Yumiko Nogawa

夜の歌謡シリーズ　港町ブルース

Ryuichi Takamori

Yumiko Nogawa, Kyōsuke Machida

三匹の牝猫

Motomu Ida

Yumiko Nogawa, Ryûko Minakami

Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies.

夜の熱帯魚

Umetsugu Inoue

Yumiko Nogawa, Kikko Matsuoka

Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.

長七郎江戸日記スペシャル 柳生の陰謀

Keiichi Ozawa

Yoshirô Aoki, Shôhei Hino

Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munefuyu is assigned to deal with the problem and the rebellious clans will be crushed! Meanwhile, a former vassal of the Kazama clan is shot and killed. Moments later a second man is killed by a mysterious master swordsman. Matsudaira Choshichiro and his companions arrive at the crime scene and find a new type of repeating gun. The carved seal on the gun stock belong to the Saiga; a ninja clan abolished by the shogunate many years ago. The blame for the murders is placed on the Kazama clan. Are they guilty or is this a wise cunning plan by Lord Yagyu to be able to destroy the Kazama clan? Choshichiro sets out to reveal the truth and try to save the doomed Kazama clan! In his way are the Owari, Lord Yagyu and his ninja assassins, and the mysterious master swordsman! Will Choshichiro prevail against impossible odds...?

仁義なき戦い 完結篇

Kinji Fukasaku

Bunta Sugawara, Jō Shishido

While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization into a political party, whose two executives stir up new tensions in their thirst for power.

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Shintarō Katsu, Yumiko Nogawa

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

Story of a Prostitute

Seijun Suzuki

Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.

Hoodlum Soldier

Yasuzō Masumura

Shintarō Katsu, Takahiro Tamura

A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an effort to desert by stealing a train.

Gate of Flesh

Seijun Suzuki

Jō Shishido, Kōji Wada

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.

北陸代理戦争

Kinji Fukasaku

Hiroki Matsukata, Yumiko Nogawa

In the setting of the Hokuriku region, where the snow and cold winds rage, for the first time in true-life yakuza film history, director Kinji Fukasaku shows battles among yakuza who value land over tradition. Hiroki Matsukata stars as Noboru Kawada, a Hokuriku yakuza who will use any measure for survival, disregarding parents, brothers, and tradition.

Carmen from Kawachi

Seijun Suzuki

Yumiko Nogawa, Kōji Wada

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko’s house to take lessons, while making a living at the same time.

The Sea Is Watching

Kei Kumai

Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tôno

O-Shin is a young brothel worker who, one night, helps a young samurai escape from his pursuers. Against the warnings of her fellow workers, particularly Kikuno and the brothel's owner, O-Shin falls in love with the samurai.

おもちゃ

Kinji Fukasaku

Maki Miyamoto, Sumiko Fuji

Set in the late 1950s, when geisha culture was threatened by moral crusades, it tells the story of Omacha (Miyamoto Maki), a young girl who sees the geisha life as a way to lift her poverty-stricken family from their hand-to-mouth existence. Through her eyes, we see the protocols and complex financial relationships which dictate the running of the geisha house. Fukasaku's film is a work of great delicacy with moments of hypnotic beauty, and his tender direction, often touched with a sense of wonder, fills the screen with lovingly constructed scenes. At its heart is the poignant situation of the women who must sacrifice their normal relationships to live an ambiguous life in which they are a key part of society while being kept, for the most part, on its periphery, like perpetual mistresses.

悦楽

Nagisa Ōshima

Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga

A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush—fully expecting to be tracked down and killed.

小判鮫　お役者仁義

Tadashi Sawashima

Hibari Misora, Yoichi Hayashi

Framed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His only hope lies with his daughter Yuki who takes it upon herself to clear his name.

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Tadashi Sawashima

Toshirō Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.