Shôhachi Uchikoshi

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考える葉
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考える葉

May 16, 1962
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Drama
異母兄弟
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異母兄弟

Jun 25, 1957
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Drama
太陽に突っ走れ
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太陽に突っ走れ

Sep 08, 1966
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 with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.
Music
暴力団再武装
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暴力団再武装

Nov 10, 1971
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
Drama
Le détroit de la faim
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Après la guerre, un prêteur sur gages est assassiné à Hokkaido avec toute sa famille. Un des coupables échappe à la police et ne sera retrouvé que dix ans après l'événement lorsqu'il assassine une prostituée du nom de Yae qui l'aidait à se cacher.
Crime
昭和残侠伝
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昭和残侠伝

Oct 01, 1965
After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by keeping black-market and illegal items out of their open-air market. Taking advantage of the mess, Iwasa and his gang take hold of goods from the US military, black-market and controlled items in order to become the most powerful group in Enko area.
Action
ギャングの帝王
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ギャングの帝王

Aug 25, 1967
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.
Crime
Deep River Melody
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Deep River Melody

Sep 13, 1960
L'histoire poignante d'un jeune couple, Setsu et Chozo, qui se séparent pour sauver le restaurant du père de Setsu.
Romance