Acting
Not to be confused with the (older) actor of the same romanized name.
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A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.
A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.
A beautiful dancer who lost her mother and was raised abroad searches for her long-lost father in the homeland she has always longed for.
A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.
Hideki Yamaga runs a used bookstore in Ginza. He is a man known for his great physical strength, helping the weak and standing up to the strong, and is deeply respected and loved by the women of the city. Nicknamed “The Lone Wolf,” Hideki takes special care of street children. One morning, he rescues Kim Ono, a country girl who was standing there dazed with a single duffel bag, and asks Katsuko, the owner of a dressmaking shop he knows well, to hire her.
A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.
A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.
A yakuza man who dreads being released from prison, yet the day of his release arrives. Awaiting him are a woman’s burning gaze and the muzzle of a gangster’s gun…
Sanpei, an innocent sailor with incredible strength, arrives in the big city teeming with social ills carrying a mysterious bag.
1950 daiei movie.
Psychological noir drama involving the tangled web of a disgraced yakuza, an innocent school girl, a blackmailed singer, and a corrupt lawyer.
