Tōru Abe Movies

A film about sumo wrestler Wakanohana Kanji I. He was nicknamed "Devil of the dohyo" due to his excellent fighting spirit and endurance.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5.

Film directed by Kenji Misumi

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

Kanako is an intelligent and beautiful girl in her third year of high school, but there was a dark shadow. Raised by her father, Jusaburo, who is the...

A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a...

Lady Snowblood is caught by the police and sentenced to death for her crimes. As she is sent to the gallows she is rescued by the secret police who...

Rivalry between a hoodlum group and gangster organization.

Kenta (Kayama), a boxer-turned-wandering minstrel becomes involved in a yakuza plot to rid slum dwellers from a piece of land the gangsters wish to...

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

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...

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local...

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka...

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A...

Canal - A river created by cutting through nature for the sake of human life that flows silently, encompassing good, evil, sorrow, and joy, just like...