Kayo Matsuo

Approached by a friend about a matchmaking arrangement, Su-san goes to Hama-chan's home seeking help. Hama-chan is away on a business trip, but Michiko entertains Su-san late into the night. When he gets drunk and ends up spending the night, Hama-chan, begins to question his boss's relationship with Michiko.

Hama-chan and his wife are ecstatic about their long-awaited pregnancy. Meanwhile, Su-san's nephew joins Hama-chan's department at the company.

Yagyu Jubei, the finest swordsman in the land, is called upon to bare his blade to help Iemitsu keep his post. Meanwhile a fishmonger named Isshin Tasuke who bears an amazing resemblance to Shogun Iemitsu may be called upon to put his life on the line by acting as the Shogun's double. At the same time, the tragic story of Banzuiin Chobei and Mizuno Jurozaemon is unfolding.

천국에 가장 가까운 섬"은 1984년 12월 15일에 개봉한 일본 영화입니다. "모리무라 카츠라(森村桂)"의 기행문에 가까운 동명의 소설을 원작으로 하고 있습니다.

A woman's life is irrevocably altered when a young murderer stumbles into her home.

To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu.

A re-make of the classic story made for television in 1982.

Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.

Two high school girls get mixed up in murder while investigating the disappearance of a classmate.

Depicting the friendship of three boys in New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

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.

Japanese film based on the life of Zen Master Tetsugen Doko.

일본에서 만든 < Lone Wolf>라는 TV 시리즈가 미국에서 인기를 끌자, 이 시리즈를 영화화한 작품.

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

영화는 러일전쟁이라는 시대적 사건을 배경으로, 그 안에서 살아가는 다양한 인간군상들의 고통과 애환을 그리고자 하였으며, 가상인물의 대표인 코가 타케시와 실존인물의 대표인 노기 마레스케를 통해 각각 병사들과 사령관의 입장에서 전쟁을 통해 그들의 심경과 고통, 애환과 변화, 사연을 그려낸 수작이다. 인간 드라마 못지 않게 전쟁영화로서의 스케일도 당시 일본 최대를 자랑하였으며, 뤼순 요새와 203고지를 재현하기 위해 이즈오오시마(伊豆大島)에 대규모 요새 세트장을 건설하고, 당시 사용된 총기와 군복, 공성전의 백미인 280mm유탄포를 정확하게 재현해냄으로써 밀리터리에서도 높은 평가를 받았다.

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict. Tanigawa quickly rises in stature in the clan, but finds his boss's enemies almost overwhelming.

Two Kyushu based yakuza groups are desperate for domaination of the area. When more powerful yakuza groups get involved in their power struggle, a group of childhood friends, belonging to different yakuza families, are caught in the middle. Lies, deceit, and backstabbing are in play resulting in a bloodbath and a quest for revenge...

Political fixer Homei Yamaoka's misdeeds come to light, throwing Japanese politics into deadly confusion. But he's not going down without a fight.

Based on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small Yamaguchi-gumi into Japan's largest criminal clan.

An assassin is mistaken for a doctor and threatened by a band of masterless warriors, but they realize their mistake and retreat into the darkness. Days later, he is asked to kill the doctor's brother. What secrets are these men hiding?

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.

Renouncing any normal life the samurai has become the feared bounty hunter, "Devil" Hogan, the Mute Samurai. A master swordsman, Kiichi Hogan, wanders Japan in search of the Spanish swordsman who murdered his parents and slashed his throat 18 years before.

A Yakuza film directed by Kôsaku Yamashita

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

떠돌이 무사 칸베이는 길 가던 여자들을 겁탈하려다 위기에 처한 동료들을 구하기 위해 살인을 하게 된다. 그는 어린 아들을 유모차에 태우고 방랑하는 자객 오가미 잇토와 우연히 만나 결투를 신청하지만 오가미로부터 진정한 무사를 살려두고 싶다는 말을 듣는다. 오가미는 어느날, 여관에서 유곽에 팔려가던 중 겁탈하려는 중개인을 죽이고 자신의 방으로 도망온 소녀 오마츠를 구해주기 위해 망팔자들에게 끝까지 저항한다. 망팔자의 우두머리로 가케가와번의 필두 가로였던 미우라 다케와키의 딸 토리조는 오가미가 범상치 않은 무사임을 직감하고, 번을 팔아 권력을 손에 넣은 사와타리 겐바에게 청부살인을 의뢰한다. 한편 로쥬 이타쿠라 나이젠노쇼를 꼬드겨 권력을 손에 쥔 사와타리는 다시 로쥬를 살해하려 오가미에서 살인을 청부하나 거절당하자 오가미를 죽이기 위해 대규모의 군사를 동원한다. 그러나 오가미는 혼자서 군사 수백명의 활과 총을 물리친다.

비가 내리고 번개가 치던 날 밤에 약혼녀 노노무라 유우코를 만나러 그녀가 사는 노노무라 저택에 찾아간 사가와 카즈히코가 유우코의 어머니 시즈로부터 보름 전에 유우코가 교통사고를 당해 죽었다는 비보를 듣고선 충격에 빠진 채 저택에 잠시 묵게 됐다가 다음날 새벽 숲속에 있는 유우코의 묘자리에서 죽은 줄 알았던 유우코와 재회한 뒤 행방이 묘연해져, 카즈히코의 여동생인 사가와 케이코가 연인인 타카기 히로시와 함께 오빠의 행방을 찾아 유우코의 저택에 찾아가면서 벌어지는 이야기.

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit willtake him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden christians, and positively pregnant politics!

Former soldier, Suehiro Katsuji, fights violent gangs and powerful Chinese merchants during the post-war period in Japan.

It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who may be the heir to a fortune get what is rightfully hers. Matsuo Kayo, who first rose to international stardom as ‘the supreme ninja’ in “Shogun Assassin” gives an outstanding performance in this clever and exciting caper tale set in the samurai era. Ryuzen agrees to help her, but is he just in it for himself, and is she really who she claims to be? When they come up against Boss Tobei it’s a virtual free-for-all as everyone struggles to walk away with a fortune in gold!

On his return from school, young Ichiro finds his father in bed with his adopted sister, Namie. Enraged, he decides to outdo his father in terms of immoral behaviour.

Goro (Tetsuya Watari) wants to put his dark past behind. He heads to Hirosaki City to offer his condolences to Yumeko and to reunite with Yukiko (Chieko Matsubara), but finds that Yumeko is fatally ill. Although Yukiko was taking care of her, she is pressed for money. Goro wants to help and knows that there is only one way to come up with fast money.

5th entry in the Bakuchi-uchi series.

The Domain: Severed Relations

Goro had grown up in the yakuza world. As an active member of the Mizuhara family crime syndicate, he expressed his loyalty by always putting himself in the forefront of every battle. Violence never bothered him. However, after being sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a rival gang’s hit man, he becomes disenchanted with the Yakuza life style. Goro is determined to start anew, but karma catches up. His two closest friends are murdered by his ex-boss. He is left with two options: to kill or be killed.

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

동경에서 상대편의 보스를 죽인 스기우라 고로는 고베로 도망치고, 그 곳에서 경비원으로 일하며 살아간다. 그러던 어느 날, 평소 알고 지내던 보석상인 고지마가 행방불명이 되자 고로는 고지마의 약혼녀인 게이코와 함께 그를 찾아 나서는데...

aka Libido.

The second part of the Gamblers series.

The Domain: White Blade

In late 1940 the Japanese were anxious to conclude peace in China and to that end sent Colonel Hidaka to inaugurate negotiations. He was mysteriously assassinated, however, when his car was blown up. The General Staff Headquarters in Japan, sends Lieutenant Shiina, a graduate of the famed Nakano School of Spies inaugurated by Colonel Kusanagi, to investigate the matter. Arriving in Shanghai, he disguises himself as a Chinese coolie and sets out to watch for developments, the only clue being a silver dollar found beside what was left of the victim.

1935년, 고등학생 기로쿠는 가톨릭계인 하숙집의 딸 미치코에게 푹 빠져있다. 그는 사내다움에 대한 콤플렉스를 극복하려고 동네건달에게 싸움을 배우고, 학내의 폭력서클에 가입하여 싸움연습에 전념한다. 태평양전쟁 직전의 일본사회를 사로잡은 파시즘의 문제를 코믹하게 다루는 작품.

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth.

Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.

Part one.

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.

‘Tattooed Life' begins with a parasol wielding Yakuza assassin attacking a rickshaw. It almost looks like feudal Japan until somebody pulls a gun and we're reminded that it's the 20th century. Post-shooting, the assassin delivers his bounty to his brother (to pay for his art school education) before getting ambushed in one of the few rickshaw-jacking incidents in film history, and being rescued by his art-student brother. In the aftermath, one brother is marked for death by the Yakuza, and the other brother won't go to art school with blood on his hands, so they decide the perfect way to deal with such hardships is to become fugitive construction workers in northern Japan . And why not?

중일전쟁이 벌어지던 1938년. 사랑하는 남자에게 버림받은 하루미는 종군 위안부가 되어 만주에 온다. 하루미는 병사 미카미를 사랑하게 되지만, 맹목적인 군인인 미카미는 그녀의 마음에 응하지 않는다. 게다가 하루미에게 집착하는 상관 나리타의 음모로 두 사람의 사랑은 비극으로 치닫는다.

The tragic tale of Kiyono, a young woman from the mountain who fell in love with Takuji, a fisherman's son, and her devotion to him during a time of war.

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

전후 도쿄의 변두리. 성폭행의 상처가 있는 마야는 성매매 여성으로 전락한다. 그녀는 총상을 입은 패전군인 이부키와 사랑에 빠지고, 둘은 함께 도주를 꿈꾼다. 다무라 다이지로의 동명 소설이 원작인 이 영화는 공개 당시 과감한 성 묘사로 논란이 되었다. ‘육체 3부작’의 첫 번째 작품.

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest and most difficult man on the island. Despite their differences in class, they begin to meet and rumors spread of them having an illicit affair. Soon after, Shinji jumps into a stormy sea to help a ship in distress. The vessel turns out to be owned by Hatsue's arrogant father, who now becomes an understanding and sympathetic parent and allows the two lovers to marry.

Today is a new day with hopes. A youth hymn that depicts a young truck driver growing up in love with a dream while being supported by his friends who are always close to him. A movie adaptation of a hit song by Kazuo Funaki.

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

Tajima Yumi, in grade school, is overjoyed when her father says they are moving to an apartment in a big city. But the beautiful home she had imagined is in a slum area called Samurai Village, a little settlement, where people live from hand to mouth. To make things worse, a group of vagrants descends on the already crowded ragpickers' village. The sight depresses and saddens little Yumi, but when her father gives up drinking, it makes up for everything in her eyes, and when he runs past liquor shops to avoid temptation, Yumi's laughter rings out merrily again. A unique social drama depicting the growth of a new generation that confronts the world of adults full of vanity in the image of a girl living in poverty.

Japanese comedy film.

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.

쾌활한 성격의 고등학생 지로는 불의를 참지 못하는 성격이다. 지로는 야쿠자들이 동네 상인들을 괴롭히는 것을 보고 친구인 요시오와 함께 싸워 야쿠자를 쫓아낸다. 하지만 요시오가 야쿠자의 꼬임에 빠져들고, 동네 상인들은 지로에게 야쿠자와 계속 싸워줄 것을 부탁하자 지로는 곤란한 입장에 처한다.

A touching story of a girl who sails away from her love to keep her family together.

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

The Ginza Whirlwind (Akira Kobayashi) attempts to solve a murder.

석탄 산업이 불황기로 접어든 1954년 봄. 사가현의 즈루노하나 탄광에서는 감원에 반대하는 파업이 한창이다. 그 와중에 광부이면서 야스모토 일가의 기둥이었던 기이치, 요시코, 다카이치(작은오빠), 스에코의 아버지가 죽는다. 남겨진 네 형제를 돕기 위해 이웃집 헨미 씨는 장남인 기이치를 임시직에서 정식 직원으로 채용해줄 것을 탄광회사 간부에게 부탁해 보지만, 조센징은 감원 대상 1호라는 말만 듣게 된다. 결국 기이치는 임시직마저 잃게 되어 지금까지 살아온 사택에서도 쫓겨나게 된다. 헨미 씨가 잠시 그의 집에 거두어 들이지만, 곧 헨미 씨마저 사고로 부상을 입고 사직하게 되어, 장남인 기이치는 나가사키로, 차남인 요시코는 어느 정육점으로 각각 일자리를 찾아 떠나고, 다카이치와 스에코만 남겨진다.

Set in post-war Japan, a group of five, four men and one woman, gathers in the basement of a butcher shop to dig up a cache of morphine buried during the war. A grimly humorous tale of twisted relationships as one by one each of the group is eliminated.