Seijun Suzuki Movies

Seijun Suzuki became a cinema legend in the 1960s with a handful of pop-art films. So how can you make a portrait of this iconoclastic director...

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in...

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

Following the life of Japanese artist and poet Yumeji Takehisa through the imagining of an encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.

Kato is a small time TV producer. He has a wife Masako, and a young son Taro. Kato also has a friend Yamazaki who he knew since college. Yamazaki has...

Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a...

Three cinephile university students have a go at making their own Super-8 film.

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

Nikkatsu finally responds to Suzuki's growing discontentment by giving him a bigger budget and a better script. This episodic collection of "real...

An omnibus featuring the work of three different filmmakers.

A delinquent young man (Kobayashi Akira) from a wealthy family decides to get in on a blackmailing scheme targeting his young stepmother (Watanabe...

Umiemon is a naniwa-bushi singer who travels with his wife to the United States in hopes of achieving fame and fortune.

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.

An unofficial sequel to Million Dollar Match (1961) which also starred Koji Wada as a young energetic boxer. This story deals more with betting...

Young gangster wannabe is framed for a murder and sent to prison.

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

Existential study on a newly unemployed factory worker who silently moves through the city, unknowingly influencing other people's lives.

A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity...

A short documentary primarily focused on Nikkatsu's Roman Porno series.

A high-school vigilante protects his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighbouring city.