Ryôhei Uchida

Ryôhei Uchida

Nascimento : 1924-02-05, Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Morte : 1984-06-15

História

Ryōhei Uchida was a Japanese film and television actor.

Perfil

Ryôhei Uchida

Filmes

Onimasa: Um Padrinho Japonês
Hirazo Suenaga
Onimasa é o chefe egocêntrico de um pequeno clã Yakuza na ilha de Shikoku, cujos deveres criminosos entram em conflito com sua autoimagem de samurai cavalheiresco. As suas lutas com o seu chefe, o padrinho de Shikoku, e a vida tumultuosa da sua filha adotiva, Matsue, formam o pano de fundo deste conto épico de justiça, obediência e vingança sangrenta.
Demon's Room
Kyotaro
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.
Target
Keisuke Kadota
Two killers revenge a wirepuller of the underworld in Yokohama.
Dead Angle
Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
Yomoshichi Senshû
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Sixteen Years Old: Nymphets' Room
Kôji
Nikkatsu Roman Porno
High Seas Hijack
Boatswain Nishizawa
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
Love in the Mud
This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain. One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.
Case of the Disjointed Murder
Wani Mochizuki
In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after another. The incident seemed to have no continuity...
Utamaro's World
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
The Youth Killer
Jun's Father
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love; when they bar him from meeting with his girlfriend, tensions increase.
Cobra 2
Sasayama
Japanese crime film.
The Explosion
Boatswain Nishizawa
Thriller about hijackers taking control of an oil tanker and threatening to blow it all up in Tokyo Bay.
Code of Wolves
In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Jeans Blues: No Future
Hongo
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up on the road together in (another) stolen car. It's not long before the police take an interest in the crimes, and of course the gangsters are hot on Jiri's heels; meaning the two must scarper across Japan by any means necessary.
The Bodyguard
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?
Conto de uma Mulher Yakuza
Jôji
Ocho é sequestrado por um clã yakuza que usa uma quadrilha de mulheres para contrabandear drogas nas suas vaginas. Descobrindo que o chefe do crime havia matado o último chefe e sequestrado a sua filha, Ocho une forças com as mulas das drogas contra o clã.
Bohachi Bushido: Código dos Oito Esquecidos
Kurokuwamon no Ozunu (Ninja)
Shiro, um Ronin niilista sem lei, junto com um espadachim sem precedentes, passa seu tempo massacrando os seus inimigos. Arrastando o seu desconforto, ele tenta cometer suicídio pulando de uma ponte em uma de suas muitas lutas sangrentas. Para sua surpresa, ele se vê revivido pelo corpo quente e macio de uma das prostitutas do clã Bohachi, que controlam o distrito local da capital, Yoshiwara. Este clã com estratégias maquiavélicas e padrões de vida dos mais curiosos, pretende contratar Shiro para livrar a cidade da concorrência desleal da prostituição, que floresceu livremente, mas o último percebe que está sendo manipulado...
Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl
Mr Z
First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang.
Yakuza Wolf: Extend My Condolences
Attacking Asao Uchida's lonely, clifftop mansion in no-holds barred massacre.
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
Nikko
The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
The Trail Of Blood
Um homem pecador pode mudar e encontrar paz? É improvável no Japão infestado de gangues. Jokichi de Mikogami, um vagabundo (e espadachim), vai logo atrás de proteger uma mulher em apuros: eles se casam, têm um filho e Jokichi segue o ofício de seu pai. Depois de três anos, as gangues que ele envergonhou ao salvar sua esposa encontram a família e deixam Jokichi em luto, jurando vingança. Para aparar sua terrível espada rápida, gangues rivais unem forças, contratando uma prostituta para se passar por uma mulher que precisa de ajuda e quebrando o código de honra para enganar o vagabundo. Ele encontra aliados improváveis: um ladrão que o ajuda para se divertir e um espadachim caolho que pode ser igual a Jokichi em habilidade e honra.
Shadow Hunters
Sunlight
Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
Ambition in The Mirror
Pinku directed by the legendary Satoru Kobayashi
Sex Up And Down
A con man sets up a consulting firm where he poses as a doctor specializing in curing people of their sexual problems and hang-ups.
Yakuza Wolf
A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Yozo Nanba
Exciting fight of a secret police detective over secret of a diamond.
Pay Off Your Debt!
Asakura was told he could leave the gang if he killed Takahata, but he failed and was sentenced to two years. When he was released, the Oyane group was crushed, and instead, the emerging gangster Hokuyokai was in charge of the Oyane group's territory.
Blood For Blood
The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the city has sprouted into a boomtown and business is good. Two of the most infamous mobs of Tokyo want a piece of the pie. As out-of-town yakuza flood the city overnight, the crime boss of the Akiba family, Tezuka (Joe Shishido), is released from prison after a five year sentence. He does not like the "change" he sees.
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
Kurokawa
Exciting fights between the police and a crime syndicate over the secret of poison gas.
Kanto Outlaw
Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang.
A Man's World
Tadao Konno (Yujiro Ishihara) had been staying in Canada for 5 years since his girlfriend's death. She was killed for Gang's boss, Shiraishi. Now Tadao returned from Canada and Gang member wonder if he will do revenge for her death…
Women Smell of Night
A 1970 crime film.
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
An undercover cop insinuates himself into a yakuza family. Managing to avert an assassination attack on the boss he is assigned to kill a rival boss.
Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo
Officer
Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that she is the mistress of a religious leader, he and his posse make plans to rob her partner.
Women's Police: Swirling Butterflies
Ryo Kuroki
Aboard a night ferry in the Inland Sea, Masaaki Kagari (Akira Kobayashi), a young tough, who supplies hostesses to night spots, encounters Yuko, his ex-sweetheart. He considers himself a private underworld sort of policeman-in the com- munity of such women. Yuko, now a bar proprietress, is under the protection of Tahei Daigo, a sinister gang boss who in his quest for chances of good investments abroad plans to offer young girls to rich foreigners. Asked to gather attractive girls by Yuko, now Tahei's puppet, Masaaki collects many only to find them mysteriously missing...
Maldição da Mulher Cega
Aozora
Akemi é um líder dos dragões tatuados do clã Tachibana Yakuza. Em um duelo com uma gangue rival, Akemi corta os olhos de um oponente e um gato preto aparece, para lamber o sangue que jorra da ferida. O gato e a vítima perseguem a gangue de Akemi para se vingarem, deixando um rastro de meninas Yakuza mortas, suas tatuagens de dragões esfoladas de seus corpos.
A Kamikaze Cop
Ishiguro
An undercover cop befriends a yakuza underling who through his contacts helps him infiltrate two rival Yakuza gangs. He pits the two rival gangs against each other in hopes that they will cross each other out.
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.
Prison Tales
Gambling Den Desire
In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local Isetoku family. Setsuko, the adopted daughter of the Isetoku family, falls in love with Seijiro, a travelling raven she meets on a whim. However, Koide, a businessman connected to the Masukawa clan, wants Setsuko to become his mistress... Setsuko puts aside her love and her regrets and bets on the greatest female challenge of her life!
Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement
Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.
Profile of a Boss' Son
Four years ago, Teppei Hondo killed two people from the Shinwa group for the murder of his brother. After serving a 3-year prison sentence, he considered returning home, but his father, the boss of the Honda Group, told him to stay away for another year, so he went to sea. In the end, having returned, he again finds himself embroiled in a showdown between the yakuza.
The Cleanup
A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Nishiki Shinmi
Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.
Vermillion Sword: Scabbard Code Sword Amidst the Swirling Cherry Blossoms
Yasujiro Yuki
Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi continues to lose at Takamasa's gambling house. The authoritative female gambler Ai gives him money and advises him to think seriously about his life. She has to leave Takamasa because of him. She travels to Tomioka for advice from Matsumiya Seiji, who previously helped her. However, the latter is killed due to a conflict with the Kaizu-gumi yakuza family, making his wife Tane a widow...
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
Fill the Cup with Blood
Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn between the organization and his old friends.
The Bad Guy Blues
A story about club hostesses in Osaka.
Black Rose Mansion
A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.
Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler
Japanese crime film
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Tsubaki
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the control of the city. He tries to keep to the old yakuza code but he is no match for the new thugs who live and fight without honor.
The Elder Sister
Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.
Angel's Lover
Comedy about two employees who work against their boss.
Harbor Light Yokohama
A hit-man returns to Japan after a long sojourne.
Fangs of a Female
Japanese crime film
East China Sea
Kunigorō
Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat, but the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Song of Vengeance
城所譲二
The Spiders' The Road to Bali
Amazon Joji
The Spiders, a 1960s Japanese Group Sounds band, star in this rare Monkees and Beatles inspired secret agent movie. During their Asian tour spies try to smuggle plutonium hidden in The Spiders' guitar amps!
Outlaw: Heartless
Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) was indebted to Mitsugimoto. Sawada, a low rank yakuza with a gambling problem owed Mitsugimoto three million yen. This equation can only lead to one answer. Mitsugimoto needs to pay and Goro's coming to collect.
Pântano Amaldiçoado
Nabeshima Naoshige
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
The Worship of the Flesh
Tôshichi
Diamonds of the Andes
Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to leave the world of the yakuza and live with his fiancée Reiko.
Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2
Gô Kiuchi
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.
Blackmail Is My Life
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki (Horoki Matsukata) quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.
Black Ninja
Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.
The Woman Gambler
Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Organized Violence II
Shinsaku Sakaki
Samurai Wolf II
Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.
Burning Clouds
Five Star Private
Organized Violence
A war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the Snow Country
Samurai Wolf
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.
The Blazing Sword
Set during the last days of the Tokugawa (Edo) Period, Moeyo-ken tells the story of Hijikata Toshizo and the Shinsengumi. Hijikata Toshizo is a samurai eager to test his skills and sword and make his first kill. The dojo he belongs to practices the Tennen Rishin style and teaches this to farmers. Not considered real samurai by other dojo's, they receive a request for a duel by a rival dojo practicing the Kogen Itto style. Sohaku Rokusha, a teacher there, challenges them and fights with Hijikata Toshizo. The outcome of the fight creates a deadly animosity between them that lasts through the ages.
By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
Liu Cheng Yuan
Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
The Threat
Man in a raincoat
Judo Showdown
Daizaburo Himon
In the end of 19th century Japan, followers of judo and jujitsu battle for supremacy in Japanese martial arts.
Secret Club 000
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko
Hanawa gang boss
Chivalrous Nature
Hoodlum Match
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
Cruel Story of the Shogunate's Downfall
A headstrong young man seeks to join the Shinsengumi, but while his determination impresses his superiors, questions begin to arise as to his true identity and intentions.
Group Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
Dohaku
Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and begin their actions in secret, making full use of their special abilities. In the end, their plan goes beyond what was intended and turns into a good deed for many people. A masterpiece of historical drama, full of breathtaking thrills and action.
Gambler
Kanpachi Arai
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group, but refuses. A young fashion villain, a Yakuza boss wants to get into politics. He makes a deal with the Osaka Railway Company, leaving many poor people homeless. Tachibana engages in a fierce battle with villains for the poor.
Escape from Japan
Isamu Goda
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery.
Shingo's Final Duel
After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life with his mother far away from the seat of government in Edo. Not wanting to inconvenience his father anymore his plan is to stay away from the city and enjoy life like a normal man. Unfortunately for him, his past comes back to haunt him in the person of his mortal enemy, the one swordsman that is skillful enough to defeat him. This is the most perilous moment of Shingo's life as he must face his deadliest foe in a battle to the death!
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of the Nishikawa Gang, loves her very much too. However, as he likes Tatsu's dynamic personality, he volunteers to become a go-between for their marriage. Yasaburo gets tipped off by Yajima who wants to take over the territory of the Nishikawa Gang, and is arrested and imprisoned. After his release, Yajima tries to kill him. Ginjiro, a lover of Tamaryu respects Kimiyakko as an older sister and a follower of Tatsu, is murdered. After the third marriage ceremony just between Tatsu and Kimiyakko, Tatsu goes off to the place of fighting.
Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut
In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of a mysterious note written by his father, Inspector Sena, held a clue to the inspector's murder 18 years ago. As Ukyunosuke continues further with his investigation into the conspiracy to uncover the truth behind his father's death, he must confront those eager to take his life. The great Okawa Hashizo shines in one of his signature roles bringing the ultimate conclusion of this epic tale of murder and revenge!
Judo Hall Demon
Sequel to the movie Judo Ichidai (Judo Life) with Sonny Chiba
Tokyo Gang Vs. Hong Kong Gang
The Thirteen Assassins
Hanbei Onigashira
Um Daimyo (senhor feudal) sádico estupra uma mulher e mata ela e seu marido, mas mesmo quando um de seus vassalos comete suicídio para chamar a atenção para o crime, o assunto é rapidamente silenciado. Não apenas não haverá punição, mas como o Daimyo é o irmão mais novo do Shogun, ele será nomeado em breve para um alto cargo político, da qual poderá causar ainda mais estragos. Convencido de que o destino do Shogunato está na balança, uma trama é planejada para assassinar o Daimyo. As duas mentes estratégicas mais brilhantes de sua geração se enfrentam; alguém é encarregado de defender um homem que despreza e tem um pequeno exército à sua disposição. O outro recebe uma missão suicida e tem 12 homens corajosos. Eles são os 13 assassinos.
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
Legends of Honor
First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii
League of Gangsters
Kazama
A yakuza man is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge ransom score.
俺は地獄の部隊長
Badge of the Night
A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. Kobayashi then discovers evidence that points to the doctor sibling of an innocent girl. The climax in a rural snowy locale is suspenseful and well-staged.
The Rambler Goes North
In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip.
Crimson pistol belt
Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the mine.
Pursuit
Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.
Killers on Parade
Eye-popping visuals and black humor mark this wild New Wave masterpiece about a vengeful contractor who hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.
Incidental Murders
Detective Ema
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.
Internees of Kampili
In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied women and children interned in camp Kampili. Kampili is located some ten kilometers outside Macassar on the island of Celebes. Eighteen-hundred Allied women and children were interned for the duration of the war. Yamaji's iron rule for camp administration is : No violence; hands off internees; He also endeavors to establish self-administration by internees while aiming at a self-supporting camp economy within six months. His ingenuity gains the camp numerous pigs to enrich their diet, and sewing machines with to make fatigue uniforms for the military. The internees are grateful for what little aid he can give them. As the tides of war changes, Allied planes bomb the camp in error. But the surrender of Japan changes everything, and the internees join forces to save their former camp commander from the gallows.
Smashing the 0-Line
Toshio Saeki
Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister?
The Lost Diamond
Two men perform a robbery on an airplane before parachuting to safety, and a newspaper reporter attempts to solve the crime.
Return of the Vagabond
The 3rd film of the famous "Wataridori" (The Rambler) series from Nikkatsu. The young rambler, Shinji Taki (Akira Kobayashi), with his guitar arrives in Sadogashima Island, Niigata, Japan. Of course, Shinji meets yet another beautiful girl named Noriko, who closely resembles the famous actress Ruriko Asaoka again. Of course, Noriko is in trouble. Of course, Shinji's yet another skilled rival named "Tetsu, the Gunman" comes to Sado shortly. Of course, the villain tries to kill Shinji and Tetsu. Of course, Shinji solves the problem and leaves Sado suddenly.
He's the Witness
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.
Mire na Viatura
Kuji
A sharpshooter kills two prisoners in a police van at night. The guard on the van is suspended for six months; he's Tamon, an upright, modest man. He begins his own investigation into the murders. Who were the victims, who are their relatives and girlfriends, who else was on the van that night? As he doggedly investigates, others die, coincidences occur, and several leads take him to the Hamaju Agency, which may be supplying call girls. Its owner is in jail, his daughter, the enigmatic Yuko, keeps turning up where Tamon goes. Tamon believes he can awaken good in people, but has he met his match? Will he solve the murders or be the next victim? And who is Akiba?
Who is in the Background?
Guerra e Humanidade II: Estrada Para a Eternidade
Hashitani Gunsô
A trilogia humanista de Kobayashi continua tendo, neste segundo filme, o idealista Kaji sendo mandado à longínqua Manchúria e com as mais selvagens atrocidades ocorrendo durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ao descobrir que os soldados são cruelmente maltratados pelo seu sargento e oficiais, Kaji resolve fazer um protesto.
Woman from the Sea
While in vacation in a sea side house, a young man fall in love with a beautiful woman who pretends to live by herself in the sea. The fishermen of a nearby village think she is a monster, the female of a shark killed many years before, responsible for many disappearances.
Farewell to Southern Tosa
Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.
Mermaids and Sea Robbers
Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.
その手にのるな
Stakeout
Mr. Yamada, principal offender
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
I Will Buy You
Reporter
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
O Quarto de Paredes Espessas
Um grupo de soldados japoneses comuns é preso por crimes contra a humanidade, eles próprios vítimas de uma nação que se recusa a carregar o seu fardo como um todo. Da coleção "Criterion Collection": "Entre os primeiros filmes japoneses a lidar diretamente com as cicatrizes da Segunda Guerra Mundial, por ser um filme com conteúdo inflamatório, o filme foi engavetado pelo estúdio por três anos antes de ser lançado."
俺は死なない
Fountainhead
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky
Shinkichi, Hiroko's friend
This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.
Mother in the Storm
Young Chinese man