Someshô Matsumoto

Theatrical version of episode 17 of Ultra Q TV series.

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but tires of their authority over his life. A chance encounter with Yukiko Hirai one rainy night brings a new romance into Ryohei's life, and he and Yukiko fall deeply in love. Yukiko, however, reveals that she has a violent husband in prison - with only a week left until his release. Ryohei, desperate to maintain his social standing, brings Yukiko to the mountains in Nagano and sets in motion an unthinkable, tragic chain of events.

임신 3개월인 유미코는 교통사고로 사랑하는 남편을 잃는다. 상심에 빠진 유미코는 과거를 잊기 위해 아이를 지우고, 아오모리로 옮겨 여관 일을 도우며 지낸다. 하지만 그곳에서 유미코는 남편을 죽인 미지마를 만나게 되는데, 그녀의 마음 속에서 증오와 연모의 감정이 어지럽게 교차하고, 유미코는 복잡한 감정에 휩싸이고 만다.

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

프랑켄슈타인의 세포에서 태어난 인간형 바다 짐승 가이라가 도쿄의 해안을 공격한다. 일본군이 행동을 취할 준비를 하는 동안, 가이라의 가르간투아 형제인 산다는 그의 친척을 지키기 위해 산에서 내려온다. 선과 악의 싸움이 이어지며, 형제들은 분열되고 도시는 폐허가 된다.

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge themselves on cruel landlords, animate the corpse of a money-lender in order to frighten people. Then they assist at the marriage of a lovely girl and almost kill themselves gambling to provide her with a dowry.

태양계에서 새롭게 발견된 수수께끼의 별 X성을 탐사하던 P-1호는 X성에서 고도의 문명을 지닌 X성인을 만나게 된다. 모든 것을 숫자로 부르는 X성인은 그 곳이 공포의 괴수 ‘몬스터 제로’에게 공격받고 있다고 말하는데, 몬스터 제로의 정체는 다름 아닌 우주대괴수 킹 기도라였다. X성인들은 지구인들에게 킹 기도라와 싸우기 위해 ‘몬스터원=고지라’와 ‘몬스터투=라돈’을 빌려달라고 요청한다. (2014년 18회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)

A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love and struggle.

"When human beings venture too far along a trail made by wild beasts, it is said, they quite often discover themselves on a road of no return." Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry showcases some of the most peculiar killing tactics to ever hit Japanese cinema!

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

일본에 이상기후가 갑자기 닥쳐 1월인데도 불구하고 무더위가 이어지고 있었다. 지구뿐만 아니라 우주에서도 이상한 현상들이 일어나고 있었고, 어느 천문대에서는 이 현상을 규명하기 위해 UFO와 교신을 시도하나 이는 유성우로 밝혀진다. 천문학자들이 실망하는 사이에 지구로 여러 운석들이 떨어진다. 일본을 방문하려던 세르지나 공국(セルジナ公国)의 마아스 도오리나 사루노(マアス・ドオリナ・サルノ) 왕녀는 전용 비행기를 타고 오던 도중 누군가의 텔레파시를 받고 타고 있던 비행기에서 뛰어내린다. 그와 동시에 비행기는 갑자기 폭발한다. 한편 지구로 계속 떨어지던 유성 중에 하나가 쿠로베 댐 부근의 산 중 계곡에 떨어진다. 이곳으로 운석을 조사하기 위해 과학자들이 파견된다.

남자들이 모두 전쟁터로 끌려간 중세 일본. 시어머니와 며느리는 생존을 위해 함께 살아간다. 그들이 선택한 삶의 방법은 하이에나 같은 수렵이었고 대상은 인간이었다. 강을 타고 떠내려오는 사무라이 시체들의 장구류와 일본도를 벗겨 근처 동굴에 사는 노인네와 물물교환을 하고 그러다가 급해지면 살인도 한다. 두 명의 여인은 생계가 걸려있는 문제이다 보니 이러한 작업이 매우 능숙하다. 그러던 어느 날 시어머니의 아들이자 며느리의 남편 대신에 살아 돌아온 하치라는 남자가 등장한다. 그는 풀밭을 껑충껑충 뛰어다니고 고기도 터프하게 뜯어먹는 남자다. 죽은 남편에 대한 도덕적 신념과 성적인 욕망 사이에서 갈등하던 며느리는 결국 하치와 깊은 사랑에 빠지게 되고 시어머니는 우연히 그 사실을 알게 되어 복잡한 감정에 사로잡히는데...

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the code of the yakuza to put one's life on the line for a Boss who offered a meal and lodging, each side manages to get hold of powerful swordsmen who will stop at nothing to pay their obligations.

In 1936 under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Oshima Shozaburo is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has refused to follow in the footsteps of his gambler father and decided to become a doctor. Ryuji leaves home to work at a clinic at a dam construction site where he finds the treatment of the laborers intolerable. But when he challenges the boss, who thinks nothing of murder, he discovers to his astonishment that he is safe because of his father's reputation. Torn between filial piety and his ideals Ryuji is told of the murder of his father by men of a rival gang. He experiences another shock when informed that the woman behind the rival gang is his true mother who was forced to leave his father due to an unwritten code among gamblers.

Miyoko Sekiguchi, who works at a second-rate trading company, and car mechanic Koji Fukumoto are in love. The morning after Koji and Miyoko went out for a drive, the strangled corpse of a call girl is discovered in Toyamagahara. Chief Akagi, Detective Sergeant Sawada, and the other detectives begin to suspect Koji during their investigation. Koji insists he's innocent, but has no evidence to prove it. Even when detectives come to Miyoko's home and workplace and her coworkers begin to look down on her, Miyoko continues to trust and love Koji...

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.

세계적인 제약회사의 회장인 다코는 연구원인 사쿠라이 오사무와 후루에 긴자부로를 파로 섬으로 보낸다. 파로 섬에서만 자라는 소마 열매는 강력한 마취 성분을 갖고 있으며 중독성이 없는데, 그는 이 열매로 신약을 개발하려 한다. 또한 다코 회장은 연구원들에게 킹콩의 존재 여부 또한 알아올 것을 부탁한다.파로 섬에 도착한 사쿠라이와 후루에는 킹콩을 발견하고, 소마 열매로 킹콩을 마취시켜 일본으로 데려온다. 한편 7년 전 빙하에 갇혔던 고질라가 깨어나고 바다를 건너 일본에 출몰한다. 일본으로 끌려온 킹콩도 탈출하는데 성공하여 마침내 두 괴물이 격돌하게 되는데...

A crime film released in 1962

In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is huge enough to crush the Earth and destroy it. A mission sent to observe Gorath is destroyed after all the orbiting ships are drawn into the planetoid. A later mission is sent to observe and the crew barely leaves before suffering the same fate. However Astronaut Tatsuo Kanai is left in a catatonic state due to his near death experience. The Earth's scientists then come up with a desperate plan to build giant rockets at the South Pole to move Earth out of Gorath's path before it is too late.

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real estate around the expanding Yurigaoka apartments.

전쟁에서 겪은 사고 때문에 청각을 잃은 아키코는 특수학교에서 만난 청각장애인 미치오와 결혼한다. 척박한 환경 속에서도 두 사람은 작은 행복을 향해 열심히 노력하고, 영화는 이들이 삶에서 만나는 기쁨과 슬픔, 고난의 순간을 생생하게 묘사한다.

A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into 'The Human Vapour'. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career of his girlfriend, a beautiful dancer. The Human Vapour is ruthless in his quest for money and kills anyone who stands in his way, especially police. He soon becomes Tokyo's most wanted criminal. Can he be stopped before he kills again?

Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

어느 대기업 회장의 딸과 회장 비서의 결혼식장에 케이크가 배달된다. 몇 년 전 기업의 뇌물 수수 스캔들을 잠재우기 위해 강제적으로 투신자살한 간부의 아들이 보낸 것이다. 케이크의 배달을 시작으로 그의 복수가 시작되는데...

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association, and he disguises himself.

1959 Japanese movie

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.