Yasuo Daichi

Stories depicting ordinary people revolving around ceremonial occasions. Without knowing that the funeral is for a yakuza member, an undertaker ...

Based on a short story by Seichi Matsumoto from 1956 and remake from the 1957 movie of the same name, the story is about an actor who has the ...

The experiences and relationships of five senior students at a rural high school, during the last year leading to graduation.

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, ...

A romantic film about the spiritual exchange between a gangster and a Chinese woman who got married to him under false pretenses.

An upscale Japanese hotel hires Mahiru Inoue, a lawyer adept at dealing with the Yakuza, to help them rid their hotel of the local gangsters so ...

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip ...

An opportune salaryman moves his family into a model mansion for 12 months; unfortunately, they must allow prospective buyers to trek through ...

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

During the Vietnam War era, the influx of American soldiers to Okinawa boosted the local economy and introduced many bars and nightclubs. With ...

Anthology film. “What’s Wrong with Eating?” Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife’s, Atsugi Shizuka, body ...

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami’s “Marusa no Onna 2” a.k.a. “A Taxing Woman’s ...

A bittersweet coming of age story of a high school girl, her father and the end of an erotic night club. An allegorical requiem for Nikkatsu studios.

Ryōko Itakura returns as the tough-as-nails government taxing agent. This time she must figure out a way to expose a fanatical religious cult ...

College student Mayumi takes a mutual interest in Hiroshi, but their happiness is cut short when two thugs expelled from school eye the new couple.

A hardened gangster encounters by chance a woman he hasn’t seen since childhood. They are both engulfed in the underground world of ...

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind Juzo Itami’s “Marusa no Onna” a.k.a. “A Taxing Woman”.

Ichijoji is a street punk who stumbles across Mari and her cat. Mari and Ichijoji immediately fall in love but are chased by both yakuza and ...

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor ...

Detective Muramatsu’s wife, Fusae, is killed by a drug addict. After the criminal climbs to the roof of the house with a hostage, Muramatsu ...