Bontarō Miake Movies

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through...

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

A young man is determined to have as many affairs as possible but not to get married. One of his conquests is of a different mind however. For she is...

Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya...

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...

Story of love, jealousy and hatred among waitresses of a deluxe bar.

The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.