Sanae Nakahara

Sachi Hamano's Yurisai (Lily Festival) is about a man (Mickey Curtis) in his seventies who comes to live in an apartment building that also houses seven elderly women. The film examines the ladies' sexual desires as the man proceeds to woo each of them. Kazuko Yoshiyuki portrays one of the female residents. The film was adapted from a novel by Houko Momotani and was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Sayo and Keiji have eloped to New Zealand to marry, away from the interference of Keiji's disapproving mother in Japan. On their honeymoon, they have the freedom to express their love away from her repressive influence. However, on what should be the happiest of days, Keiji is drowned and Sayo must, by custom, return to live with her cruel and selfish mother-in-law.

A travel writer on an assignment comes across a murder, tries and fails to chase down the criminal. He notices the corpse was switched for another one...

In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.

Masako, a five-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Chiba, gets a tiny scratch on her finger while playing with mud in a marsh. After that, she suffered all kinds of horrible spasms including biting her tongue. The doctor checks on her for hours on end and arrive at the conclusion that she has tetanus. It seems like the devil has come to dwell in the little girl's body. Her parents have to to bear the sufferings of their child and face the fear that they might also be the victims of tetanus. The once peaceful family has changed completely and the three have been cast into a bottomless hell.

Экранизация одноименного романа Цутому Минаками (Мидзуками). Йюко и Сэйдзюн выросли в глухой деревне, они дружили с детства и поклялись пожениться, когда вырастут. Но прошли годы и Сэйдзюн был отправлен на обучение в монастырь, а Йюко начала работать в веселом квартале Киото, чтобы спасти свою семью от нищеты. Очередной раз мы возвращаемся к событиям 2 июля 1950 года, когда послушник монастыря Рокуон-дзи поджег Золотой павильон.

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.

История повествует о том, как сорок семь бывших поданных самураев из Ако, ставших ронинами, отомстили за смерть своего господина, даймё Асано Такуми-но-Ками Наганори, церемониймейстеру при дворе сёгуна Токугава Цунаёси по имени и титулу Кира Кодзуке-но-Сукэ. В 1701 году Асано был приговорён к совершению харакири за то, что обнажил меч в стенах дворца Сёгуна и напал с оружием в руках на высокопоставленного чиновника Кира в ответ на оскорбления с его стороны. Тем же указом Сёгуна клан Асано был распущен и его имущество конфисковано. Потеряв своего господина и замок, как и источники дохода, около полсотни ронинов во главе с главным советником клана Оиси Кураносукэ дали клятву кровавой мести, понимая, что за это их ожидает смертный приговор.

Фильм начинается с внезапной смерти второго сёгуна династии Токугава - Хидэтада. Вскоре после этого его старший сын Иэмицу узнаёт, что отец умер не своей смертью. Он был отравлен учителем фехтования Ягю Тадзима, поскольку собирался сделать своим наследником второго сына - Таданагу. Преданный своему воспитаннику Иэмицу, честолюбивый и безжалостный Ягю отравляет Хидэтаду, чтобы не допустить такого поворота событий. Подозрения в насильственной смерти сёгуна приводят к тому, что начинается борьба за престол. Таданага и его сторонники (в том числе и князь Овари) пытаются доказать виновность Иэмицу в смерти отца. Но поскольку доказательств у них нет, то они со своими дружинами в знак протеста оставляют замок сёгунов в Эдо. Иэмицу должен быть объявлен сёгуном Указом императора. Однако императорский двор начинает свою игру. Придворные императора сталкивает сыновей покойного сёгуна в попытке прекратить правление самураев и уничтожить сёгунат Токугава.

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.

The eighth sequel of the series by the successful “Fukasaku and Bunta” collaboration revolves around the men of a lesser organization that are constantly bullied by the upper organization and “bleed in vain” in gang wars.

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

The seventh in the shocking "Jingi Naki Tatakai" movie series, which exposes the true lives of the yakuza that is hidden by a mask of "jingi". The next stage of this continuing drama is the Kanmon Channel where the Owada and the Kyoei groups are battling for territorial rights and drug smuggling. The Owada sends their man, Tetsu, and his friend Shuji to kill the Kyoei boss. With the promise of fame and riches, Shuji takes the fall and goes to jail for 7 years. But when he's released, he discovers that he and Tetsu have been all but forgotten by the Owada. Feeling betrayed, Shuji takes natters into his own hands and becomes an unsuspecting pawn in an internal conflict and an assassination attempt on the Owada boss. And now angered, Shuji seeks revenge...

Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugo artist. The very successful Rokyu wants to take Bakyo under his wings, but Bakyo refuses, claiming that Rokyu's rakugo is compromised by the elements of kabuki. But Bakyo changes his mind and determines to learn (or steal) Rokyu's craft and makes it his own.

Pinku from 1975.

1963 год. С того дня, как босс Охара отправился за решётку, в Курасиме не стихает война между бандами. Молодой наследник отбывающего срок босса Кэндзи Хиротани уже несколько лет намеревается восстановить власть своего клана в городе, но пока не в состоянии этого сделать. У его соперника Кавады больше денег, людей и связей наверху, но зато у Кэндзи есть своя бригада и хороший друг — инспектор уголовной полиции Куно, который всегда готов прикрыть его в случае неприятностей. Куно не считает себя продажным полицейским, так как деньги никогда не были для него приоритетом. Просто он считает, что во всём должен быть свой порядок. Если якудза — неизбежное зло, значит, его нужно просто научиться контролировать. А кому это сделать, как не сообразительному парню Хиротани? Признаться, Куно даже сам помышлял в молодости о том, чтобы стать бандитом, но потом решил, что работать в полиции куда круче и выгоднее.

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.

As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

По следу неуловимой Нами идёт полицейский-психопат. Его команда почти арестовывает героиню, но та снова скрывается, хотя и получив ранение. Убежище Скорпион находит у некогда искалеченного полицией (тем самым психопатом) бывшего деятеля радикального движения.

Действие картины разворачивается в Японии в конце 19-го века. Четверо бандитов убивают мужа и маленького сына женщины по имени Саё Кашима. Женщину заберет себе один из бандитов, который будет использовать ее для своих любовных утех. Однажды она убьет его и отправится в путь, чтобы разыскать и отмстить оставшимся трем, но, к сожалению, ее арестуют и дадут пожизненный срок. Теперь она не сможет отомстить, поэтому решает завести ребенка и для этого ложится под всех тюремных надзирателей без разбора. Вскоре она забеременеет и у нее родится девочка, которую она назовет Юки — ребенок, рожденный для мести. После родов Саё умрет, а девочку заберет, выходящая на волю, сокамерница. Девочка попадает в руки к учителю-монаху, который сделает из нее профессионального убийцу. И вот спустя годы Юки выходит на тропу мести.

1971 год. Вдова сержанта Кацуо Тогаси, казненного в августе 1945 года, приходит в министерство с просьбой пересмотреть дело. Госпожа Тогаси уверена, что ее муж не был дезертиром, и готова искать свидетелей и участников страшных событий в Новой Гвинее во время Второй мировой войны.

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plane - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem when suspicion arises and Nemuri Kyoshiro gets involved.

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.

Japanese crime film

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a young man who committed suicide.

About an establishment where old men pay to sleep besides young girls that had been narcotized and happen to be naked, the sleeping beauties. The old men are expected to take sleeping pills and share the bed for a whole night with a girl without attempting anything of bad taste like putting a finger inside their mouths.

A prostitute and her stepfather are falsely accused of murder, imprisoned, sexually abused and tortured. The real murderer will be discovered - and the girl will take revenge.

Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.

The film focuses on the romantic life of Tetsu (Watari), the drifter, and the girls he loves but can never quite bring himself to settle down with. To make matters even more atmospheric, our story is set in a picturesque harbor town. Yoshida is Tetsu's double-crossing rival who pays in the end with his life. Fairly superficial, but the tone isn't particularly light; in fact, it is downright melancholic, which is the picture's salvation. The emphasis on Tetsu never being able to escape his criminal life despite his tender side, the downbeat undercurrent of cynical gang activity amidst the sunset-dappled waves, actually makes this an entertaining sequel. However, Suzuki's irreverent surrealism is replaced by Morinaga's Monet-like impressionism.

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 Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

In the end of 19th century Japan, followers of judo and jujitsu battle for supremacy in Japanese martial arts.

Japanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.

A young bartender acts as a pimp on the side: he pretends to have VD to get a girl an abortion. She is actually infected by another and plans her revenge.

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove.

In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of five Shinano female ninja with the seed of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in hopes of continuing the bloodline. Princess Sen and the five female ninja escape from Osaka castle by blending in with the handmaidens. Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu who was supposed to rule all under the heavens was informed of this secret. So Ieyasu orders five samurai of the Iga Ninja clan (brought by Hattori Hanzo) to stop the Toyotomi bloodline by killing the Kunoichi ninja. An attack of ninja magic arts unfolds in a battle of the sexes.

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sabu and gang to act as decoys, for 50,000 each. The sting is a success, but the double-crossing starts almost immediately. Sabu discovers how little of the take they were promised and hides the stash. Jiro and his slimy partner pressure the kids to fess up. Meanwhile, their respectable elder brother Ichiro is being leaned on by the town's big boss, whose money it was.

В фильме рассказывается о таинственной судьбе романтика Синдзо и прекрасной принцессы, которые оказались в центре интриги вокруг легенды о земле Ясура в горах Кумано. Сундуки золота, любовь к прекрасной принцессе и приближающийся злой меч сегуната предстоит пережить герою этого эпического ниндзя-триллера.

Мошенники и шулера, проституция и месть в стиле Якудзы — основа многих фильмов, снятых японским кинорежиссёром Сейджуном Сузуки. И кинокартина «Странник из Канто» не стала исключением. Эта стремительно разворачивающаяся мелодрама, красочная и наполненная событиями, стала жемчужиной своего жанра. Якудза-телохранитель оказывается в эпицентре борьбы за власть между своим боссом и его конкурентом. Судьбе было угодно столкнуть его с таинственной красавицей — роковой женщиной из его прошлого, и теперь ему предстоит выбирать между страстью и долгом чести.

The action takes place in a city where you can live on only 100 yen a day. The "General", who indulged in gambling with his henchmen all day, he was running his business and hitting him with a taxi turned out to be a trifle for him. A unique work, filled with tears and laughter, praising the beautiful human love that blooms at the bottom of life, focused on the genius “General” who lives in the troubled city of Kamagasaki.

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his father Kokichi and his mother Motoko. Motoko is a famous hair dresser, who openly flaunts her lover. When Kokichi and Motoko fight, which they do a lot, he routinely threatens to leave but never quite does. A relationship develops between Saburo and Keiko, but Saburo is shaken when his mother tells Keiko the truth about Saburo's past and the secret of his birth.

На экране господствуют грязь, кровь, насилие, проституция. Однако есть героиня, которой удается противостоять обстоятельствам и не стать представительницей «древнейшей профессии». В этом ей помогают сила характера и твердость духа.

Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignment to "Cover Tokyo" with a camera. But he is disillusioned when he is told he must work together with Miharu, a good looking girl in the film company's publicity department. Then the fun begins.

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business...

Тацуо Нисина и Коити Катори — репортеры, знакомые со школьной скамьи и сейчас работающие на газеты-конкуренты. Оба пытаются распутать дело международного картеля наркоторговцев «Нулевая линия», однако подходы к работе у них разные. Катори готов переступить через этические границы ради достижения цели, а Нисина — нет. В немалой степени Нисину удерживает то, что он влюблен. Его любимая Сумико — младшая сестра Катори.

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.

An action masterpiece depicting the brotherhood of a younger brother (a student yakuza who breaks the gang rules and the law), and an older brother who prays for his brother's happiness while becoming a gangster to the old yakuza.

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

Set in an old merchant house in Kyoto, the film traces the passing of an era through the story of a parent and child.

A youth lyrical painting depicting a sensitive young man with rich poetic feelings focused on the concerns and aspirations of a high school student.

At about the same time as lwami, president of a Tokyo company is murdered by an unknown assailant, it happens that an urgent call has been received from an airline company's office on remote Hachijo Island for a special serum. A Cessna aircraft which has been chartered by a man named Ohashi takes off for the island with the serum piloted by Ishida. But when airborne, Ohashi, who is the murderer of lwami, holds up Ishida at gunpoint and orders him to land on a small island west of Hachijo where a ship is waiting to take him to Hong Kong...

В десятую годовщину капитуляции Японской империи пятеро не похожих друг на друга людей встречаются на железнодорожной станции. Их цель — добыть банку морфия, сейчас баснословно дорогую, которую в день капитуляции спрятал в бомбоубежище военный врач Хасимото. Им придется работать вместе.

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.

Former boxer Daishiro lost his wife, and his only son, Kaoru, went missing, it was a heavy blow for Daishiro. One day, Daishiro got a call from his relative Morihiko. He said he forgot the winning lottery ticket of 2 million yen at the hotel, so he wants Daishiro to go and pick it up. Morihiko used the hotel for secret meetings, so he said he couldn't go there himself because he was afraid it would become public. When Daishiro entered the hotel, the Yakuza, who learned about the lottery from the newspaper, threaten the hotel maid Noriko, and want to rob her. Daishiro helps Noriko and safely picks up the lottery, but a message arrives from his relative Seikichi from Osaka. His missing son Kaoru is said to be a boxer in Osaka. "My son... He has the blood of a boxer in him..." Daishiro is heading to Osaka in a hurry...

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by his wife, one daughter is forced to marry an older man against her will, while the other has retreated into smug moral superiority.

Japanese comedy film.

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art student, Shohei and a poor painter, Sohei. Sohei’s painting was praised by a great printer at the completion ceremony of the art gallery. Since he became successful as a painter, but he looked quite indifferent. Around the same time, Shohei’s sister brought Sohei’s pictures to the gallery and Shokichi noticed that she was a daughter of his first love.

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

Roppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out to Tokyo to save a sinking milk delivery business a distant relative of his runs, he encounters the most strangest of clientele.

Japanese drama film.

Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience.

Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.

Фильм состоит из трёх новелл. Томико, героиня первой новеллы «Цветочница» (режиссёр Кодзабуро Ёсимура),— маленькая девочка, на плечи которой непосильным бременем легли заботы о семье. Отец Тамико уже давно не может найти себе работу, старшая сестра безнадёжно больна — вряд ли ей удасться поняться на ноги. Чтобы прокормить родных, Томико с утра до поздней ночи бегает по городу и продаёт цветы… Вторая новелла (реж. Тадаси Имаи) тоже рисует быт бедняков. Незнакомая девушка принесла молодому Кавано письмо от его матери. Оказывается, девушку зовут Кунико, она очень трудолюбивая, но семья её умирает от голода. Поэтому мать решила отправить Кунико к сыну, чтобы тот женился на ней. Новелла так и называется «Неожиданная невеста». Особый интерес представляет третья новелла, которая дала название всему фильму: «Когда любишь» (реж. Сацуо Ямамото). Здесь показана семья молодого борца за мир.

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)