Makoto Satō Movies

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

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

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

Based on the story "Actress and Poet" ("Joyu to shijin") by Minoru Nakano.

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

A 72-hour story about a group of rookie police officers and detectives who are candidates for the Mexican Olympic team and are in training camp for...

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Crime melodrama about two detectives (Ikebe and Arashima) and one detective's trumpet-playing son (Sato) who become involved in a complex murder...

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

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

1961 Japanese movie

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while...

Salaryman comedy.

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social...

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda