Makoto Satō Movies

Japanese neo-noir crime drama movie directed by Jun Fukuda

After killing a detective in a botched robbery, Keiichi (Natsuki) is on the run as police stake out the homes of his sisters, mother, and girlfriend.

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.

A single mother is being investigated into the death of her ex-husband, which brings to the fore the obscure details of her past.

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social...

Adapted from the Seicho Matsumoto story "Tazutazushi". Ryohei Suzuki, a manager at a travel company, is married to his superior's daughter, but...

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Story of love, friendship, and college sports.

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Akira Nobi directs this violent two-fisted tale about a pair of abandoned sibling teens who fall into a web of yakuza intrigue. The film opens with...

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

A 1964 war film directed by Kengo Furusawa

The second TV movie Obayashi Nobuhiko directed based on Akagawa Jiro's Mikeneko Holmes series.

Drama of a disillusioned youth, with writer-actor Ishihara starring as the young man at odds with his bickering parents and scheming brother, while...

1961 Japanese movie

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima

When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against...