Yōko Minamida Movies

Based on the manga by Sadao Jouji which has been running in the magazine Shukan Gendai since 1969.

One day, a lone horseman rides into town with a wounded man strapped behind him. Joe, the Ace, had captured one of the bandits who had held up the...

A continuation of Hungry Soul, from the same year. Reiko, who tolerates abuse in her marriage to a man 23 years her senior, is friends with Mayumi, a...

Maki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the...

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

Japanese drama film.

A sophisticated comedy about love games between men and women that arise from an intentionally dropped train ticket.

A tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective...

The fourth film in the Tales of a Gunman series. When Ryuji throws his pistol into the sea, he is attacked by a man who calls himself Sabu and says...

A marine security officer stranded on the ocean in a small boat is rescued by a crew of buccaneers.

Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.

Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako

The Domain: White Blade

3 senior highschool girls help make a hot air balloon for a boy during their summer holidays and took up all sort of part-time jobs in the course.

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

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

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

Set in Osaka’s lively entertainment district, the film follows a rakugo performer whose unconventional style makes him a rising star. Despite...