Cast: Naomi Hoshi

Direction Seijun Suzuki

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

Synopsis When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence. Youth of the Beast (Yaju no Seishun) was a breakthrough for director Seijun Suzuki, introducing the flamboyant colors, hallucinatory images, and striking compositions that would...

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Jô Shishido · Reiko Sasamori · Naomi Hoshi · Tamio Kawaji

Synopsis Assigned a standard Yakuza film in the hardboiled vein, director Seijun Suzuki and leading man Jo Shishido used this film to flip the Japanese gangster film genre on its ear. A rapid fire gun heist, credits with an infectious jazz...

Direction Akinori Matsuo

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Wa Yan · Izumi Ashikawa · Hideaki Nitani

Direction Motomu Ida

Cast Shôbun Inoue · Yôko Kosono · Akira Kobayashi · Masanori Machida

Direction Nozomu Yanase

Cast Jô Shishido · Ryoji Hayama · Reiko Sasamori · Nobuo Kaneko

Direction Kô Nakahira

Cast Mitsuo Hamada · Sayuri Yoshinaga · Masako Izumi · Osamu Takizawa

Synopsis Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami’s family will not accept her choice, while...

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Kôji Wada · Misako Watanabe · Nobuo Kaneko · Keisuke Noro

Synopsis A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. The two boys eventually face each other in the ring.

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Kôji Wada · Mayumi Shimizu · Shin Morikawa · Arihiro Fujimura

Direction Motomu Ida

Cast Tatsuya Fuji · Shôki Fukae · Akira Kobayashi · Yôko Kosono

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Jô Shishido · Izumi Ashikawa · Joji Ai · Daizaburo Hirata

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

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