Makoto Satou Movies

Punch, Pinch, and Sench participate in a Tokyo-to-Osaka auto race but their car is stolen, and so get jobs in a cabaret.

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...

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza...

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

1961 Japanese movie

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

A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success,...

Extraordinary Toei/Nippon TV production screened as part of the Thursday Golden Drama series. Three men who made a name for themselves in the oil...

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

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and...

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

Costume comedy

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

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

A 1970 entertainment action masterpiece directed by Teruo Ishii. A companion piece to another Ishii-directed film from 1970, also starring Watase,...

A dramatization of the Miike miners' strike.

A group of Japanese nursing students and their instructor is serving at an army camp in China. When Japan loses the war the group sets out to depart...

A 72-hour story about a group of rookie police officers and detectives who are candidates for the Mexican Olympic team and are in training camp for...