Nobuo Kawakami Movies

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...

Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish...

The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

Japanese drama film.

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo gozen sanji" by Frank Nagai.

Japanese Western set at a mountain ranch in Kyushu.

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst....

Japanese action film.

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

A 1960 crime film

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko...

Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko.

A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when...