Makoto Satō

After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through to his students, until he creates a class project to raise fireflies to fly over it once again. All students, even the reserved girl Hikari (Risako Sugaya), become passionately involved in the project. However, it brings them into conflict with parents and the school, one problem after another stands in his way.

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayuri, died several years ago and that Sayuri's mother, who used to perform seances and exorcisms, has gone almost insane with grief. After seeing Sayuri's ghost several times during the night, Hinako consults with some local experts on the paranormal and discovers that Sayuri's mother has something planned for her daughter...

Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda

Takanosuke Ushio and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.

In the year 198X, a young screenwriter, Ryohei Shimura, has been in a slump lately. Then an opportunity arises. He is asked to write a script for the comeback film of Akiko Ryuzoji, the legendary beauty who was known as Japan's Cleopatra. Ryohei met Akiko right away, but he couldn't believe his eyes. Akiko was young and good-looking, even though she was already an old woman. Ryohei moved into Akiko's house to work on his scenario. A film director, Mizumori, who lives with Akiko at the mansion, warns Ryohei, “Don't sleep with Akiko,” he says. In fact, Ryohei was chosen for the job for a surprising reason...

Tras sufrir el ataque de un monstruoso jabalí maldito, el joven Ashitaka emprende el camino en busca de la cura que detenga la infección. Mientras, los humanos están acabando con los bosques y los dioses convertidos en temibles bestias hacen todo lo posible por protegerlo encabezados por Mononoke, una princesa guerrera. Ashikata deberá escoger bando y decidir si ayudar a los hombres o las deidades intentando detener la maldición de su herida que se extiende por su cuerpo sin cuartel.

Después de ocho años en la cárcel por haber matado a su esposa, a la que encontró en la cama con otro hombre, Takuro Yamashita sale en libertad condicional. Cuando estaba en la prisión captura una anguila, que se convierte en su mascota y única compañera. Yamashita se establece en una pequeña población a las afueras de Tokio y regenta una barbería, presidida por un aquario en el que nada su anguila. Un día conoce a Keiko Hattori, una joven que intenta suicidarse y que le recuerda a su esposa. Poco a poco se van conociendo y terminan enamorándose. Cuando la vida comienza a sonreirle, se encuentra con un antiguo compañero de cárcel. Yamashita comprende que toda la lucha por convertirse en un hombre nuevo podría desmoronarse si su pasado es revelado. Sobre todo, teniendo en cuenta el interés de los excéntricos habitantes del pequeño pueblo, por conocer más del nuevo barbero.

Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was vaguely anxious about the future. She's even more scared when her friend Natsumi invites her to membership-based prostitution club.

A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.

Última de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. La película comienza con Zatoichi encerrado entre rejas, no obstante le dejan pronto en libertad y decide ir a visitar a un viejo amigo.

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland Sea town. He vies with the school’s reigning bully, who takes a romantic interest in his older stepsister. When they learn she’s going to be sold to a brothel to pay off her father’s debts, they form an uneasy alliance to free her.

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others...

The movie takes place in the five-day period before, during and after a ferocious, seemingly liberating typhoon, which five of the students endure while marooned in their school gymnasium.

Una estudiante de secundaria, que es muy solitaria, se encuentra de repente con el amor de su vida de la nada. ¿Es una persona real o producto de su imaginación?

Dos jóvenes son reclutados en las fuerzas aéreas Japonesas justo antes del estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La película está contada desde el punto de vista de uno de los jóvenes que no estaba cualificado para el entrenamiento de piloto pero se une al equipo de tierra. Esta es la historia de un famoso avión desde los primeros vuelos de prueba de prototipo hasta la guerra...

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

Japan in the 1940s. A high school boy went into a magic encounter with Ozuka Hana, a geisha (pub-girl) when he traveled through Amagi Pass. A mysterious murder took place afterwards, an Ozuka was held responsible. 40 years later, the boy, who became a printing shop owner, was visited by a retired policeman who came from Amagi Pass. The truth then started to reveal itself.

While Ryoko is in Vienna studying music, her boyfriend dies in a traffic accident. Ryoko believes that she has psychic powers which killed him, and when she returns to Japan she is sent to a mental hospital. While recovering, her brother-in-law, Kouji, decides to look after her, and she goes to his house to act as a governess for Kouji's sister Keiko's daughter, Alice – who Ryoko becomes increasingly sure had something to do with her sister Fuyuko’s death.

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result is a touching and hilarious coming-of-age comedy as they attempt to survive the pressures of junior high school life.

A high-school girl inherits a declining yakuza organization, which seeks to repair its fortunes under her leadership.

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care of him. They has a happy time under the protection of the Tomisaburo Wakayama character, an oybun. But of course, happy time doesn't last long. The story is also related to Okada Izo and the Shinsengumi (w/ Kondo Isami played by Makoto Sato)

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

En la segunda mitad del siglo XVI había muchos jefes militares con hambre de poder, todos ellos a cual más sanguinario buscaban someter a su propia soberanía al país entero. Uno de los más crueles era Hideyashi. Ordena a su comandante enviar al poblado a Monachi para destruir su clan y el magnífico grupo de Guerreros Ninja, obteniendo así uno de los mejores tesoros del Gran Japón. Sólo un niño queda con vida de la gran matanza, sólo un niño que volverá diez años después, convirtiéndose en el terror de Hideyoshi.

La historia narra la batalla por la colina 203 durante la guerra ruso-japonesa en 1905. La colina fue capturado con la pérdida de muchas vidas en ambos lados, japoneses y rusos. La captura de la colina permitió al ejército japonés poner presión sobre la flota rusa del Pacífico, asegurando así la victoria japonesa, al mando del Almirante Togo , en la batalla naval siguiente.

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the mainland yakuza tries to take over; the local yakuza tries to compete. Now sides are drawn among the local yakuza guys who used to be best friends since their childhood, and brother fights brother. It results in the biggest yakuza war in Okinawa.

Jillucia, un pacifico planeta a dos milones de años luz del sistema solar, ha sido convertido en inexpurgale fortaleza por terribles invasores, los Gavanas. Kaiba, el rey de Jillucia, apela a los dioses mediante las 8 nueces de Niobe, que elegiran a 8 guerreros que salvarán a su pueblo.

After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.

Un agente secreto japonés (Sonny Chiba) vuelve a Japón una vez terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras varios problemas con la justicia es detenido y encerrado en prisión. Una vez cumplida su condena, su único objetivo será la venganza.

The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their cargo trucks impressing each other with their skills in driving fast and evading the police while transporting commodities throughout the country. Chance encounters with people along the way help them to come to terms with events clouding their past and offer them a shot at redemption.

Pinku from 1975.

When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.

A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success, for the first time real love comes to her. However, the girl’s happiness was short-lived — a sudden illness of blood interferes in the fate of the dancer, like an echo of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, where her parents lived.

Three street toughs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer.

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were traditional yakuza. When they turn up at the funeral for a gangster, they are not welcomed, but a senior boss intervenes to keep things calm. The boss of bosses invites them to join a respected local council of warlords. Katsumata is suspicious of why such powerful men would extend an invitation to lowlife like himself.

Sinopsis Cuando el segundo sucesor de la familia Tachibana sigue las reglas del mundo Yakuza y trata de asesinar al jefe del Grupo Okad, accidentalmente herirá a su hija y la dejará ciega. A partir de aquí se desencadenará una sangrienta y cruel venganza.

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps trains new volunteers from the Army's Infantry to become Japan's next generation of fighter pilots at the Tokorozawa Flying School. Flying Kawasaki Ko-4 biplanes, Lt. Katō will train both friend and future foe alike. But as war in China breaks out, Katō now in command of the 5th Rentai will take his untested men flying antiquated planes into aerial combat against the Chinese Air Force who is now headed by Lt. Cho who Katō both earlier befriended and personally trained himself. While Katō's squadron ultimately achieves air superiority over the skies of Manchuria, it comes at a high price in men to which each loss carries a heavy burden that he alone must carry. As the war widens into the Second World War, Captain Katō must battle an ever advancing array of deadlier new enemies flying ever more modern fighter planes.

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Film with Junko Miyazono.

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Mientras Japón cierra un pacto político con la Alemania nazi y la Italia fascista, el almirante Isoroku Yamamoto es nombrado comandante supremo de la flota japonesa. Con Japón abocado inexorablemente a la guerra, Yamamoto, a pesar de sus dudas, cree que la única posibilidad de victoria reside en destruir la flota americana por sorpresa en Pearl Harbor. El ataque es un éxito, pero no consiguen destruir la flota de portaviones americanos. Por eso Yamamoto se ve obligado a llevar a la flota japonesa al combate, con muy pocas esperanzas de victoria...

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a young man who committed suicide.

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

Después de la detonación de las bombas atómicas de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, el ejército japonés y el gobierno se enfrentan por la demanda de los aliados de la rendición incondicional. El Ministro de Defensa Anami defiende el continuar luchando, hasta la muerte del último japonés si hace falta. El Emperador Hirohito se reune con sus ministros para solicitar la impensable rendición pacífica del Japón. Cuando el ejército planea un golpe para derrocar al gobierno civil del Emperador, Anani debe decidir entre sus deseos o su lealtad al Emperador.

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.

Woody Allen parte de una película japonesa de espías ("Kagi No Kagi") en la que sustituye el guión original y los diálogos por otros completamente diferentes. El resultado es una película que cuenta las aventuras del agente Phil Moskowitz, que participa en una arriesgada misión para conseguir la receta de “la mejor ensalada de huevo del mundo”. Moskowitz, con la ayuda de las hermosas Suki Yaki y Teri Yaki, debe impedir que esa receta única caiga en las manos del malvado Shepherd Wong.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother. The mother and her brother try various schemes to find husbands for them.

Japanese war movie.

Un soldado de fortuna viaja a lugares exóticos donde encuentra encanto y romance en la corte de un rey malvado.

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an overwhelming force of Americans, the Japanese Navy attempted one of the most daring and unlikely evacuations in military history. This is that story.

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Sukezaemon, un pirata, naufraga en un rincón extraño del mundo. Con su compañero, un mago llamado Sennin, Sukezaemon se enreda en una conspiración del malvado primer ministro para la sucesión a la muerte del rey Raksha.

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Kichi es un poderoso ninja que huye del clan Takeda, y más concretamente de otro ninja llamado Saburoza. En su viaje conoce a dos hombres misteriosos. El primero es un enemigo sin demasiadas ganas de jugarse la vida; Doko Harima. El otro es un alegre vagabundo convencido de que algún día será el señor de Japón, y su nombre es Tokichiro Kinoshita. Este último les convence para unirse a los Bashaku y transportar 300 rifles hasta su señor Nobunaga Oda

El Teniente Coronel Senda se resiste a la idea de enviar a los pilotos de los cazas en misiones suicidas. El cree que lo que necesita el ejército japonés para volver a dominar la guerra es que la fuerza aérea reúna a los mejores pilotos en un solo escuadrón para realizar ataques quirúrgicos a los americanos. Despreciados por los Kamikazes, que llaman a los pilotos "no-suicidas" cobardes, la unidad se redime a sí misma cosechando victoria tras victoria. Pero el éxito lleva a los jefes militares a esperar demasiado de la unidad, lo que llevará a un desenlace fatal.

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

Esta impresionante historia épica ha sido a veces etiquetada como la versión japonesa de "Lo Que El Viento Se Llevó". Chusha Ichikawa personifica a un señor feudal poderoso y despiadado que lucha contra el virtuoso y joven noble, Yuzo Kayama. Ichikawa encuentra una victoria parcial cuando engaña a Kayama y lo convence de hacerse el Hara Kiri. La venganza será realizada por los cuarenta y siete samuráis de Kayama. Basada en una leyenda japonesa venerable, la historia de Chushingura ha sido filmada en varias ocasiones, pero sólo la versión de 1941 (47 Ronin) estuvo a la altura de la versión de 1962, del gran director Hiroshi Inagaki.

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza running a dope ring. Battling gangsters all the way, Takashi searches for his former girlfriend, now a drug addict.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has a fatal accident. As his brother investigates the "Accident" with his old college friend (makoto Sato), now a reporter... They stumble across murder, espionage and cover-ups. High-class night club, femme fatale, and a "Blueprint of Murder" all adds up to a bigger plot then first expected.

Follow-up to Desperado Outpost (1959) sees Japanese soldiers seeking the flag of a defeated regiment in China.

Koji Kitami pilota uno de los bombarderos de la fuerza aérea japonesa. Él participó en el bombardeo de la base naval americana de Pearl Harbor en 1941, por lo que cuando vuelve a su ciudad natal todos le reciben con honores y orgullo. Esos hechos junto a las victorias japonesas en la guerra hacen que Kitami entre en un estado de exaltación por el honor japonés, algo que no le hará mucho bien cuando la flota nipona es derrotada en la batalla de Midway.

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war correspondent and seeks out his brother's killer.

Un estudiante universitario de literatura con tendencias antisociales decide comenzar a asesinar a otros individuos para su propio beneficio y como muestra de su superioridad.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) y Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) son dos soldados huidos del conflicto bélico, que buscan el enriquecimiento. Cuando encuentran oro, se dan cuenta de que son vigilados por un silencioso y misterioso hombre, que finalmente resulta ser el célebre general Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune), quien utilizará a los dos soldados, ignorantes de la identidad de sus acompañantes, para transportar una gran cantidad de oro y liberar a la princesa Yukihime (Misa Uehara). Una divertida comedia de aventuras firmada por el gran Akira Kurosawa, que influyó notablemente en la construcción de personajes de la saga "Star Wars" de George Lucas.

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict between old and new morals, and the lives of young people.

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.