Ichirō Sugai Movies

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.

A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls...

Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the...

The second part of the melodrama based on the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of...

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

On a small island, inhabited by only fourteen hundred people, a young fisherman's son, Shinji falls in love with Hatsue, the daughter of the richest...

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by...

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

1962 Japanese movie

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic...

Set in Uwajima, Shikoku, an action film starring Akira Kobayashi who uncovers evils related to pearl farming.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.