Makoto Satō Movies

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza...

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...

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only...

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...

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

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

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

Film with Junko Miyazono.

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent...

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which...

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

The 1965 Japanese yakuza film is the last episode of the Ankokugai series.

After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the...