Akikane Sawa Movies

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

Forth film in the Gokudo series with Tomisaburô Wakayama

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to...

An elaborate criminal tango based around treasure hidden during WWII.

Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union....

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her...

Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will...

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

A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty.

The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba...

Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an advertising professional.

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...