Yōko Minamida Movies

Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and...

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

The Domain: White Blade

In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from...

A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a working-class neighborhood.

3 senior highschool girls help make a hot air balloon for a boy during their summer holidays and took up all sort of part-time jobs in the course.

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

This fairy tale depicts the heartwarming connection between a young man who has lost his memory and the gypsies.

A beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this deeply moving literary epic.

A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high school in Kobe. However, shortly after arriving,...

A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.