMI
Writer
Independent scifi film by Izo Hashimoto.
Computer Wars ISAMI
Director
Independent scifi film by Izo Hashimoto.