Makoto Satō Movies

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

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

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland...

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When word arrived of an impending attack by an...

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a...

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor...

A story of love and adventure between a woman who likes water sports and a man who likes boats. Mariko thinks she's just in for a fun vacation when...

At Hikari Juvenile Correctional Facility, Mickey and Keiji are the leaders. There was a new inmate named Morita. He was supposed to have a duel with...

Costume comedy

The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their...

It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only...

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

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

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Three men, the skilled ninja Ryuichi Koga, the deadly assassin and former drug detective Takeshi Hayato, and the criminal mastermind Ichiro Sakura...

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of...

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting...