Cast: Yûzô Kiura

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Jô Shishido · Ichiro Kijima · Misako Watanabe · Akiji Kobayashi

Synopsis The Brute (1963) follows the chaotic events that unfold when an enigmatic outsider infiltrates two competing yakuza syndicates in Tokyo. The city's criminal underworld is shaken by a surge of brutality and turmoil. This film, known as Youth of the...

Direction Takashi Nomura

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Mihoko Inagaki · Toshio Sugiyama

Direction Buichi Saito

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Sanae Nakahara · Misako Watanabe

Synopsis Bird of Passage (1959) follows the journey of Shinji (Akira Kobayashi), a nomadic street musician who becomes entangled with a notorious mob leader, Akitsu (Nobuo Kaneko), after intervening in a bar brawl to save one of Akitsu's henchmen. Akitsu offers...

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Takao Ito · Takeshi Katô · Tamio Kawaji

Direction Ren Yoshimura

Cast Michitaro Mizushima · Yûzô Kiura · Minako Kazuki · Shingo Ishioka

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Ruriko Asaoka · Chiemi Eri · Jerry Fujio

Direction Kei Kumai

Cast Kinzo Shin · Yumi Takano · Keiko Yanagawa · Mizuho Suzuki

Synopsis Teigin jiken: Shikeishû (1964) follows the story of an ordinary middle-aged salaryman residing in the peaceful city of Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. His life takes a dramatic turn one summer morning in 1994 when he is unexpectedly implicated as the main...

Direction Eisuke Takizawa

Cast Yumeji Tsukioka · Izumi Ashikawa · Nobuo Kaneko · Yûji Odaka