Makoto Satō Movies

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

An adventurous and daring sailor sets sail to the castle of an ailing king to stop an evil premier, hungry for power and wealth, from succeeding the...

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

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a...

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...

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom...

Pinku from 1975.

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

A young talented dancer from Japan is invited to study ballet art at a school at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. She achieves professional success,...

Sequel to "真実の愛情を求めて　何処へ" (1954). A coming-of-age drama...

14th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

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...