Sho Aikawa Filmography

Occupation:: Actor, Story Editor, Screenwriter

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Eiga: Kurosagi

Actors: Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horkita, Sho Aikawa, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Koji Kato

Synopsis: Based on the popular manga, Eiga: Kurosagi stars Tomohisa Yamashita as Kurosaki, a con artist who only prays on other swindlers, playing criminals at their own game. As a young boy, Kurosagi's family was destroyed at the merciless hands of swindlers, and now he's made it his life's mission to act Read More

2008
Zebraman

Actors: Sho Aikawa, Kyoka Suzuki, Teruyoshi Uchimura, Yui Ichikawa

Synopsis: A nebbish father and schoolteacher finds the courage to face both his personal issues and a horde of invading aliens after assuming the guise of an unpopular television superhero in maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike's warmhearted comedy. Nice guy Shinichi (Sho Aikawa) just can't seem to Read More

8/17/07
Like a Dragon

Actors: Kazuki Kitamura, Goro Kishitani, Yoo Gong, Natsuo, Sho Aikawa

Synopsis: Cult Japanese director Takashi Miike draws inspiration from the popular Playstation 2 title Yakuza for this unhinged tale of underworld violence in Tokyo starring Goro Kishitani and Kazuki Kitamura. It's summertime in Tokyo, and as the temperature rises, two undercover cops stake out a Read More

2007
Pulse

Actors: Haruhiko Kato, Kumiko Aso, Koyuki, Kurume Arisaka, Masatoshi Matsuo

Synopsis: As one of the most cutting-edge Japanese filmmakers, Kiyoshi Kurosawa once again wraps a lowbrow, much-maligned genre -- in this case horror flicks (which were the rage in Japan at the time of this release) -- around some decidedly highbrow philosophical concepts. At the film's outset, Michi (Kumiko Aso Read More

11/9/05
Gozu

Actors: Hideki Sone, Sho Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Shohei Hino, Keiko Tomita

Synopsis: At a yakuza gathering, Ozaki (Shô Aikawa of the Dead or Alive films) unsettles the boss (Renji Ishibashi) when he claims a small dog outside the restaurant is a "yakuza attack dog" and viciously smashes it to death. Minami (Hideki Sone) is assigned to drive the apparently unstable Ozaki to a Read More

7/11/03
Kinyu Hamestru Nippon: Togenkyo no Hitobito

Actors: Yu Tokui, Shiro Sano, Sho Aikawa, Maro Akaji, Midoriko Kimura, Shigeru Muroi

Synopsis: Prolific cult director Takashi Miike adapts Yuji Aoki's popular comic book into this black comedy about the life of a humble businessman struggling to stay afloat during Japan's economic doldrums. The film opens with the bankruptcy of a big Osaka supermarket chain. The news hits a family run Read More

2002
Dead or Alive: Final

Actors: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa

Synopsis: DragonBall Z meets Blade Runner meets a William S. Burroughs head trip in this hallucinogenic sci-fi flick directed by Takashi Miike. It is set in the year 2346 in the city-state of Yokohama, which has become thoroughly sinocized in the intervening 300 years. People speak a mishmash of Japanese Read More

2002
Jtisuroku Ando-Gumi Gaiden: Garou no Okite

Actors: Noboru Ando, Sho Aikawa, Hiroyuki Watanabe

Synopsis: Noboru Ando is a cinematic icon in Japanese film -- a real-life crime boss who became a wildly popular star of yakuza flicks. Now in his twilight years, the old rogue is featured in this film sporting an elegant grey kimono and reminiscing about his notorious past, in particular, the short life of Read More

2002
Shin Jinginaki Tatakai

Actors: Etsushi Toyokawa, Tomoyasu Hotei, Sho Aikawa, Ittoku Kishibe, Koichi Sato

Synopsis: Two old friends on opposite sides of the law are brought together under dangerous circumstances in a taut gangland drama from Japan. Kaneo and Chan-ryon are two men who grew up rough on the streets of Okinawa; when Kaneo accidentally burned down the office of a local crime boss, Chan-ryon saved Read More

2000
Dead or Alive 2: The Birds

Actors: Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi

Synopsis: In spite of its title, this film bares no direct relation to Takashi Miike's rip-roarin' Dead or Alive, which is not surprising since ended with world going up in flames in the last installment. This film opens with Mizuki (Sho Aikawa), who is hired by an eccentric magic enthusiast (Tsukamoto Read More

2000
Dead or Alive

Actors: Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa, Renji Ishibashi

Synopsis: Takashi Miike takes a dime-a-dozen yakuza script and turns it inside out in this high-octane surrealist crime action thriller. The film's first ten minutes is a breathless montage depicting a naked woman clutching a bag of cocaine being thrown off a high-rise, a porcine Chinese gangster devouring Read More

2000
Hebi no Michi

Actors: Sho Aikawa, Teruyuki Kagawa

Synopsis: When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks, on a low budget and using the same cast, the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both Spider's Gaze and Serpent's Path are gangster films about the desire for revenge, and Read More

1999
Kumo No Hitomi

Actors: Sho Aikawa, Dankan, Ren Osugi, Shun Sugata, Susumu Terajima

Synopsis: When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks, on a low budget and using the same cast, the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both Spider's Gaze and Serpent's Path are gangster films about the desire for revenge, and Read More

1999
The Eel

Actors: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu

Synopsis: Veteran filmmaker and perennial iconoclast Shohei Imamura directs this darkly comic tale about love, redemption, and a man's beloved pet eel. The film opens with Takuro Yamashita (Koji Yakusho), a seemingly normal salaryman, learning that his wife might be having an affair. When he catches the Read More

9/18/98
License To Live

Actors: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Koji Yakusho, Shun Sugata, Lily, Kumiko Aso

Synopsis: In a departure from his acclaimed horror films Cure (1997) and Charisma (1998), Kiyoshi Kurosawa's License to Live is a gentle family melodrama that doubles as a meditation on personal identity. The film focuses on Yutaka (Hidetoshi Nishijima), the victim of an ugly car accident who suddenly Read More

1998
Onibi

Actors: Yoshio Harada, Reiko Kataoka, Sho Aikawa, Yasushi Kitamura, Ryuji Minakami

Synopsis: Veteran actor Yoshio Harada stars as world-weary gangster Noriyasu Kunihiro in this shaded character study by way of a two-fisted yakuza drama. The film opens with Kunihiro getting out of stir and praying at the grave of his former boss. He is fed up with the mobster life and aware that another Read More

1997
Blood Reign: Curse of the Yoma

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A lone warrior sets off to avenge the deaths of his lover and close friends. Two major challenges await him: His newfound foe was his former comrade-in-arms, and, more importantly, his former comrade-in-arms is a zombie. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: A youthful female ninja is aided by two swordsmen, who fight with her to help save her homeland. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Dog Soldier: Shadows of the Past

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: This Japanese animation film (not for viewing by children) focuses on a former special-forces commando, who is recruited by the government to retrieve a super-virus from the hands of a crime overlord. The film appears in Japanese with English subtitles. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

1989
Yotoden - Chronicle of the Warlord Period, Chapter II: Demon's Cry

Crew: Screenwriter

1988
Yotoden - Chronicle of the Warlord Period, Chapter III: Flames of Anger

Crew: Screenwriter

1988
Martian Successor Nadesico: Episode 11: Finding Yourself in a Routine Plot

Crew: Story Editor
Martian Successor Nadesico: Episode 12: Those Unforgettable Days

Crew: Story Editor
Martian Successor Nadesico: Episode 07

Crew: Story Editor
Martian Successor Nadesico: Episode 03

Crew: Story Editor
Martian Successor Nadesico: Episode 15: The Significant Other From A Star Far Away

Crew: Story Editor