Yoshi Katō Movies

The film tells about Masayoshi, a noble Yakuza who lives by the laws of honor and humanity, and who is bound by an oath to his brother in a conflict...

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome...

A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her,...

A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly...

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on...

On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job...

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers'...

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home...

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...

1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

The fourth installment of G-men of Japan