His movie Nungshithel (English: Abode of Love) was aired on Doordarshan Kendra Imphal as a four-episode teleplay.
[citation needed] Amakcham embarked on a journey into the world of performing arts, right after his graduation in 1981 from Dhanamanjuri College, Imphal.
His career in movies started with Sanakhya Ibotombi's 1986 film Iche Sakhi, where he got a chance to act in a role.
Before this, he had directed video films Urit Naapangbee and Laidhi Lubaak, produced by Thoungamba and Thouyangba for P.K.
Tellangga Mamei and Thajabagee Wangmada were among the movies screened at the First Festival of Manipuri Cinema 2007 organised by Film Forum Manipur.
[11] The non-feature films made by Amakcham were mostly biographical documentations of well-known theatre personalities like Heisnam Kanhailal and Ratan Thiyam.
As of 2021, his movie Lammei was among the feature films screened in the inaugural week of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Manipuri Cinema (1972-2022), organised from 9–18 April 2021 at MSFDS Imphal.
Oken Amakcham's Khonthang was selected for Indian Panorama of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), New Delhi in 1993.