Shinsuke Ashida

The first directorial work of Kazuhiko Murakami, a master of gangster comics. Yano-gumi Wakato and Kito Kiyoji, whose leader was shot dead, ...

A Japanese soldier is forced to question alliances when he meets and falls in love with the leader of the rebel movement.

A former stockbroker-turned-yakuza must make sure his alcoholic boss is up to the task of swearing in the next leader of their syndicate.

Based on novel 1962 “Kyukei no Koya” by Seicho Matsumoto. A serial murder occurs around the heroine Kumiko because she finds evidence ...

Set in Osaka just after the end of the war, the story depicts an unconventional merchant who returns from evacuation. The film is based on the ...

Years after the death of legendary tea master Rikyu, his disciple Honkakubo attempts to resolve the mystery of the master’s death.

Based on the “2.26 Incident”, an attempted coup d’état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the ...

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be ...

Adaptation of the classic masterpiece about the relationship between parents and their children.

Genichiro Okugawa is appointed as the head of accounting in a feudal domain and travels with his servant Gonsuke to the country from Edo. Along ...

Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave ...

Who will be the next prime minister? As two candidates start to compete, political game and brutal murder ensue. And the existence of secret love ...

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history ...

Also known as: For My Daughter’s 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for ...