Juro Kara
Japanese playwright, theater and film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and songwriter.
Dr. Akagi
as UmemotoAt the end of WWII, Japanese doctor Akagi searches for the cure for hepatitis in the...
Movie pageDemons
as SangoTells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a...
Movie pageViolated Angels
as Handsome BoyBased on the factual case of a young man who broke into a nurses' home in Chicago, mutilating...
Movie pageDiary of a Shinjuku Thief
as SingerIn Tokyo's Shinjuku district, the lives of a young man prone to theft, a young woman he meets at...
Movie pageDemon Pond
as DenkichiWhen a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed...
Movie pageJazz Daimyo
as KyunosukeShipwrecked African-American slaves arrive in the midst of Bakumatsu-era Japan; they soon carve...
Movie pageBoxer
as Referee for the Final MatchIn the midst of a match, a successful boxer - Hayato, has had enough of the sport. He lets...
Movie pageMemoir of Japanese Assassinations
as Shimada IchiroThis anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when...
Movie pageSummer Storm
as Daimon, a studentA woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.
Movie pageEkiro
as uncreditedAn employee of a bank goes missing following his retirement from the bank. Veteran detective...
Movie pageThe Breath
as uncreditedHaida, once a famous private detective, is now down and out and running out of reasons to live....
Movie pageAmorous Tales of Genpei
as Minamoto no YoshitomoUsing the Genpei War as its theme, this work depicts the nature of poor Shirabyoshi Tokiwa Gozen...
Movie pageThe Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away
as uncreditedA couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old...
Movie pageThe Sea of Genkai
as uncreditedTwo yakuza, one of whom frequently reflects on an uncomfortable past taking advantage of Korean...
Movie pageThrough the Night
as uncreditedWhen poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the...
Movie page800 Two Lap Runners
as Yasu-sanThis coming-of-age story revolves around two young long distance runners, Kenji Hirose and Ryuji...
Movie pageThe Last Frankenstein
as OyamaProfessor Sarusawa and his psychic daughter Mai live together after the suicide of the...
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