Teruo Matsuyama

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Kenji Misumi

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa

In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Ogami Itto, the official Shogunate executioner, has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yagyu clan, against whom he now is waging a one-man war, along with his infant son, Daigoro.

真昼の暗黒

Tadashi Imai

Kōjirō Kusanagi, Sachiko Hidari

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

Masahiro Shinoda

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Shima Iwashita

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

わが道

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.

挽歌

Heinosuke Gosho

Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

Zatoichi in Desperation

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu, Kiwako Taichi

After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.

御用牙

Kenji Misumi

Shintarō Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique way of extracting information for his inquiries. His first adventure sees him investigating his superior officer's mistress, whom he suspects of having ties with a reputed criminal on the loose.

新兵隊やくざ 火線

Yasuzō Masumura

Shintarō Katsu, Takahiro Tamura

All About Our House

Koki Mitani

Toshiaki Karasawa, Kunie Tanaka

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed to build homes, so they call in the wife’s father, a retired carpenter, to help out. When Yanagisawa’s contemporary ideas clash with the old carpenter’s traditional Japanese methods, the project becomes a huge mess.

やくざ観音　情女仁義

Tatsumi Kumashiro

Jirô Okazaki, Nozomi Yasuda

Monk Seigen saves Misako the daughter of an area Yakuza boss from some tough guys. The two become a couple and find themselves being pursued by some criminals. Seigen plunges deeper into a life of crime and sin.

性狩人

Toshiharu Ikeda

Erina Miyai, Ayako Ota

A beautiful young ballet dancer is accepted into a prestigious and exclusive dance academy. Overjoyed at the opportunity to further her career and repair her relationship with her boyfriend, she soon discovers that the academy has a much, much darker side to it--and she may not be able to escape it.

恋の狩人　欲望

Seiichirō Yamaguchi

Mari Tanaka, Aya Ichida

Toda, a disillusioned journalist that was once a part of the student movement, recalls his former youth when he meets a confident young woman through his work.

妖艶　肉縛り

Junichi Suzuki

Shihori Nagasaka, Kurumi Jōkenji

A woman accidentally killed her husband in an S&M play. 1987 Roman Porno

やさしいにっぽん人

Yōichi Higashi

Chōichirō Kawarasaki, Mako Midori

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.