Sanji Kojima

Island villagers find a young woman and young man swept ashore near their remote village in northeastern Japan. The two have tried to escape the girl's enforced marriage to another man, in order that they may marry themselves. The ancient custom of the village decrees that the angry sea gods must be calmed by throwing the pair back into the sea. The lovers face being sacrificed to the sea gods or perhaps something even more difficult to bear.

Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner "Hanazono no Meikyu" by Yoko Yamazaki. A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

Hunting master Ginzo kills a man-eating bear. When he finds out the bear had a cub, Ginzo decides to raise the cub, but the bear later becomes a troublemaker.

Kanako returns from the USA to a troubled mother who witnessed a man leaving a murder scene and is consequently under persistent threat. For the time being.

Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.

Sayoko is desperate to bear a child of her own, but her live-in boyfriend Shinsaku strenuously objects to the idea. One day, someone leaves behind a six-year-old child at their door, claiming that Shinsaku—or four other men—is the child's father! Sayoko and Shinsaku set out on a journey to find the real father.

The Maccherone organization is out to get a priceless national treasure. But when they see third-generation cat-burglar Lupin as an obstacle, countless assassins are sent to kill him on sight and kidnap his girl Fujiko! Can Lupin get the loot before the Maccherone gang, rescue Fujiko, and stay alive at the same time?

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The encounter sends her to jail as a suspected accomplice. Years later she marries a yakuza boss, whose gang is affiliated with working class people.

Pinku from 1973.

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).

Mike, hijo de un comerciante inglés de Londres, es enviado por su padre a pasar unas vacaciones a Japón a cargo de la familia Saito en Tokio. El cambio accidental de la cámara fotográfica de Mike por otra idéntica perteneciente a una joven, provocará un lío tremendo, puesto que tras el carrete de fotos que él posee ahora va una banda de traficantes de droga.

Bank robbers steal 30 million yen and try to elude the cops and escape with the cash. Of the three, only one manages to avoid capture. Yoko, a female accomplice, is tossed in a women's prison where she meets Yuki, and the two of them manage to escape. Their plan is meet up with the robber who avoided capture, get ahold of the cash, and get for away from the big city.

After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a year later in Tokyo to face different challenges in the form of yakuza and… street vendors.

Por momentos trágico y trascendente, la película de Akira Kurosawa sigue la vida cotidiana de un grupo de personas que apenas se arrastran en un barrio pobre en las afueras de Tokio. Sin embargo, por desesperadas que sean sus circunstancias, cada uno de ellos, el padre y el hijo sin hogar imaginando la casa de sus sueños; la joven maltratada por su tío; el niño que se imagina a sí mismo como conductor de un tranvía, encuentra razones para continuar. El inolvidable Dodes’ka-den se hizo en un momento tumultuoso en la vida de Kurosawa. Y todas sus esperanzas, miedos y pasión artística se muestran fervientemente en esta, su primera película en color gloriosamente filmada.