Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide), his loyal followers (now Ronin, masterless Samurai) dedicate their lives to avenging his death.
A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip.
At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.
Toshiko does not have long to live. She wants to make the most of her time while she can and takes a sojourn to where her true hometown for which she has so much nostalgia and admiration. With her husband on her side she remains can-do and keeps her chin up, but can only lament the passing of time...
In Tokyo, a Chinese exchange student gets involved in rigged pachinko schemes and meets a Chinese girl raised in Japan. When they're caught cheating by a former yakuza now running a pachinko parlor, a tense triangle forms as money, power, and personal ties collide.
A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the runaway robber and police grows desperate...
With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man who gambles and a man who lives in the underworld.
Tobikantaro has just been released from prison and is greeted by his younger brother Kakuji. Together, they have 23 convictions and are the most villainous duo in the world, who have made Osaka tremble with fear as the "Tobikan Kaku" duo. On a whim, Tobikataro falls in love at first sight with a...
Based on the manga of the same name by Buronson (Yoshiyuki Okamura). The story of a young man who volunteers to join the air force for selfish reasons, but grows through rigorous training and interaction with his friends.
A bureaucrat in the Ministry of Health and Welfare is murdered. The wealthy detective Ippei Yasuda's line of investigation reveals Takeshi Tsumeyu, a psychiatrist who heals the worries of big names in the political and business world and works behind the scenes as a fixer in the shadows of politics...
Yabuki's old friend returns as a deadly enemy. Blood brothers are driven to bitter hatred as betrayal rips mafia loyalties apart! Only the strong will survive the wrath of The Yakuza.