Toshio Hirata — Director (6)
Phoenix: Yamato Chapter (1987) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
火の鳥 ヤマト編
director: Toshio Hirata actor: Hiromi Tsuru / Kazuhiko Inoue
other title: The Phoenix - Yamato Chapter / Phenix : Yamato
The story of a young prince and young princess from opposing tribes, as they struggle to deal with their lives and the hardship brought on by their position in their respective families.
Fair, then Partly Piggy (1988) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
はれときどきぶた
other title: はれときどきぶた
Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an effort to astonish her, he begins writing outlandish lies about a giant snake in the bathroom, cooking pencils for dinner, and a rain of pigs, but Noriyasu is the one who's shocked when his writings play out in reality and everyone else treats the events as normal. Things become even more chaotic when he takes several stabs at being a newspaperman, producing “fake news” that become the talk of the town and one resulting in an apocalyptic porcine holiday.
Hisashi Eguchi's It Will All Work Out! (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
江口寿史のなんとかなるでショ!
director: Yuu Kou / Hiroshi Hamasaki actor: Akira Kamiya / Asami Mukaidono
other title: 江口寿史のなんとかなるでショ!
Adapted from the manga of the same name by Hisashi Eguchi, and directed by Minoru Kawasaki and Rintaro, this is a series of random skits featuring anime, live action, and puppet show segments, exploring love, sex, death and many other sometimes controversial subjects.
Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
小さな恋のものがたり チッチとサリー初恋の四季
director: Toshio Hirata actor: Toshio Furukawa / Tsukasa Itou
other title: 小さな恋のものがたり チッチとサリー初恋の四季
Ogawa Chiiko (Chitchi to her friends) is a vertically-challenged high school student. She's only 132 cm tall (4' 4"), and she's frequently teased by her classmates, except for her loyal friend Tonko. Chitchi's problems are compounded when she falls hopelessly in love with one of the most popular boys in her school, the 6-foot-tall Murakami Satoshi (Sally to his friends). Chitchi succeeds in becoming Sally's friend - he thinks of her as a kind of mascot - but she aspires to be something more. She follows him to his clubs, arranges similar vacations, and pursues her quest from the opening of school in the spring to spring of the following year. She experiences the joys and agonies of first love, while all too keenly aware that she is stuck, despite Tonko's encouragement and help, in Sally's "friend zone."
The Golden Bird (1987) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
グリム童話 金の鳥
director: Toshio Hirata actor: Katsue Miwa / Joji Yanami
other title: Cuentos de Grimm: El pájaro dorado / グリム童話 金の鳥
"Kin no Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The King orders his three sons to guard the apples in turn and to find out who is the thief. When the youngest son, Hans, presents a feather that he got from the golden bird that stole the apple the king sends his three sons to bring this bird to him and so Hans' journey begins.
Bobby's Girl (1985) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
ボビーに首ったけ
director: 平田敏夫 actor: 野村宏伸
other title: 回首再见她 / ボビーに首ったけ
Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of himself on a road trip printed in a motorcyclist hobby magazine. When he gets a letter from a girl his age, he decides to write her back.