Movies: Tadashi Suganuma

Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity, provoking a policeman's interest....

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan....

While covering a test of guided torpedoes, two reporters believe they see what appears to be a strange-looking swimming creature. They investigate the matter further and discover that there is a race of fish-men living under the sea. The fish-men cap...

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in t...

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a fi...

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his family. They will force him to collect the child's ransom for them....

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a su...

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era....

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case....

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother....

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki......

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans....

A cosmetics saleswoman falls for a rival executive....

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power....

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant....

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato"....

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The fourth installment of G-men of Japan...

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together....

1962 Japanese movie...