Kiwako Taichi

A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.

Tatsuo, a reverent lumberjack, seeks to disrupt plans to build a marine park on his family land, instead promoting his traditions in reactionary ways.

By all indications, an anti-government conspiracy is brewing in the Satsuma Domen. Already seven oniwaban spies sent by the shogunate have infiltrated Satsuma in order to scout everything on the spot. However, they had all disappeared, and it was unclear whether they were alive or dead. Kenzaburo Kamiya and Iori Matsumura successfully infiltrate as the eighth and ninth spies and witness law-breaking exercises using a cannon. However, soon Satsuma men found them and drove them to the cliff...

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

After eight years in prison, Takeshi’s mission is a big heist from his own clan’s gambling parlor.

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.

About small time gangster Asakichis chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business. Instead He supports himself on arranging cockfights. He becomes ex-geisha Okinus patron and lover, and goes directly into disfavor with the Yakuza.

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the paroled Okoma to the police station to greet her, and meets a young new detective, Matsuta Obara, who has just been transferred. But the two don't get along from the moment they meet...

Kingoro Tamai moves with his wife and son to the port city of Wakamatsu. He organizes the Tamai-gumi, a stevedore group, to vie for work with two other powerful groups. Gingo is Tamai's chief rival who falls in love with the latter's wife and tries to kill Tamai.

Vigésimo cuarta de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. Zatoichi se cruza en un inestable puente con una señora mayor, que cae al vacío justo delante de Zatoichi. Este hecho marca profundamente a Zatoichi creando en él un sentimiento de culpabilidad que le lleva a buscar a su hija para compensarla.

En esta intrincada película, se explora la naturaleza de las actrices y sus métodos de actuación. Las vidas de tres actrices son completamente desnudadas, a través de escenas de sus vidas sacadas de entrevistas a cada una de ellas. Todas han sufrido experiencias traumáticas que contribuyeron en la exploración de sus trabajos dramáticas. Una de ellas fue violada por su profesor, otra tuvo un padrastro que abusó de ella, y la tercera experimentó una parálisis de sus cuerdas vocales por una causa desconocida.

At midnight, Yamabe, a killer, escapes from prison. Two years before, bribed by a narcotic smuggler, Yamabe killed a real estate broker. As he was being arrested by detective Negoro, the detective's bullet struck Sakuko, Yamabe's girl friend who attempted to protect him, and crippled her. When Yamabe was sent to prison, Negoro cared for her and they fell in love. Sakuko asked him to marry her, but Negoro was reluctant to take the killer's sweetheart from him. Learning of the relationship of his girl friend and the detective, Yamabe had pledged revenge.

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.

Comedy of two brothers working at a local governmental office.

Michio Yamada, reciente graduado escolar, es enviado a Tokio para trabajar como empaquetador de fruta en unos grandes almacenes, como parte de un programa gubernamental. Incapaz de asentarse y echar raíces, y tras haber cogido una pistola de una casa en una base naval estadounidense, su vida va dando tumbos hacia la delincuencia. Paralelamente se muestra su dura infancia en un hogar pobre y desestructurado del Japón rural.

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.

Thriller about a Japanese-American CIA agent (Kayama) in Japan.

Una mujer y su nuera son atacadas y violadas por un grupo de samurais, que las asesinan cuando prenden fuego a la cabaña en que ellas viven. Poco después 2 mujeres muy parecidas a las muertas entran en escena atrayendo a samurais solitarios hasta su casa con oscuras y vengativas intenciones.

Film from 1967.

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf.

Kimie, a traveling guitarist, performs at various inns at help out her sickly mother. One night while out with her mother, Otoshi, Kimie unexpectedly sees her father, who had abandoned the family 20 years ago. Her hopes for a happy reunion are quickly dashed as her father, having married into a wealthy family, wants nothing to do with her. Will Kimie be able to regain her father’s love?

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigation into the matter. Amidst her efforts to resume her company’s contract with the inn, Yumemi finds herself personally involved in the inn’s family affairs and with their guests in a surprising discover of love and friendship.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.