A band of ex-soldiers, scoundrels, and thugs in Ginza after World War Two fight Read More »
Tag Archives: Jun’ya Satô
Organised Violence Two / Zoku soshiki bôryoku (1967) Jun’ya Satô, Tetsurô Tanba, Fumio Watanabe, Hayato Tani
A superb proto-jitsuroku type yakuza film by Junya Sato. Fumio Watanabe (in probably his best role) Read More »
Quarreling with Yakuza / Yakuza to kôsô: Jitsuroku Andô-gumi (1972) Jun’ya Satô, Noboru Andô, Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building Read More »
The Drifting Avenger (1968) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Takakura, Ken Goodlet, Judith Roberts
Ken, son of a former samurai settles with his family in the west from Japan. Read More »
Organized Crime – Loyalty Offering Brothers / Soshiki boryoku: kyodai sakazuki (1969) Jun’ya Satô, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Kyôsuke Machida
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô) Read More »
Bullet Train (1975) Shinkansen daibakuha
One of the Japanese Shinkansen “Bullet Trains” is threatened with a bomb Read More »
Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005) Jun’ya Satô, Takashi Sorimachi, Shidô Nakamura, Yû Aoi
On April, 6th 2005, in Makurazi, Kagoshima, Makiko Uchida seeks a boat in the local fishing Read More »
Hold Me and Kiss Me AKA Watashi o daite soshite kisu shite (1992) Jun’ya Satô, Yôko Minamino, Hidekazu Akai, Tomokazu Miura
Kieko’s life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been infected with HIV. Read More »
O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan / The Dream of Russia (1992) Jun’ya Satô, Ken Ogata, Oleg Yankovskiy, Takuzô Kawatani
1782. A Japanese ship named Shinsho-maru is blown off course and severely battered during a wild storm Read More »
Saigo no tokkôtai / The Last Kamikaze (1970) Jun’ya Satô, Kôji Tsuruta, Ken Takakura, Shin’ichi Chiba, Drama, War
Saigo no Tokkotai (The Last Kamikaze) is set in the final months of World War II, when it was increasingly obvious that Japan was going to lose the war. Read More »