Akira Ishihara

Películas

Sex and Fury
Production Design
Ochô, una muchacha de la era Meiji, presencia el asesinato de su padre, y años después lleva a cabo su venganza, teniendo tres cartas ensangrentadas como única pista para encontrar a los culpables. Ese mismo año se rodó la secuela, "Female Yakuza Tale".
Modern Lady Gambler
Production Design
Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets Tatsumi, a raising star in the Horikawa Family. She quickly falls in love with him and his yakuza lifstyle. But when Tatsumi is chosen to but the next Boss of the family, his jealous sworn brother Morito kills him with the help of a mysterious man behind the scenes. Now Fujiko becomes a Bakuto, a wandering yakuza gambler, and once again, walks the bloody path of vengence...
Bloodiest Flower
Production Design
A dramatic captivating tale tells of widowed Tei (Junko Fuji), she has become a coalmine operator and is determined to be successful despite mining being a predominately male domain. Overcoming the natural hardships, a more serious threat to Tei and her mine, the menacing presence of rival mining gangs who sense her vulnerability... Nihon jokyo-den:ketto midarw-bana is an outstanding drama, highlighted by wonderful characterizations/performances. Yamashita's excellent direction maintains a rich emotional flow from the opening seconds to the last. Intense and bloody encounters punctuate throughout the engaging multi layered tale!
The Silk Hat Boss 2
Art Direction
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
Prison Tales
Art Direction
A Gambler's Certain Death
Art Direction
Part 7 in the Gambling Den series. This time Koji Tsuruta is a gambler who feels sympathetic towards a woman whose naive husband is driven to a debt trap by a rotten gambling den owner (Tatsuo Endo) and his dishonest card dealer (Isamu Nagato). The plot is standard stuff and features too much talk, but there's also a decent balance between melodrama and lyricism in the form and storytelling. Tsuruta was a perfect fit for these kind of roles, with the stoic and emotional sides nicely mixed in his screen persona.
Brothers Serving Time
Art Direction
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruffians. Prison, however, introduces them to plenty of gangland characters and three years later, they’re out of prison and enmeshed in the yakuza world.
Lady Yakuza Red Peony Gambler 2: Gambler's Obligation
Art Direction
Oryu, más conocida como la Peonia Roja, es una mujer que viajó hasta encontrar a los asesinos de su padre, que era un jefe de un clan yakuza. Está de invitada en un clan dode le han tomado mucho aprecio. En la ciudad, el usurero, de un clan rival, está poniendo las condiciones de trabajo para los civiles cada vez más dificiles. Cuando finalmente salta la guerra de clanes y los rivales se hacen con el poder la Peonia Roja lucha por restaurar el orden y vengar a los inocentes.