Makoto Satō Movies

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

Pinku from 1975.

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise.

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's...

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

Toho-produced crime drama involving the drug trade.

It's a rare occasion when a noted filmmaker like Yamauchi Tetsuya gets to re-visit a previous film, and in this re-make of NINJA GARI, he not only...

Taut thriller about a too-perfect criminal case against an ex-convict that makes a nosy detective suspicious.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post...

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

Captain Murakami takes over as skipper of the Azuma Maru, replacing the well-liked former captain. Murakami forces the crew to work harder than they...

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of...