Kaori Momoi — Actor (34)
Crossfire (2000) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
クロスファイア
director: Shusuke Kaneko actor: Akiko Yada / Kaori Momoi
other title: Pyrokinesis / クロスファイア
Junko was born with a type of ESP called pyrokinesis which she can use to incinerate anyone and anything at will. Junko is secretly in love with Kazuki, a young man who works with her. His sister is killed and a boy named Masaki suspected but the police don't arrest him. Junko tells Kazuki about her powers and takes revenge.
Tadon and Chikuwa (1998) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
たどんとちくわ
director: Jun Ichikawa actor: Koji Yakusho / Hiroyuki Sanada
other title: たどんとちくわ / Tadon And Chikuwa
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.
No More Easy Life (1979) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
もう頬づえはつかない
director: Yōichi Higashi actor: Kaori Momoi / Eiji Okuda
other title: もう頬づえはつかない / Mo hozue wa tsukanai
Mariko is living the life of a typical Japanese college student in the 70's, spending far more of her time balancing boyfriends and part-time jobs than on her schoolwork. She finds herself torn between a former boyfriend who's the tough, insensitive-but-sexy, type, and a new acquaintance who's more sensitive to her feelings, but who still acts childishly selfish at times. Will she choose one of them, or decide to go her own way?
Tomorrow (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
TOMORROW 明日
director: Kazuo Kuroki actor: Kaori Momoi / Kaho Minami
other title: Der Tag davor / TOMORROW 明日
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
The Yen Family (1988) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
木村家の人びと
director: Yojiro Takita actor: Takeshi Kaga / Kaori Momoi
other title: 木村家の人びと / Kimurake no Hitobito
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
I Never Shot Anyone (2020) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
一度も撃ってません
other title: 一度も撃ってません
Renji Ishibashi, starring in the movie for the first time in 18 years, plays a hero with two faces, a dull novelist and a legendary killer. Susumu Ichikawa, an obsolete writer with no manuscript at all, had another face - a legendary hitman. But the truth of the matter is... he had never shot a person. One day, he receives a murder request from a friend. Seeing this as an opportunity to achieve the ideal hard-boiled novel, he decides to hire a real hitman and demands that he report to him the assassination situation as it was.
Ready to Shoot (1990) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
われに撃つ用意あり
director: Kōji Wakamatsu actor: Yoshio Harada / Kaori Momoi
other title: われに撃つ用意あり / Ware ni Utsu Yōi Ari
A middle-aged man discovers an injured refugee woman trembling in the corner of his bar in Kabukicho. He quickly becomes aware that her life is in his hands when he learns she is hiding from the yakuza.
Hawaiian Dream (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
ハワイアン・ドリーム
other title: ハワイアン・ドリーム
Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves, but they are in a foreign land where they don't speak the language well. When they get busted by the chief of police, they're forced to make a deal and and help get a local crime boss masquerading as a benevolent celebrity arrested.
READY! LADY (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
レディ! レディ READY! LADY
director: Kei Ota actor: Hiroko Yakushimaru / Kaori Momoi
other title: レディ! レディ READY! LADY / Ready! Lady
Ryoko, a free-spirited 23-year-old woman, quits her job after being caught having an affair with a co-worker and finds herself on the street. She comes to Tokyo, relying on her aunt Moeko, a career woman who works as a manager at a major city bank. The two, who have completely different personalities, quarrel constantly whenever they see each other.
A Giant Monster Appears in Tokyo (1998) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
大怪獣東京に現わる
other title: 大怪獣東京に現わる / Daikaijū Tōkyō ni arawaru
A large, dinosaur-like monster has risen from Tokyo Bay and attacked the city. As the government collapses into chaos, the people of a rural town in Fukui Prefecture, from whose perspective we see the entire movie, watch as the events unfold on TV. Some decide to run for their lives, some take it as a sign of the apocalypse, some go completely crazy, but most of the townspeople wait and watch, and wonder where the monster will head next.
Eijanaika (1981) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
ええじゃないか
other title: Pourquoi pas ? / Eijanaika (Qué más da)
The film depicts carnivalesque atmosphere summed up by the cry "Ei ja nai ka" ("Why not?") in Japan in 1867 and 1868 in the days leading to the Meiji Restoration. It examines the effects of the political and social upheaval of the time, and culminates in a revelrous march on the Tokyo Imperial Palace, which turns into a massacre. Characteristically, Imamura focuses not on the leaders of the country, but on characters in the lower classes and on the fringes of society.
Lost Lovers (1971) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb
あらかじめ失われた恋人たちよ
director: 清水邦夫 / 田原総一朗 actor: 石橋蓮司 / 桃井かおり
other title: 恋人怎么了 / あらかじめ失われた恋人たちよ
A rebel youth joins a duo of entertainers only able to communicate by gesturing; when the female performer is suddenly abducted, he and Takeru must take action.
I'm No Angel (1977) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData Douban IMDb
僕は天使ぢゃないよ
director: Morio Agata actor: Morio Agata / Tadanori Yokoo
other title: 僕は天使ぢゃないよ / Boku wa tenshi ja naiyo
A young couple lives together in a small apartment and struggles to keep their relationship together, despite inertia and financial hardship. Based on the comic Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi.
Kidnapping Blues (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
キッドナップ・ブルース
director: Shinpei Asai actor: Tamori / Mai Yamato
other title: キッドナップ・ブルース
A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man does not intend to be a kidnapper – he asks the girl to phone her mother and tell her she's with him. During their trip they meet various people, but they always must continue on, lest the man be arrested.