Makoto Satō Movies

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...

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...

Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku. She soon learns that her childhood friend, Sayori,...

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

Depicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

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...

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

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's...

A youth drama set in the Japanese alps. Two robbers, chased by the police, escape from the youths of a university mountain club who are trapped in a...

A Japanese boy in love with a girl of Korean origin must battle the prejudices of those around him in order to sustain the relationship.

Film number six in the Desperado Outpost serie directed by Jun Fukuda

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