Seiji works on construction sites. He sympathizes with Hosaka just back from Thailand. Read More »
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Beijing Watermelon (1989) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Bengaru, Masako Motai, Yasufumi Hayashi
The film is based on true events. It centers around Shunzo, a popular greengrocer who lives in a city near Tokyo. Read More »
A Chaos of Flowers (1988) Kinji Fukasaku, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Keiko Matsuzaka, Ken Ogata
Poet Akiko Yosano is a poor woman with many children, she composes while doing the housework. Read More »
Blood for Blood (1971) Yasuharu Hasebe, Jô Shishido, Makoto Satô, Meiko Kaji
A uniformly excellent, no-no-nonsense, straightforward yakuza sage. Read More »
Earth (1939) Tomu Uchida, Isamu Kosugi, Akiko Kazami, Donguriboya
The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. Read More »
Uzumasa Limelight (2014) Ken Ochiai, Seizô Fukumoto, Chihiro Yamamoto, Masashi Gôda
The film centers an aged movie extra who specializes to be killed in samurai movies without ever being lit by the limelight. Read More »
Yakuza Ladies 3 (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Yoshiko Mita, Rino Katase, Ken’ichi Hagiwara
Upon the passing of the Sakanishi Clan’s boss, a fierce battle between his wife Hazuki and his disciple Terada breaks out. Read More »
009-1: The End of the Beginning (2013) Koichi Sakamoto, Mayuko Iwasa, Minehiro Kinomoto, Nao Nagasawa
In 20xx, the world is divided into two powers: the Western Block and the Eastern Block. Read More »
The Catch (1983) Shinji Sômai, Ken Ogata, Masako Natsume, Kôichi Satô
A young man tries to overcome the hostility of his girlfriend’s father, a tuna fisherman Read More »
Our Blood Will Not Forgive (1964) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Chieko Matsubara
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza for the death of their father. Read More »