Shirō Yanase Movies

An ex-pro boxer makes his living as a drummer in cabaret.

College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes time to collect, the money isn't there, leading the young men into even...

1962 Japanese movie

1961 Japanese movie

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a...

Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.

A fresh graduate from a university in Tokyo takes a job as an English teacher at a prestigious high school in Kobe. However, shortly after arriving,...

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment...

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

Hanayome wa Jūgo-sai, directed by Mio Ezaki and distributed by Nikkatsu, stars Masako Izumi and Ken Yamauchi. The high-key pink background and...

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

1962 Japanese movie

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping...

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often...

1962 Japanese movie

In a fictional mining city in northern Kanto, a Tokyo drifter named Shiro (Ishihara Yūjirō), caught in a conflict between two...

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.

A 1971 crime film