Sayoko Tanimoto Movies

How did two sisters from Tsugaru survive in the big city of Tokyo? The older sister passed the nursing exam and works at a major hospital in Tokyo....

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

17 year old naïve country girl Emiko Yamauchi has a hash wakeup call when she’s welcomed to Tokyo by a bunch of rapey hoods. Fast forward...

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

1961 Japanese movie

A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that the criminal strangled the victim with a bandage,...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was...

A young man whose father is on death row discovers a terrifying underworld trap that was set up thirteen years ago. At seventeen years old, he risks...

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

The corpse of a debt collector, Sakai, is found in the Dobu River in Tokyo. Kinoshita, a shoe shiner who was in debt to Sakai, was soon apprehended....

1962 Japanese movie

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Seven police man chase the vicious...