Makoto Satō Movies

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned...

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

Film with Junko Miyazono.

The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social...

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

1972 Japanese movie

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

Akira Nobi directs this violent two-fisted tale about a pair of abandoned sibling teens who fall into a web of yakuza intrigue. The film opens with...

A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense.

Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to...

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.