Makoto Satō Movies

A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and...

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

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

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

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

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as...

Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been...

Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing...

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...

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

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

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and...

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