Yoko Minakaze

Remake of 1949 film

Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

Film by Deme Masanobu

The film starts with a short scene ending with shot of Sayuri Yoshinaga's character floating dead on the surface of a lake before the opening credits...

It is based on the story "The Lawyer" by attorney Hiroshi Masaki and his account of Japan's "Headless Murder Case" in which a police officer beat a...

A young man goes missing after visiting his girlfriend's isolated country home. His sister and her boyfriend trace him to the creepy mansion, but...

Tragedy about a terminally ill girl.

Japanese war drama.

A television drama aired on November 3, 1983 as a special project to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the founding of Yomiuri Television and the...

A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and...

Hidejuro is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken...

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.