Set in Osaka's Shinsekai, the film depicts the lives of Ayumu Tobita (Hidekazu Akai), who makes a living as a shogi gambler (shinken-shi), and Ryuzo Kayama (Masaya Kato) who aims to become a professional player.
Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They...
Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society...
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m...
A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow ...
Shoji Segawa was a quiet and inconspicuous boy, but, for the first time, he is recognized by people ...
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and ...
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every y...
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor...
Second film of Makino's Nihon Kyokakuden series set in Osaka's harbor. The series also known as "The...
Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggl...
Business is a game! A theatrical version of the TV drama that became a social phenomenon starring Te...
Keisuke, a 10-year-old boy, living hard despite being abused by his father, finds a ray of light in ...
Depressed and in debt, Santoshi tells his young daughter that he is going to find an infamous serial...
Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends...
A strong-willed young prostitute, her mentally challenged brother and aging prostitute mother attemp...
Daisuke is in the 2nd grade of high school and he plays on his school's baseball team. Daisuke then ...
The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. ...
Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is ...
National Audit Bureau member Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) & As...
In the slums of Osaka, various marginalized misfits have their own interpretations of love. Complete...