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Tag Archives: Kôichi Satô
When the Last Sword is Drawn (2002)
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife Read More »
The Gate of Youth (1981) Kinji Fukasaku
The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Read More »
Manon (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Setsuko Karasuma
The story of the rise and fall of a young courtesan. Read More »
The Five / Gonin (1995) Takashi Ishii, Kôichi Satô, Masahiro Motoki, Jinpachi Nezu
Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza Read More »
The Last Ronin / Saigo no Chûshingura (2010) Shigemichi Sugita, Kôji Yakusho, Kôichi Satô, Nanami Sakuraba
16 years after the fateful “revenge of the Forty-seven Ronin” involving samurais from the Ako Read More »
Yuki ni negau koto / What the Snow Brings (2005) Kichitaro Negishi, Yûsuke Iseya, Kôichi Satô, Kyôko Koizumi
Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older “banba” horse “Unryu” Read More »
Wait and See (1998) Shinji Sômai, Kôichi Satô, Yuki Saitô, Tsutomu Yamazaki
Hiroshi, who has never known his father, is a graduate from a prestigious university 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 »
Honeymoon (1984) Hôjin Hashiura, Kôichi Satô, Kumi Nakamura, Masataka Abe
Tetsuaki is an unpublished novelist who makes his living by taking odd jobs. Read More »