Tappei Shimokawa

This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshitaka Zushi

A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend's father, a tuna fisherman, by getting the father to teach him the trade's secrets.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Ogata

A bad cop is engaged in a violent chase to catch a yakuza boss. In his absence his wife runs away with another man, who turns out to be the very same...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yoshio Harada

1980 Japanese film distributed by Shochiku.

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Cast: Teruhiko Aoi

1979 Japanese film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Makoto Akatsuka

Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuko Asano

Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munefuyu is assigned to deal with the problem and the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yoshirō Aoki

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Shingo Yamashiro

Kinjiro Oribe, nicknamed Orikin, is a professional golfer who has not won a single tournament in his 17-year golf career. He arrives at the golf...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tetsuya Takeda

A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Ohmori

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...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Takakura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsukasa Nakagoshi

A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hironobu Nomura

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Shinta is a sixth grader in Kawasaki City a troublemaker that dreams to become a soccer player. Yoshiko, a classmate who moved to Kawasaki from Iwate...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hitoshi Abe

Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! The late legendary actor, Yusaku Matsuda, stars in...

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Cast: Yūsaku Matsuda

In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

In order to encourage his son who became paralyzed due to a traffic accident, he depicts a former boxer aiming for aiming to win.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kensaku Morita

Momoko Watanabe—a student who, upon visiting a shrine in order to wish good luck on a friend of hers, witnesses a murder in the forest...and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Momoko Kikuchi

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Cast: Riki Takeuchi

From all over Japan, the greatest warriors: Yagyu Jubei, Miyamoto Musashi, Araki Mataemon, and more came to test their blades in a tournament of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kotaro Satomi

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Cast: Kotaro Satomi

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kaishu Katsu

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miki Odagiri

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Cast: Chōei Takahashi

A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiru Akiyoshi

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiju Kobayashi

A group of travelers is stranded in a small country inn when the river floods during heavy rains. As the bad weather continues, tensions rise amongst...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Terao

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadaharu Oh

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune