Ichirō Sugai Movies

Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a regular on the scene, and she is fascinated by the...

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from...

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

1962 Japanese movie

The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo...

Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible...

Reiko Minagawa leaves her home in Okayama to avoid an arranged marriage she doesn't want. Upon arriving in Tokyo, she calls Akira Isomura, a college...

A sailor tries to help his younger brother, a horse-racing jockey, escape from the yakuza after double crossing them in a fixing scam. Seijun...

1962 Japanese movie

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

Battles of an average salaryman.

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

After finishing his sentence, Ryosuke Ogiwara, who left the prison gate, got into a car that was sent by his wife's cell and Kenmochi detective of...