Yoshimitsu Morita — Director (22)
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A Desirable Marriage (1991) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
おいしい結婚
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Yoshiko Mita / Yuki Saito …
other title: おいしい結婚 / Happy Wedding
A human drama on the state of marriage today, following the battle between a mother and daughter over her marriage and humorous depictions of the people around them. When Mieko's husband passes away, she hopes to arrange a good marriage for her daughter Non, but things don't go as planned when Non reveals there's already a love interest in her life.
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Abacus and Sword (2010) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
武士の家計簿
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Masato Sakai / Yukie Nakama …
other title: Bushi no Kakeibo / 武士の家計簿
Set during the Meiji Restoration period of Edo era Japan, Naoyuki belongs to the 8th generation of the Inoyama family, a wealthy family known for finance & accounting. He is also a gifted mathematician and uses the abacus with extreme skills. Naoyuki works under the declining Kaga domain. Because of this, Naoyuki and his wife Koma suffer hardships as their stature and wealth dissipates.
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Love and Action in Osaka (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
悲しい色やねん
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Toru Nakamura / Masahiro Takashima …
other title: 悲しい色やねん
Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.
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Kitchen (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
キッチン
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Ayako Kawahara / Keiji Matsuda …
other title: キッチン
Mikage, a young woman who loses her parents when young. She grows up in a lonely household with her grandmother who dies when Mikage reaches adulthood. Grief-stricken, she finds solace in the kitchen.
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24 Hour Playboy (1989) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
愛と平成の色男
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: 石田纯一 / 铃木保奈美 …
other title: 爱与平成之色男 / 愛と平成の色男
Nagashima is a playboy who refuses to be tied down by marriage. Suffering from insomnia recently, he is eager to find a glamorous girl who can make him fall asleep. He leaves his tiresome girlfriend Mari, and soon finds himself trapped in dangerous triple liaisons involving two nightclub hostesses and a dewy-eyed girl. When all three of them start pestering him about marriage, Nagashima makes up his mind to flee…
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Main Theme (1984) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
メイン・テーマ
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: 药师丸博子 / 野村宏伸 …
other title: 我的夏日旅行 / メイン・テーマ …
A kindergarten teacher meets a novice magician and together they travel to another city to find love.
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The Mamiya Brothers (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
間宮兄弟
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: 佐佐木藏之介 / 中岛美雪 …
other title: 间宫兄弟 / 間宮兄弟 …
The main characters are the Mamiya brothers who are living together although they are over 30-years-old. Unconcerned with appearance and reputations, they enjoy their life in their own way. The only concern is the lack of girlfriends. One day, however, a change occurs to their mundane lives. The elder brother, Akinobu (Kuranosuke Sasaki), falls in love with a girl at a video shop. The younger brother, Tetsunobu (Muga Tsukaji), scrambles around to aid his brother achieve love and arranges various dates. The elder brother strives to return the effort, but gets the cold shoulder. The two brothers return to their original lives, continuing with their ordinary, but happy days.
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Something Like It (1981) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
の・ようなもの
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Kumiko Akiyoshi / Katsunobu Ito …
other title: 像那样的东西 / の・ようなもの …
Life seems to be good for Shintoto, an up-and-coming rakugo artist who has just had his first sexual experience at a local brothel. Lucky for him, he gets to date the beautiful sex worker he meets that day, and a younger high school rakugo aficionado is also vying for his attention. But for clumsy, heart-on-his-sleeve Shintoto, life doesn’t stay rosy for long.
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Train Brain Express (2012) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
僕達急行 A列車で行こう
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Kenichi Matsuyama / Eita Nagayama …
other title: 僕達急行 A列車で行こう
Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning careers, but their romantic fortunes do not go as smoothly. Will the awkward Kodama and the indecisive Komachi find the loves of their lives?
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Lost Paradise (1997) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
失楽園
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Koji Yakusho / 黑木瞳 …
other title: 실락원 / 失楽園 …
Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.
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Umineko (2004) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
director: 森田芳光 actor: 伊东美咲 / 佐藤浩市 …
other title: 海猫 / Sea Cat
20世纪80年代中期，位于北海道的寒冷小镇函馆，生活着一个美丽迷人的女子。拥有俄罗斯血统的混血女子野田薰（伊东美咲 饰）肌肤如雪，貌美如花，俨然是这个小镇上一道靓丽夺目的风景。薰和偶然邂逅的渔夫赤木邦一（佐藤浩市 饰）相识相恋，最终远嫁邦一所在的小渔村南芽部，过起了夫唱妇随的渔民生活。
表面平静幸福的生活掩饰不住薰内心的孤独，她和邦一毕竟是两种类型的人，彼此之间的隔阂越来越深。与粗鲁豪放的邦一不同，弟弟广次（仲村亨 饰）温文尔雅，善解人意。在哥哥的婚礼上他已经深深迷上了美丽的薰，此后更见证了兄嫂失败的婚姻。两个失意痛苦的人儿最终结合，但那又是一段注定破灭的爱情……
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Haru (1996) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
（ハル）
8.8 (6 ratings) director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Eri Fukatsu / Seiyo Uchino …
other title: (Haru) / 春天 …
A young Tokyo businessman joins an online movie forum and develops a special bond with one of its members through back and forth e-mails.
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And Then (1985) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
それから
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Yūsaku Matsuda / Miwako Fujitani …
other title: それから / Sorekara
Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family is wealthy and can support his interests. When his friend Hiraoka returns with his wife Michiyo, problems arise.
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Like Asura (2003) [Movie] NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
阿修羅のごとく
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: Shinobu Otake / Hitomi Kuroki …
other title: 阿修羅のごとく
The four Takezawa sisters discover that their father has an illegitimate child so they hire a private detective to investigate.
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Last Christmas (1992) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
未来の想い出
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: 工藤静香 / 清水美沙 …
other title: 未来的回忆 / 未来の想い出 …
Yuko dreams of being a best selling children's author, but as an adult she has made little progress. In her depression, she bonds with Ginko, a roadside fortune teller who has had a tragic love life. Both die the next day but appear 10 years before with their memories intact. Will they choose more wisely or be sunk by new unfulfilling choices between career and romance?
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Keiho (1999) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
39 刑法第三十九条
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: 堤真一 / 铃木京香 …
other title: 刑法第三十九条 / 39 刑法第三十九条 …
The psychiatric evaluation of a young actor arrested for a brutal double murder concludes he may be unfit for trial. Further investigation, however, reveals the crime was a well-planned statement against the section of Japan's criminal code granting diminished responsibility to the mentally impaired.
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Copycat Killer (2002) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB
模倣犯
director: Yoshimitsu Morita actor: 中居正广 / 木村佳乃 …
other title: 模仿犯 / 模倣犯
The story of a criminal who abducts and kills women, and those who try to catch him. Nakai is cast as a cold-blooded, intelligent and evil guy who uses the media to announce and show his murders live to the public.