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Junji Sakamoto is a Director, Scriptwriter, Editor and Art Direction Japonais born on 1 october 1958 at Sakai City (Japon)
Junji Sakamoto (阪本 順治, Sakamoto Junji, born October 1, 1958 in Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese film director.
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Junji Sakamoto
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Junji Sakamoto a fait ses études à l'université nationale de Yokohama.Usually with
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The Human Trust (2013)
, 2h20Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Koichi Sato, Mirai Moriyama, Alisa Mizuki, Shingo Katori, Tatsuya Nakadai, Vincent Gallo
Rating53%
In 2014, Yuichi Mafune (Kōichi Satō), a confidence man, is hired by "M" (Shingo Katori) to steal 10 trillion yen from the M Fund and use it for humanitarian assistance to the Third World. Harold Marcus (Vincent Gallo), an investment banker, sends Osamu Endo (Yoo Ji-tae), an assassin, to stop them.
Someday (2011)
, 1h33Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Yoshio Harada, Michiyo Okusu, Ittoku Kishibe, Koichi Sato, Takako Matsu, Eita
Rating68%
Zatoichi: The Last (2010)
, 2h12Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shingo Katori, Satomi Ishihara, Takashi Sorimachi, Chieko Baishō, Seishirō Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai
Rating51%
The films starts with young Ichi's wife (Satomi Ishihara) being murdered by Toraji (Sosuke Takaoka), the cowardly art loving son of a yakuza boss. Following her death, Ichi (Shingo Katori) returns to his hometown, where he hopes to resume a normal life under the guise of farmer with his friend Ryuji (Takashi Sorimachi). However, the same group of yakuza plan to change Ichi's hometown into a harbor, and start exploiting local peasants for money. Ryuji's land deeds are taken and ransomed at a high price, so Ichi uses his gambling skills to win the money for the deeds. This unveils his identity as the infamous Zato Ichi which the Yakuza don't like and burn down the house. The villagers draft a Tanran scroll to present to a passing official asking for assistance. However having Zato Ichi, a wanted criminal, in the village would not work in their favor so they devise a plan to dispose of him. They give him a blank scroll to "deliver" to the officials and lead him on a dangerous path sending the yakuza after him. However, he realizes it is the wrong path and makes it to the officials. His betrayal is revealed when he shows the blank scroll to the officials and they are insulted and leave. Ichi takes the responsibility of getting rid of the yakuza on himself, going to the yakuza headquarters and killing the boss. However he is shot by Toraji and stabbed by one of the Yakuza minions. Crawling on hands and feet he goes to the beach where he presumably dies reuniting with his wife in the next life.
Strangers in the City (2010)
, 2h3Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Toru Nakamura, Manami Konishi, Nao Minamisawa, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Renji Ishibashi, Shun Sugata
Rating53%
Children of the Dark (2008)
, 2h18Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia
Actors Yōsuke Eguchi, Aoi Miyazaki, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Koichi Sato, Kōsuke Toyohara, Sawa Suzuki
Rating63%
Aegis (2005)
, 2h6Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Hiroyuki Sanada, Koichi Sato, Akira Terao, Kiichi Nakai, Chae Min-seo, Shōsuke Tanihara
Rating55%
My House (2003)
, 1h55Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Alisa Mizuki, Claude Maki, Ittoku Kishibe
Rating68%
KT (2002)
, 2h10Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Koichi Sato, Kim Kap-soo, Choi Il-hwa, Choi Il-hwa, Yoshio Harada, Ken Mitsuishi
Rating61%
The story is centered on Masuo Tomita, a Japanese intelligence officer who helped arrange for South Korean agents to kidnap and try to kill Park Chung-hee's enemy Kim Dae-jung, who was in exile in Tokyo. Tomita went along with the plan to save a South Korean teacher Lee Jeong-mi, whom he loved.
Face (2000)
, 2h3Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Actors Naomi Fujiyama, Michiyo Okusu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Riho Makise, Jun Kunimura, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
Rating68%
Sullen and withdrawn 'ugly' elder sister Masako toils endlessly with mending chores in her widowed mother's dry cleaning shop, seething with hatred for her flashy younger sister Yukari, who visits only for free laundry service. When mother dies and Yukari persists in her abuse, Masako cracks and strangles her. She flees and takes a number of identities and odd jobs, meeting people as she goes. To her surprise Masako finds people in general to be kind and helpful (although she's sexually abused more than once) and she blossoms as a personality, even to the extent of becoming a popularly liked bar hostess like her murdered sister.
Another Battle (2000)
, 1h49Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Yakuza films, Gangster films
Actors Etsushi Toyokawa, Tomoyasu Hotei, Shō Aikawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Koichi Sato, Seizō Fukumoto
Rating65%
While the film is a remake of the original Battles Without Honor and Humanity series, it has no direct similarities. Set in Osaka, it focuses on former childhood friends Kadoya Kaneo (Etsushi Toyokawa) and Tochino Masatatsu (Tomoyasu Hotei) as their lives cross paths again. Kaneo is now a yakuza member, while Masatatsu is a nightclub owner with a distaste for crime gangs. When a yakuza boss dies, a struggle for his position takes place between Kaneo's boss Awano (Ittoku Kishibe) and the young Nakahira (Kōichi Satō). Nakahira's men try to extort money from Masatatsu, bringing him in between a yakuza battle.
Tokarev (1994)
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Action
Actors Koichi Sato, Jun Kunimura, Yōji Tanaka
Rating61%
L'enfant d'un chauffeur d'autobus scolaire est kidnappé et assassiné. Il consacre ensuite sa vie à traquer et à tuer les auteurs à l'aide d'un pistolet Tokarev qu'il a trouvée sous un distributeur automatique.
Check (1991)
, 1h42Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama
Actors Masaya Katō, Reona Hirota, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Nobuo Kaneko, Masatō Ibu, Jun Kunimura
Rating64%
Tekken (1990)
, 2h8Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Actors Bunta Sugawara, Yoshio Harada, Toshiya Fujita, Masato Hagiwara, Hajime Hana
Rating49%
The plot centers around a young ex-prisoner who takes up boxing ("Tekken" is Japanese for "iron fist").
Knockout (1989)
Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Haruko Sagara, Yoshio Harada, Akaji Maro, Takeshi Masu
Rating67%
Scriptwriter
The Human Trust (2013)
, 2h20Directed by Junji Sakamoto
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Koichi Sato, Mirai Moriyama, Alisa Mizuki, Shingo Katori, Tatsuya Nakadai, Vincent Gallo
Rating53%
In 2014, Yuichi Mafune (Kōichi Satō), a confidence man, is hired by "M" (Shingo Katori) to steal 10 trillion yen from the M Fund and use it for humanitarian assistance to the Third World. Harold Marcus (Vincent Gallo), an investment banker, sends Osamu Endo (Yoo Ji-tae), an assassin, to stop them.