Young Mariko is torn between two admirers, Natsukawa and Rikizo.
TV critic
Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."
雑誌社に勤める守屋伴子には外交官の父がいたが、赴任先のキューバで動乱に巻き込まれて死んだことになっていた。伴子の母・節子は大学教授の隠岐達三と、伴子を連れて再婚した。隠岐は名の売れた教授だが世間体を人一倍気にする男で、絵を売ることを趣味にしていた。ある日、伴子は原稿を依頼するために女画商で有名な高野佐衛子の画廊を訪ねた。初対面の佐衛子はなぜかまじまじと佐衛子の顔をみつめると、明日自宅まで取りに来てほしいと言うのだった。その日、神田の古本屋に父の達三と行った伴子は岡部雄吉という大学院生と知り合った。雄吉は伴子に向かってズバズバとものを言ったが、伴子はかえって好感を抱いた。翌日、伴子は原稿を受け取りに佐衛子の豪華な邸宅を訪れたが、佐衛子はハバナで伴子の実父・恭吾に会ったことがあると告げるのだった。佐衛子にはキューバで知り合った恭吾に強烈に惹かれた過去があった。しかも革命に協力した恭吾を心ならずも裏切って、政府軍に密告したことが深い傷跡となって残っていた。伴子と初めて会った時、恭吾にあまりにも似た容姿から直感的に感じ取っていたのだ。このことは伴子にとって本当に意外な話だった。伴子にはその人の記憶がまるで無い。父と呼んだ記憶が無いのだ。そのうえ、父は日本に帰ってきたという。伴子はまだ見ぬ父への慕情が募りつつも、父と会うべきかどうかためらうのだった。
1962 Japanese movie
Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.
Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill.
横須賀、ドブ板通り。水兵相手のキャバレーが立ち並ぶ一角で売春ハウスを営んでいた一家は、取り締まりで商売が立ち行かなくなり、豚の飼育を始める。そんなある日、幹部から死体処理を頼まれた元客引きの男は、世話をしている豚にその死体を食わせてしまう
A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of an artificial lake.
Japanese comedy film.
1959 Japanese movie
Tokuhei Kanayama
After witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other out of fear of exposing their affair.
A man is wrongfully accused of murder.
Postman
Police Officer
The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto's precious stones. Replete with film noir style, "Underworld Beauty" is one of Suzuki's best nods to the American gangster genre.
Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to make him a star. In a graphic portrayal of love, betrayal and success, Shoichi brews up a storm with a 'rat-a-tat-tat' on the drums.
Middle-aged monk
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
Club Manager
Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko’s father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the dream of the championship. One day, he meets Shuntaro Fuma, who is a punk kid but a promising boxer, and realizes the dream that he himself could never fulfill. Then, they together start to train with the aim of the title. Mari Shiraki is an up-and-coming ballerina under the patronage of Eikichi as well. Eikichi forbids Shuntaro and Mari to be romantically involved with someone during their training, however, they start to go on a date. (source: Nikkatsu International)
Togawa
A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a cop killing and horse racing scams before the inevitable tragic ending. A patch-work production.
