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.
| Directing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Director |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Screenplay |
| Production | Lorenzo Pegoraro | Producer |
| Writing | Giuseppe Mangione | Original Story |
| Writing | Gaspare Cataldo | Story |
| Writing | Gaspare Cataldo | Screenplay |
| Writing | Luigi Filippo D'Amico | Story |
| Writing | Ugo Guerra | Story |
| Writing | Ugo Guerra | Screenplay |
| Directing | Alberto De Martino | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Paola Pegoraro | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Aldo Pomilia | Line Producer |
| Production | Felice D'Alisera | Unit Manager |
| Production | Totò Mignone | Unit Manager |
| Production | Rodolfo Martello | Unit Manager |
| Production | Franco Rispoli | Production Secretary |
| Production | Lucio Trentini | Production Secretary |
| Camera | Maurizio Scanzani | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mario Sbrenna | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Dario Micheli | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ingrid Mignone | Costume Design |
| Sound | Franco Groppioni | Sound |
| Sound | Silvio Santoloce | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Guido Felicioni | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gaetano Capogrosso | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Fava | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clara Politi | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Enzo Amato | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Sound | Bruno Moreal | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Alfio Contini | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Teo Usuelli | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jolanda Benvenuti | Editor |
| Art | Carlo Egidi | Production Design |
