Genji Kawai Movies

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Three men vs. gangsters in a fight involving smuggled gold.

1973 Toei film.

Yumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt...

Movie adaptation of the TV series.

A war breaks out on the streets between rivaling Yakuza clans.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

The second installment in the "Japanese Criminal Records: Secret Magistrate trilogy"! A lacquered box from Kaga, presented to Shogun Tsunayoshi, is...

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo...

Nishimura Gosaku, an aspiring photographer who loves mountain scenery, meets a boy named Sada Ichiro one evening who asks to borrow train fare. For...

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki...

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

A Violent School Revolution

After the death of his parents, railway worker Yuichiro Murofushi returns to his hometown and agrees to an arranged marriage at the insistence of his...