Tatsuo Ito

青春の門　自立篇 　

Kirio Urayama

Ken Tanaka, Shinobu Ōtake

仁義の墓場

Kinji Fukasaku

Tetsuya Watari, Tatsuo Umemiya

A look at the life of renegade yakuza, Rikio Ishikawa, particularly the years from 1946 to 1950 when his violent antics get him in trouble with his own clan, Kawada, and then with the clan of his protector, Kozaburo Imai. In these years, he can rely on Chieko, a young Tokyo courtesan who gives him shelter. He's banished to Osaka, where he picks up a drug habit. Through it all, he keeps his friends and enemies off balance with unpredictable behavior - and he seems indestructible.

おとうと

Kon Ichikawa

Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.

衝動殺人　息子よ

Keisuke Kinoshita

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Hideko Takamine

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

皇帝のいない八月

Satsuo Yamamoto

Tsunehiko Watase, Sayuri Yoshinaga

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

大脱獄

Teruo Ishii

Ken Takakura, Nana Kinomi

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo. The friendship between two men on death row, a fleeting love affair with a traveling dancer and a deadly battle with the real culprit who has hunted him down filmed over a long period of time on location in Hokkaido.