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A vacationing entomologist suffers extreme physical and psychological trauma after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eiji Okada

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu"...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūsuke Kawazu

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jō Shishido

A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Nobuko Otowa

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masumi Harukawa

A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Hisashi Igawa

Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsurō Tamba

In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masahiko Tsugawa

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shoichi Ozawa

Uninvited guests crash a former student radical's wedding and accuse him, his bride and other guests of ignoring their political commitments.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miyuki Kuwano

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroyuki Nagato

Conditions have been better for the nameless protagonist: his grandmother is a shoplifter and his war criminal father and sister have an unhealthy,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideaki Sasaki

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce competition with two other companies.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

As a young woman, Oriko condemned her widowed mother for openly pursuing relationships with younger men. After her mother passes away, she finds...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mariko Okada

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Michiyo Yasuda