Metamorphosis
A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.
Velvet Hustler
A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always…
Midnight Eagle
A stolen military aircraft with nuclear missiles on board crashes in the snowbound Northern Japanese Alps. Two teams of rangers from Japan’s Defense Force must reach the craft before the…
Black Sun
You’ve probably never seen anything quite like this manic, oddball, anti–buddy picture about a young, jazz-obsessed Japanese drifter and a black American GI on the lam in Tokyo. The two…
Outlaw: Goro the Assassin
On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of…
Complicity
A Chinese man who is living illegally in Japan bluffs his way into a job preparing traditional Japanese soba noodles.
Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen
Ryuzo and his 7 former henchmen are all retired yakuza, but they now live as regular old men. One day, Ryuzo becomes the victim of a phishing fraud. He calls…
Empire of Passion
A young man has an affair with an older woman. He is very jealous of her husband and decides that they should kill him. One night, after the husband had…
Let Him Rest in Peace
A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.
In the Realm of the Senses
Based on a true tale set in pre-war Japan, a guy and a single of his servants begin a torrid affair. Their desire becomes a sexual obsession so strong that…