Makoto Satō Movies

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air...

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain...

1962 Japanese movie

This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a...

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

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into...

The first of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Fresh out of jail, a smart-mouth wise guy Goro takes the name “Big Brother Katsumata.” Not fitting in well with established gangs, he...

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's...

Agent Jiro Kitami attempts to stop a smuggling ring from shipping arms to Vietcong guerrillas.

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent...

Based on the comic by Hiroyuki Yasuda

Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year sentence, only to find it infested with yakuza...

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

1961 Japanese movie

The sixth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Takashi Tsuboshima