In Italië worden een Japans meisje en een Italiaan verliefd op elkaar. Ze hebben een bloeiende verhouding maar allengs steken culturele verschillen de kop op. Zo wordt de Italiaanse macho man publiekelijk in de ring verslagen door zijn verloofde, die de judosport wat beter onder de knie heeft.
Nee, helaas is Akiko nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Lorenzo Pegoraro | Producer |
| Directing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Director |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ugo Guerra | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Mignone | Costume Design |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Story |
| Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Felice D'Alisera | Unit Manager |
| Production | Lucio Trentini | Production Secretary |
| Art | Dario Micheli | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Writing | Ugo Guerra | Screenplay |
| Camera | Mario Sbrenna | Assistant Camera |
| Production | Aldo Pomilia | Line Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Fava | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Giuseppe Mangione | Original Story |
| Sound | Franco Groppioni | Sound |
| Sound | Silvio Santoloce | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Alberto De Martino | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Totò Mignone | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gaetano Capogrosso | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enzo Amato | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Paola Pegoraro | Script Supervisor |
| Writing | Gaspare Cataldo | Story |
| Writing | Gaspare Cataldo | Screenplay |
| Production | Franco Rispoli | Production Secretary |
| Production | Rodolfo Martello | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Guido Felicioni | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clara Politi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Teo Usuelli | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Alfio Contini | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jolanda Benvenuti | Editor |
| Art | Carlo Egidi | Production Design |
