Movies: Seiya Satō

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he forms a rag-tag gang called “the Shinjuku Brothers.” The members of their gang are thugs who only wish they were tra...

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence....

Samon Kamiyama, a yoriki of the Minami-machi magistrate infiltrates the Denzū-machi prison disguised as Mushuku Sahēji. Samon is mistaken for a snitch and about to be beaten up when he was saved by the quick thinking of a ferryman Sanji. The infiltra...

Movie based on a book by Kakou Senda about the use of women as sexual slaves by the Japanese Army during WW2....

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Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto....

This film focuses on Okatsu; the adopted daughter of a master swordsman. She is a master with a sword herself and her talents far overshadow that of her brother, and real child of the man who adopted her. Her brother unfortunately has a gambling habi...

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind....

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market....

1962 Japanese movie...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase....

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo Kanko-sha are directly sent to Daikokuya. President Jirocho learns that the geishas he is fond of, inc...

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The continuing adventures of the Jirocho gang....

Fukasaku and Chiba are back in a sequel filmed with the same cast and released just two weeks after the first film. This time the storyline is set in a small seaside town and the film favours detective and watadori film influences over westerns. Like...

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances....

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

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to s...

Japanese drama film....