Yoichi Sai

A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.

A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omnibus work composed of five short films has ...

Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo’s brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. ...

In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and ...

A Labrador retriever named Quill begins specialized training as a guide dog from an early age, then the canine is paired with a blind man who is ...

A man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of the cell-mates to ...

A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father’s washed up and sun-bleached bones.

Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who ...

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days ...

The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and ...

A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in ’90s Tokyo.

A gang of thieves plot to rob a US military base in Okinawa, but rising tensions in the group threaten to put the plan in jeopardy.

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

In the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs of young delinquents and a corrupt police force ...

A woman named Fujiki Asuka arrives as an acquaintance of a sister in law for a day under the bar master Tamura who had guided Yakuza’s ...

TBS Wednesday Drama Special about a young assistant in love with an older man who works as a photographer.

A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya (Noriko Watanabe) meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted ...

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. ...

A lower-middle-class policeman lives decadently, chasing cheap beer and girls at the same time he’s running from loan sharks and his ...

Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki