Cast: Aya Kokumai

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Takeshi Kitano · Aya Kokumai · Tetsu Watanabe · Susumu Terajima

Synopsis Sonatine (1993) follows a group of Tokyo-based yakuza members who are dispatched to Okinawa with the mission of resolving a violent turf war. However, the conflict intensifies, leading the Tokyo gangsters to seek refuge in a tranquil beach setting to...

Direction Toshihiro Tenma

Cast Masato Hagiwara · Kôji Tamaki · Ittoku Kishibe · Takeshi Kitano

Synopsis Many Happy Returns (1993) follows the journey of a young man named Kazuo who becomes involved with a new cult religion, despite initially seeing through the recruitment tactics. As he engages in the activities of this emerging social movement, he...

Direction Ikuo Sekimoto

Cast Rino Katase · Keiko Saitô · Yôko Minamino · Miyoko Akaza

Synopsis Shinonomerô onna no ran (1994) delves into the poignant and tragic lives of geishas within the esteemed Shinonomero geisha house. The narrative begins with Shizu, who is sold to the geisha house at the tender age of five. She forms...