Kenji Sugawara Movies

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

1956 Daiei movie

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

After World War II, their town was a pile of rubble. Gennosuke, the second generation boss of the Kamizu Group was upholding yakuza chivalry by...

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.

Sanpei, an innocent sailor with incredible strength, arrives in the big city teeming with social ills carrying a mysterious bag.

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she...

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

A tragic love story set in a hot-spring town.