|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
いろはにほへと (1960)
Character: N/A
The anonymous partnership Investment Economic Association, led by its president Ryuichi Amano, collected money from many ordinary people and paid out large dividends, making it famous as "Japan's only investment bank for ordinary people." On the other hand, Detective Muneharu Matsumoto of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second Investigative Division has suspicions about this organization, and has been spying on the business association for many years. However, Matsumoto was having a hard time getting any solid proof of the nature of the incident...
|
|
|
三味線とオートバイ (1961)
Character: Ichiro
A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child.
|
|
|
愛欲 (1966)
Character: Kawai
Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an advertising professional.
|
|
|
|
|
喜劇 駅前桟橋 (1969)
Character: N/A
The 24th and final entry in the Ekimae series, set at Takamatsu Station in Kagawa Prefecture, formerly known for its ferry service to the Seto Inland Sea.
|
|
|
真昼の罠 (1960)
Character: Hooligan A
On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job after a run-in with some punks, but is offered a job by a gangster impressed by his fighting skills. He tries to make amends with the girl he ravished, but becomes caught up in the ways of the underworld...
|
|
|
純愛物語 (1957)
Character: Tanaka
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
|
|
|
温泉ポン引女中 (1969)
Character: N/A
Two sisters involved in rival underworld sex trade factions compete against each other in this tale of elaborate sex antics, yakuza crime, and bloody revenge.
|
|
|
風前の灯 (1957)
Character: Hooligan A
The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.
|
|
|
人間の條件 第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇 (1959)
Character: Kubo Nitôhei
Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against a fellow recruit. He also sees his friend Shinjô defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
|
|
|
男の顔は履歴書 (1966)
Character: N/A
Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.
|
|
|
兇状流れドス (1970)
Character: N/A
Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.
|
|
|
恋の片道切符 (1960)
Character: Hotta
The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.
|
|
|
笛吹川 (1960)
Character: N/A
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
|
|
