Masahiko Naruse

Roman Porno from 1983.

Yoshiko Sejima gets a call from a man claiming to be from her husband's company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on behalf of her husband. It turns out that he's a kidnapper and takes Yoshiko to a hotel, and proceeds to rape her. This man Fuji Nakatogawa calls Yoshiko's husband but doesn't request a ransom. He's just bent on humiliating Yoshiko to submission to be his sex slave.

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

Nikkatsu Roman Porno

A beautifully told story of a woman hardened by marriage to a man she doesn't love, after giving herself to another. She dedicates herself to her work, designing and creating plaited cords for kimono.

Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look.

Takeo (Kiniya Kitaoji), son of a wealthy car industry executive, is unhappy with his job and goes to Singapore to become a fisherman. At first ridiculed by the local fishermen, he eventually gets their respect but his rebel temper pushes him to find new adventures in Alaska.

Tobimaru is the young emperor of Japan. He meets a mysterious woman named Tomamo. After successfully seducing Tobimaru, she brings great misfortune onto the land. Tobimaru soon discovers that Tomamo is actually a kitsune, and now has the task to unmask and kill her to save his land. (currently a lost media)

富山県黒部川上流に関西電力が建設する第四発電所。現場責任者には北川が任命され、資材運搬用のトンネル掘削は熊谷組が担当することになった。熊谷組の岩岡源三の息子である剛は父の強硬なやり方に反発し設計技師となっていた。現場に赴いた剛はそこで体力が衰えてしまった父と、熱心に工事に打ち込む北川の姿を見て、工事に参加することにする。やがて工事現場では山崩れが起こり大量の水が流れ込んだ。北川は自分の娘が白血病に冒されたことを知るが、工事現場を離れることができなかった。

Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.

Following the journey of a caterpillar along the Japanese islands from Nagasaki to Hokkaido, this allegorical and oblique first feature film by Kuroki depicts in exquisite images a series of encounters and life's turning points.

江戸時代史の謎である甲府宰相怪死事件の真相をえぐる、スリルと興奮に満ちたサスペンス時代劇。四代将軍・家綱の世、大老・酒井忠清は甲府宰相・綱重を五代将軍に推すことによって政道をわがものにしようと企んでいた。この陰謀を破壊せんと軍学者・山鹿素行の下に結束した、十人の暗殺者の凄絶な争いを描く。

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them becomes himself romantically entangled with the boss's girlfriend. An ambitious underboss of the gang offers them a way out if they murder the previous boss but things don't turn out as planned (for everyone).

After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old life, Kaji faces great odds in a variety of different harrowing circumstances as he and his fellow men sneak behind enemy lines.

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

An elderly woman, Ume Matsumoto, complained to the First Investigation Department that her son Hirasaka, who runs a shoe store, had disappeared. The ominous foreboding of the First Investigation Department hit the mark, it turned out that the discovered unidentified body of the drowned man was Hirasaka. Moreover, the land in front of the station, owned by Hirasaka, was sold by someone. Suspecting that this is a planned murder, the Investigative Group, fearing the escape of the criminal, begins to act secretly, without creating an investigation headquarters.

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

ビルマにいた日本軍は、国境を越えてタイへ敗走しようとしていた。水島上等兵は現地の斥候に変装し、井上隊長が率いる小隊を国境近くまで移動させていた。しかし国境近くで日本の敗戦を知った彼らは、武器を捨て、南のムドンへ送られることとなる。水島だけは米軍の要請により、いまだに抵抗し続ける日本軍の説得に向かうため、隊を離れた。水島が行方知れずとなったある日、井上小隊は水島によく似たビルマの僧侶とすれ違う。