Hideo Murota Movies

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a...

A fearless man confronts a yakuza organization pushing the envelope of extravagant & all sorts of violence.

A small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take revenge on the man who killed them, while being...

The love and friendships of high school students

Set in Shibuya in 1949, this is another film based on real life former yakuza boss Noboru Ando's memoirs.

1962 Japanese movie

Japan, 1946, just after the end of World War II. As the US occupation army patrols the dilapidated streets of Tokyo, a desperate and ambitious group...

1962 Japanese movie

Three women who share memories of the Hiroshima disaster try to uncover the hidden family ties that may or may not bind them together.

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels.

The culturally isolated, nomadic Seburi people of western Japan are the subject of this tragedy about a few of the community's members who especially...

1958 Toei movie

Ayumi Ishida won the Blue Ribbon for the Best Actress.

The lives of a young yakuza and his girlfriend.

Reconstruction, in the form of episodes, of the most bizarre crimes that occurred in Japan after World War II.

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....

The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their...

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.

Also known as: For My Daughter's 7th Birthday. Many years following her mother’s suicide, Maya seeks out her father, who deserted them, for...

Movie adaptation of the TV series.