Kosaku Okano Movies

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

Drama about the lives of seasonal migrant workers in Kashima

Rival gangs fight over ownership of bicycle race track.

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some...

With his penultimate film, Uchida revisited one of his popular prewar titles, 1936’s Theatre of Life, an adaptation of Shiro Ozaki’s...

1963 Japanese movie

Two escaped criminals who kidnapped a baby break into the house of Misawa, a man who works in an advertising agency and lives quietly with his...

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians...

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...

Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is...

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.

1962 Japanese movie

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...

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the...

An upstanding young man’s racy adventure filled with conspiracies and love.

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...