Hiroshi Imamura

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...

Japanese crime film

L'agent Bosner, du FBI, poursuit depuis longtemps la Société secrète Egos, qui ambitionne de s'emparer du monde. Apprenant qu'une nouvelle branche d'Egos vient de s'ouvrir au Japon, il décide de s'y rendre avec sa fille, l'agent Diane Martin. Là-bas, il rencontre le général Tetsuzan Kurama, qui a créé une équipe chargée de repousser les menaces terroristes, l'équipe Battle Fever.