Ichirō Sugai Movies

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

1962 Japanese movie

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of Mait Guy Akira, who calls people to Ginza Boring...

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

An exciting and fast-paced entertaining action in which G-Man Joe of Aces (Japanese version 007) challenges a terrible international mafia...

After being bailed out of trouble by a member of the Kaijima Clan, Ryuhei dedicates himself to saving the Kajima’s lucrative lumber business.

1950s Japanese drama.

Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a regular on the scene, and she is fascinated by the...

A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were...

13th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

1962 Japanese movie

A Tokyo newspaper reporter goes after the Japanese king of cocaine trafficking but he's tricked by a woman who works for the gangster and gets framed...

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa