Makoto Satō Movies

Ryusuke and Joe Oki escape from prison. Ryusuke was incarcerated for killing his younger brother Yasuhiko, who was a bouncer at the cabaret "Three...

1961 Japanese movie

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against...

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Akira Nobi directs this violent two-fisted tale about a pair of abandoned sibling teens who fall into a web of yakuza intrigue. The film opens with...

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

A young detective tries to determine whether a mysterious death was the result of murder or self-defense.

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

Story of love, friendship, and college sports.

A carefree student from a traditional sake shop family balances love, rebellion, and a bike race while clashing with gangsters and his old-fashioned...

1962 Japanese movie