Yōko Minamida Movies

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

Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and...

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 beautiful and healthy young girl growing up in poverty overcomes hardships and grows into a woman in this deeply moving literary epic.

1962 Japanese movie

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

A 1970 juvenile delinquent drama.

The action takes place in the highlands of the Chugoku region. While the owner of the Yazaki ranch is away, a gang of villains is trying to take over...

Might Guy Akira's unique action drama depicts the bizarre fate of a young doctor who vows to avenge his girlfriend, who was shot by a yakuza on a...

A unique literary work that describes the end of a married woman who rebelled against her husband's adultery and became addicted to her own sexuality.

An action masterpiece depicting the brotherhood of a younger brother (a student yakuza who breaks the gang rules and the law), and an older brother...

A big American boss landed in Japan in search of funding sources. A lone wolf trying to stop it ends up fighting against his big brother's...

1960 action film.

In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.