A reformed gangster helps a former yakuza member. Read More »
Tag Archives: Makoto Satô
The Falcon Fighters / Rikugun hayabusa sentotai (1969) Mitsuo Murayama, Makoto Satô, Shiho Fujimura, Sei Hiraizumi
In the days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Kato Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air Corps Read More »
Dokuritsu gurentai / Desperate Outpost (1959) Kihachi Okamoto, Makoto Satô, Izumi Yukimura, Misa Uehara
When Sergeant Okubo’s brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War Read More »
Fort Graveyard / Chi to suna (1965) Kihachi Okamoto, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô, Reiko Dan
Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China Read More »
Whirlwind / Shikonmado – Dai tatsumaki (1964) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Yuriko Hoshi
After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety. Read More »
The Merciless Trap (1961) Jun Fukuda
Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosey detective suspicious. Read More »
Blueprint of Murder / Ankokugai no dankon (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Mihashi
While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine Read More »
Rise Against the Sword / Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
Yakuza Wolf – I Perform Murder / Ôkami yakuza: Koroshi wa ore ga yaru (1972) Ryuichi Takamori, Shin’ichi Chiba, Kôji Nanbara, Makoto Satô
The son of a murder crime boss exacts his revenge by pitting two rival clans against each other. Read More »
Adventure in Kigan Castle / Kiganjô no bôken (1966) Senkichi Taniguchi, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô
Liberated from a slave auction, Osami joins with priest Ensai on a quest to find and deliver relics of the Buddha to Osami’s brother Read More »