Akira Terao — Actor (3)
The Village (1975) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
同胞
director: Yoji Yamada actor: Chieko Baisho / Akira Terao
other title: 同胞
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and, being that they are farmers and always busy and not rich, question the wisdom and feasibility of such an idea. A spokesperson for the acting troupe Ms. Kono lays out the whole thing and they must decide. You get little slices of rural life in Japan far, at least in sentiment, from Tokyo. The best thing about this film is that it has heart. The acting is good, but it is really about the simple storyline of outing on a show. Films rarely get made with such simplistic plots these days. Enjoy this little slice of what city people call “the simple life”.
Darkness in the Light (2001) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
日本の黒い夏 [冤enzai罪]
director: Kei Kumai actor: Kiichi Nakai / Akira Terao
other title: L'Été noir au Japon / 日本の黒い夏 [冤enzai罪]
A middle-aged salaryman with a typical family, living quietly in a provincial city (Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture), wakes up one morning in the summer of 1994 to find himself the prime suspect in the biggest mass-murder case of the decade.