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Everything Goes Wrong AKA 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 »
Gangster VIP (1968) Toshio Masuda, Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Mitsuo Hamada, Tamio Kawachi
The film stars Tetsuya Watari who plays Goro, a gangster who was sent to prison for three years for stabbing a hitman Read More »
Kenjû zankoku monogatari / Cruel Gun Story (1964) Takumi Furukawa, Jô Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawachi, Action, Crime, Thriller
Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa’s sister, Rei, to a wheelchair. Read More »
Youth of the Beast / Yajû no seishun (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Jô Shishido, Misako Watanabe, Tamio Kawachi, Action, Crime, Mystery
Joe Shishido plays a tough guy with a secret agenda. His violent behavior comes to the attention of a yakuza boss who immediately recruits him. Read More »
Shunpu den / Story of a Prostitute (1965) Seijun Suzuki, Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Drama, War
In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.
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