Direction: Tôru Kawashima

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Kyôhei Shibata · Johnny Okura · Eri Ishida · Ikue Masudo

Synopsis Based on the script by the late Shoji Kaneko, director Toru Kawashima turned it into a buddy moviemthat has quite the cult following in Japan. The two already collaborated on the, in my opinion, excellent Ryuji a year earlier and...

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Hiroko Yakushimaru · Kyôhei Shibata · Michiko Kawai · Norihei Miki

Synopsis Young writer Tamako, who is wrongfully accused of killing the head yakuza, must find a way out of trouble.

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Fumiya Fujii · Yoshihiko Takamoku · Yuji Odoi · Ichirô Arishima

Synopsis Seven raccoons with supernatural powers sneak into a freight train, disguise themselves as humans, and head to Tokyo with the intention to create a band. They become superstars "Checkers" but their true identity will be revealed very soon.

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Shôji Kaneko · Eiko Nagashima · Koji Kita · Kinzô Sakura

Synopsis This is an excellent piece of cinema, about life of yakuza (gangster) and his family. Ryuji tries to quit yakuza and spend a decent life with his wife Mariko and daughter Aya...but as he's used to getting easy money, it'd...

Direction Tôru Kawashima

Cast Tokito Saburo · Johnny Okura · Tamlyn Tomita · Kaori Momoi

Synopsis Tatsuhiko and Shofumi are hoodlums living in downtown Hawaii, having flown out of Japan and entered the country illegally for a reason. The two make a living by trafficking pakalolo – marijuana – under the pretext of selling tea leaves,...