
The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. Read More »
Tag Archives: Seijun Suzuki
Fighting Elegy / Kenka erejî (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Hideki Takahashi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Junko Asano

In Okayama in the mid-1930s, Kiroku attends high school and boards with a Catholic family whose daughter, Michiko, captures his heart. Read More »
Kanto Wanderer (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Akira Kobayashi, Chieko Matsubara, Daisaburô Hirata

Three schoolgirls are infatuated with a yakuza, Katsuta, of the Izu Clan. They meet another yakuza, `Diamond` Fuyu, of the rival Yoshida clan. Read More »
A Hell Of A Guy (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mitsuo Sagawa, Mayumi Shimizu

Wada Koji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. Read More »
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Mayumi Shimizu, Nobuo Kaneko

A carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels traveling circus troupe. Read More »
The Naked Woman and the Gun / Rajo to kenjû (1957) Seijun Suzuki, Michitarô Mizushima, Mari Shiraki, Ichirô Sugai

A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking Read More »
Satan’s Town / Akuma no machi (1956) Seijun Suzuki, Seizaburô Kawazu, Ichirô Sugai, Azusa Yumi

A notorious murderer Oba escapes from jail. Hayasaki, the Oba’s right hand Read More »
Carmen from Kawachi (1966) Seijun Suzuki

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. Read More »
Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab / Hyakuman-doru o tatakidase (1961) Seijun Suzuki, Kôji Wada, Keisuke Noro, Michiko Sawa

Wada Koji fights to become a boxing champion. Read More »
Passport to Darkness (1959) Seijun Suzuki

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step Read More »
Everything Goes Wrong / Subete ga kurutteru (1960) Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Yoshiko Nezu, Sayuri Yoshinaga

The young rebel Juro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution Read More »
Tokyo Drifter AKA Tôkyô nagaremono (1966) Seijun Suzuki, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi

Tokyo Drifter stands with Branded to Kill as one of the best-known and most acclaimed films of Seijun Suzuki, one of Japan’s most talented maverick directors. Read More »
Voice Without a Shadow AKA Kagenaki koe (1958) Seijun Suzuki, Yôko Minamida, Hideaki Nitani, Nobuo Kaneko

Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Read More »
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness AKA Hishu monogatari (1977) Seijun Suzuki, Kyôko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada

A female golfer who has exceeded expectations to reach the top not only has to contend with being in-demand 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 »