Shinichirô Mikami

Jun, a 16-year-old teen, refuses to stand while the national anthem is being played at his graduation ceremony. This event will totally change his life, as he involuntarily becomes the new hero of a rebel anti-system youth. Singer Muy's pop music and his friend, Nozomi, with whom he shares his sadness and hatred for the society that surrounds them, help him bear his terrible loneliness.

Terrible ! Bloody conflict , outbreak !! The overwhelmingly popular graphic novel serialized in Manga Goraku is finally made into a moviel Draw the hard life of men running through the times , including Show Alkawa !!! First film of the live action series.

Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane.

Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.

尼崎の藤波組では二代目の急死により霊代の加奈江が事実上の統率をしていた。加奈江には妹の頼子と、雅美、直也という二人の子供がおり、頼子の夫は現在拘留中の若頭・松岡、雅美の夫・宗田は本部長、そして直也は最近組を興し藤竜会の会長になっていた。松岡が出所となり、加奈江は三代目に松岡を立て、二代目霊代からひこうとしていたが、その矢先に松岡は射殺されてしまう。

After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.

関西地区を牛耳る広域暴力組織の中松組が跡目相続問題で分裂した。五年後、枝分かれをした川越会本部では病床の川越会長をはじめ、幹部連中が集まっていた。その中に服役中の瀬上組々長瀬上雅之の妻芙有の姿もあった。彼女は夫の服役中、気丈の強さで組織の運営を務めているのだ。そんな時、五年前に中松組の銃弾で夫を失った伊勢夏見という女が残った組員の根津豊を連れて大阪へやって来る。そしてふとした事件で出会った芙有と夏見は固い友情で結ばれるのだった。

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..

七月、山笠祭りの暑い夜、博多署はあるソープランドを管理売春の容疑で不意打ち捜査した。刑事の片山元はそこで聾唖者の風俗嬢三沢ひさ子と出会った。翌朝、ガサ入れ失敗をマスコミは書きたてた。そのとばっちりが片山にまわってきて、沼津転勤が決まった。東京行きのブルートレインに片山とひさ子が乗っていた。ひさ子の悲惨な過去に同情した片山が身柄を引き取ったのだ。二人は兄妹ということで、市内の花園荘に住むことになった。そんな二人をじっと見ている二人がいた。

伊庭義明三尉を隊長とする、近代武器で武装した21名の陸上自衛隊員は、演習に参加するための移動時に突然、補給地ごと戦国時代にタイムスリップしてしまった。戸惑っている彼らに長尾平三景虎が家来と共に会いに来た。景虎は伊庭と初めて会った瞬間「同族じゃ」と気に入り、異なる服装・武器に惹かれ、仲間にしたいと考える。タイムスリップした現実を安易に受け入れられなかった伊庭と自衛隊員たち。しかし景虎らに遭遇し、景虎と敵対する戦国大名のゲリラ軍に襲撃され仲間が死亡。そして景虎の戦を目の当たりにしたことで、戦国時代に来てしまったことを否応なしに受け入れていく。

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.

岩手で不審なトラックを追跡したパトカーが銃撃される事件が発生。陸上自衛隊の警務部長・江見は、内閣調査室の利倉とともに捜査を進め、一部の自衛隊員によるクーデター計画《皇帝のいない八月》の存在を知る。同じころ、かつて江見の部下だった藤崎はクーデターに加わる一部隊を率い、博多発東京行きの特急さくら号を乗っ取る。だが政府による鎮圧作戦が始まり、藤崎の隊は孤立。藤崎は最後の手段で乗客たちを殺すと脅す。

After spending eight years in prison for murder, Hiroshi leaves his yakuza family to start a new life as a labor racketeer.

A violent upstart forms an alliance with the powerful Tensei-kai syndicate to fight on the front lines of an underworld war and take over all of Japan.

昭和12年。刑務所で同じ釜の飯を食った錠吉と玄造がともに出所。錠吉は、兄貴分を殺した仇敵を捜し求めて、売春宿に身を落とした兄貴分の女房を訪ねるが、既に彼女は死亡。そこで出会った売春婦のサキエから、自分を助けてほしいと頼まれた錠吉は、折しもその売春宿に遊びに来ていた玄造と一致協力して、サキエを足抜けさせることに成功する。やがて3人は、ひょんなことから知った海底に沈む財宝探しに夢中になる。

Vice Admiral Takajiro Ohnishi could see that Japan's defeat in WWII was inevitable. He came to realize that the only way to force a negotiated solution was to convince the Americans that invading Japan would cause massive casualties on both sides. The cold logic of suicide attacks, where one man and one plane could kill hundreds, seemed the only solution. In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Ohnishi actually succeeded; he convinced the Americans that invading Japan would be too costly in lives. But what he could not foresee was that America had another way of ending the war.

The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.

1963年（昭和38年）、東京オリンピックを翌年に控え高度経済成長の真っ只中にある市民社会は、秩序の破壊者である暴力団に非難の目を向け始めていた。しかし広能昌三の山守組破門に端を発した広能組・打本会の連合と山守組との抗争は、神戸を拠点に覇を争う２大広域暴力団・明石組と神和会の代理戦争の様相を呈し、激化の一途を辿っていた。

When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

Using a lesser mobster as bait a government agent infiltrates a narcotics-smuggling gang to try to capture the boss. But his survival has a price.

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between the prisoners and the warden to escalate.

敗戦直後の広島県呉市。闇市の食堂でレコードを聞いていた広能昌三のもとへ友人が怪我をして駆け込んでくる。刀を振り回している暴漢に襲われたと言い山守組へ連絡を頼まれた広能は事務所におもむき大勢で現場に駆けつけ、広能は暴漢を射殺するが逮捕され刑務所に収監されてしまう。

A civic music group, created by Tsukasa Nitta, a high school teacher in Koriyama City, and Akiko Watanabe, the daughter of a record shop and teacher of a music class, invites Takuro Yoshida to Koriyama City to hold a concert. He then starts being harassed by the Hashimoto group, a local gangster group which manages the city's entertainment.

In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords had been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carries his sword disguised as a Priest?s staff. One of the strongest entries in the series, Shinkai is badly injured, and must face his worst enemy in what could be their final showdown.

The film takes place in Yokohama, a night city where you can revel in the neon mood. A bartender who wants to become a singer and a beautiful married woman burn fierce and ephemeral love in a confrontation with a ruthless yakuza.

Film with Junko Miyazono.

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. Other clan members oppose and Ishido is elected. When Matsuda is freed, he doesn't accept this decision.

A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.

Popular guitarist Shunsuke Sugi had a busy schedule and lived a puppet life with manager Yoko Ohara. On the way home from the Tohoku tour, he rescued Akiko, a girl who had passed out in a car accident. Ahead of him was the bustle of Tokyo. He suddenly met Akiko during a noisy party with friends. He tried to persuade Akiko, who wanted to become a singer, to return to the village, but it didn't work. One day he invited Akiko to play in Yokohama. When they returned to childhood and talked about their dreams, they felt love for the first time. Meanwhile, returning home, Yoko turned her jealousy on the two of them, and announced the death of Shunsuke's mother...

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…

巨大な工場と、煙と音が交錯する街川崎。野上則子は、そんな街のかたすみに住む、高校生だ。家族は、タクシーの運転手の父竜太郎、工場で働く母千枝子、それに女房に死なれた竜太郎の弟亀三の子供ひろしの四人。母千枝子は、幼い日に別れた母静江への想いを筆に託して詩集をつくっていた。それを知った則子は、ステレオ欲しさに、母の詩集から一篇を抜き出し新聞に投稿し、賞金三万円を狙った。やがて、その詩は佳作に入選した。が、その喜びも束の間、父竜太郎が進行性肝炎で倒れた。戦争で受けた鉄砲弾が体に入っていたのが原因だった。夫の死とともに千枝子の生活は一変した。チンドンヤ夫婦を二階に同居させ、工場もやめて儲けの多い氷屋に転業した。そんなとき、新聞社を通じて捜していた千枝子の母静江が九州にいることがわかった。千枝子は信じられない嬉しさに茫然としながらも、何度も母のもとへ手紙を出した。が、返事はこなかった。数日後静江からの伝言を持った静江の次男松崎弥太郎が千枝子の許を訪れた。“逢いたくない、そっとしておいて”それが静江の答えだった－－静江はかつて、村に演習に来た兵隊と過ちをおかし、千枝子を生んだが、その後生活のために妾となり、料亭を転々として後二人の子供のいる松崎弥兵衛の後妻になったのだ－－竜太郎の病いは日ましに悪化し、遂にこの世を去った。生活は苦しくなった。千枝子はタクシーの運転手になり、則子はパチンコ店でバイトを始めた。そんなある日、突然千枝子の許に静江が上京してきた。長い別れが、一度は感情のもつれを引きおこしたが、親子の愛情はたちがたく、静江は再び千枝子の許に帰ってきた。初秋の爽やかな空の下、晴々とした則子の顔があった。

アメリカから恋人がやって来た―。昭和38年5月、文楽の人形遣い吉田小玉と結婚したイーデス・ハンソンの話にヒントを得て、松山善三が原作を執筆、林秀彦のシナリオにより川頭義郎監督がメガホンを取ったラブコメディ。主演のエルザ・ハドソン役には大阪弁が達者なタレントとして人気のあったイーデス・ハンソン自身が初主演し、吉田小吉役に藤山寛美、その父に笠智衆、彼女が下宿する家のおばさん（小吉の叔母）役にミヤコ蝶々らがキャスティングされた。ニッポン通の金髪娘が巻き起こす結婚騒動が描かれる。

刑務所を出所した村木は、賭場で少女と出会う。ある夜、彼は屋台でその少女と再会した。彼女の名は冴子。冴子はもっと大きな勝負があるところへ連れて行ってほしいとせがんだ。二人は大きな賭場へ行くが、村木はそこで、葉という男を見つけた。殺しと麻薬だけに生きているという葉は、賭けをしている冴子のことを見つめていた。

Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform forced labor. Living conditions on the island are terrible and the men soon become rebellious. Based on a short story by Seichō Matsumoto.

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

周平（笠智衆）は、妻とは死別し、長男の幸一（佐田啓二）は結婚して家を出て団地暮らし。いまは娘の路子（岩下志麻）と次男の和夫（三上真一郎）と３人安らかに暮らしていた。 ある日、周平はいつものように友人の河合（中村伸郎）、堀江（北龍二）と酒を飲みに行く。 話題は路子の嫁行きの話になり、まだ路子を嫁にやることなど考えてもいなかった周平は悩み始める…。 日本映画界の巨匠・小津安二郎監督の最後の作品で、妻に先立たれた男とその子供達の幸せの中にもなぜか潜む孤独と寂しさを描いた作品。

When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers, Tatsu and Sanko are unaware that Tatsuko is the heiress to a fortune. Two strong-arm brothers, Kosaka and Takeshi, learn of her identity and join the gang in an effort to shake down the tycoon for ten million yen. Upon joining forces, their first move is to rid themselves of the driver whose identity is known to the police because of a cap which he left behind at the scene of the crime. Upon obtaining the ransom money, the brothers murder the two kidnappers and go to the port city of Kobe. The younger brother, Takeshi, has fallen in love with the prisoner and refuses to allow her to be killed and they take her with them from one hideout to another.

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku’s iconoclastic New Wave. At the height of student protests, Shimojo (Shinichiro Mikami) takes his aggressions to another level, beset by seemingly insoluble feelings of alienation.

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love with a runaway girl who turns out to be the leader of a religious sect. Kusano is the henpecked proprietor of a rice biscuit shop who dreams of owning a bird and dog shop and his daughter is in love with a boarder, employed by the private detective agency searching for the runaway girl. The agency head has his own dream of arranging thirty marriages and has already accomplished twenty-seven. Tatsumi is a newspaper reporter who dreams of a big scoop to enable him to marry a girl TV producer and his friend a mountain climbing enthusiast who dreams of joining a Himalayan expedition but is opposed by his wife. His love of the mountains is shared by a boarder in their home and by a fishmonger's son.

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when put in charge of the third year class C, reputed to be the most incorrigible in the whole school, he is faced with surly opposition from the start. However, Terasaki perseveres. His greatest headaches are three students ... Sanae, who develops a "crush" on him, Nakanishi, who seeks to forget his unhappy home life in rugby, and Nire his pal.