Kinzō Shin

Suna no Utsuwa

Two police investigate the death of a corpse found in a train yard.

Princess Yang Kwei-fei

In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor w...

The Castle of Sand

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail ya...

Sandakan No. 8

A young journalist interviews an elderly woman about being forced into prostitution in Borneo at a brothel call...

The Summit of Mt. Fuji

The Japanese government decides to install a radar on the top of Mt. Fuji, in order to detect typhoons as far a...

Tokyo Twilight

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she w...

The Inheritance

A dying businessman intends to will ¥200 million to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme...

Willful Murder

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued...

Youth of the Beast

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

Conflagration

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion,...

The Sands of Kurobe

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transport...

The Radish and the Carrot

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To s...

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!

Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs g...

The Long Darkness

The relationship between Tetsuro, a university student from a disgraced, burdened family, and Shino, a waitress...

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce com...

How Sorrowful

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about...

Revenge

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to a...

But the Flesh is Weak

A woman who grew up in a prestigious household, begins to have an affair outside the marriage.

Hiroshima

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its eff...

A Certain Woman

Break Down that Wall

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

荒木又右衛門

Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably be...

Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japa...

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusi...

The Man Without a Map

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective...

Tower of Lilies

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the...

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, he...

On This Earth

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works...

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japa...

The Tale of Saikaido

Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such...

Kanto Wanderer

Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu i...

The Soundless Cry

Shinichi is not only poor, he is also deaf, and leads a joyless life with his sick mother. His one happiness is...

Distant Love

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

Girl in the Glass

This film depicts the pure love between a girl raised by a strict father and a young man working in a small fac...

The Earth is Born Again

A dramatic film that recorded the history of Japan in the period of high economic growth. This work deals with...

The Walking Major

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S...