Makoto Satō Movies

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he...

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

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air...

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Police detective Amachi fights against those who banished him from his job-both cops and criminals.

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

Kaoruko, the daughter of a doctor and attending a prestigious high school in Fukuoka, was vaguely anxious about the future. She's even more scared...

After finally passing his teacher's exam, Miwa (Yukiyoshi Ozawa) devoted himself to teaching in a rustic primary school. He struggles to get through...