Sachio Sakai Movies

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue....

A young man gets thrown into detention after an episode of attempted rape. He soon meets several individuals claiming to be ministers of their own...

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and...

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

Three friends leave Tokyo and take on a massive criminal organization in Hakata.

An Ishiro Honda film.

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV...

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

Comedy starring the manzai team of Chick and Tack, and set in the world of salarymen.

In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss....

1961 Japanese movie

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.