Keisuke Noro

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (2020)

A young man wanders and makes calls to elders who live alone. Saying "Granny, it's me," he lies to them that he is their grandson. An old lady, who runs a music shop in the declining shopping area in Amakusa, answers his call and warmly accepts him. Preten ...

Golden Flower: What Is Hidden Is the True Flower, What Is Gone Is the Butterfly (2009)

Nursing home "Yuyoso". Many lonely old people live there, including botanist Taro Makiso, a physicist, an actor, a bar mom, and a chef. Maki has spent most of his life studying botany, and has lived without regard for entertainment, drinking, women, or eve ...

Ore no sora (1977)

Based on the manga of the same name. Originally published in the Japanese magazine Weekly Playboy. It follows Ippei Yasuda, son of a prominent family, who is immensely gifted in nearly everything he does. ...

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (1977)

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity. ...

The Man Gang (1975)

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya. ...

The Assassination of Ryoma (1974)

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868). ...

Comedy: The Face is Life (1971)

A comedic tale that follows several quirky individuals who navigate the twists and turns of their daily lives. ...

Rising Dragon: Soft Skin Gambler (1969)

Japanese crime film ...

Family Crest: Loyalty Offering Hell (1969)

Nonaka Tetsugoro, a substitute for the Aoi group, held a flower party to celebrate the complete recovery of his boss. However, three rival bosses, trying to steal the Aoi's territory, made take-over plans in the shadows. The second in the two part Daimon ...

Yabanjin no Nekutai (1969)

Motozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and spent his days playing around. One day, he walked into an orgy of male-female sexual misconduct, and when he dropped off Roze, whom he had met there, he saw her s ...

Family Crest: Die Like a Man (1969)

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the revenge of the youngest one when his siblings were killed by a rival vicious yakuza boss. The first in th ...

Retaliation (1968)

Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with another gang who promise him a prominent position if he helps them deal with a rival family. But bonds are ma ...

Duel in the Storm (1968)

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has no ...

Dice and Swords (1968)

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his dau ...

The Aftermath of War (1967)

After World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money. One girl, raped by three men, called out the name of Kentaro before she died and this was something that people in this small section of downtown Tokyo re ...

The Reckless One (1967)

Kosuke Suzuki returns to Hakata's hometown after learning that his best friend Takehara has disappeared. Kosuke is persistently hindered by Hasebe from Omura Sangyo. Kosuke's partner Kumagoro investigates and finds out that Hasebe, who killed the head of t ...

Saga from Chichibu Mountains - Sword Cuts the Shadows (1967)

During the 1880's a young swordsman, Saotome Gengo, on his way to Tokyo stops at an inn in a small town. But he does not know that his prowess has already attracted envious attention and that Senzo, the boss of the local gang, plans to have him killed. Sei ...

A Colt Is My Passport (1967)

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy. ...

The Scarred Angel (1966)

A musical film based on the original work of Saigo Teruhiko. After leaving the juvenile detention center and returning to his hometown of Ibusuki, Hachiro begins to investigate the cause of his older sister Sumiko's suicide. While Hachiro was in juvenile d ...

Shin yūkyōden (1966)

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving hot-blooded men. However, their slight clumsiness is a flaw, but they are extremely strong in fights, and there's ...

Fighting Elegy (1966)

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group. ...

Three Wild Cats (1966)

Three women, deceived by a man, make full use of their feminine weapons, replete with daring and unbridled seduction strategies. ...

Kill or Be Killed (1966)

When Yakuza decides to take avenge his brother, the war shall begin. ...

The Harbor of No Return (1966)

A jazz pianist named Shiro Tsuda returns from an overseas tour unwittingly carrying drugs that have been sewn into his jacket. When he stops by to see his girlfriend Kyoko, he walks in to find an unknown man attacking her. While struggling with the man, wh ...

Your Life (1966)

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance. ...

Tomo o okuru uta (1966)

Kill the Night Rose (1966)

An entertaining but silly and fairly forgettable action film with much tongue-in cheek James Bond influence ...

Love and Desire in the Night Mist (1966)

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre. ...

Blood Shed (1966)

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for ...

Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph (1966)

Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburban train, is the only woman able to beat the best professional players in Japan; or that she is wearing the ...

A World For Two (1966)

On a passenger ship to Japan, the journalist Kawase encounters a man who claims to be a Filipino, but Kawase believes he is a murder suspect who fled Japan fifteen years ago, Hojo Shuichi. To throw Kawase off, the man talks a female passenger, Reiko, into ...

Carmen from Kawachi (1966)

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming a fashion model. Yoko tells her that she can move in to Yoko's house to take lessons, while making a living ...

Tattooed Life (1965)

After his own gang sets him up to kill a rival mobster, a hit man is forced to flee with his younger brother. ...

In Tears (1965)

Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage. Hiroshi is baffled when his captain approaches the Daigo-Kuroshiomaru crew, a notorious group nicknamed "the ...

Born Under Crossed Stars (1965)

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a Japanese spirit of manliness he wins the day. ...

Seishun no Sabaki (1965)

University karate club member Kikuo is actually the son of a yakuza boss. However, he disliked his father's business and never spoke about his family at school. One day, his father, Tatsuzo, becomes the guardian of the Yamanaka-gumi. ...

Gambling is My Destiny (1965)

Shadowed and alone. Today, a melancholy guitar sobs in a wandering seaside town.... To make amends, he hides his identity and saves his girlfriend's sister from certain death. Filmed on location on the scenic Manazuru Peninsula, the action is set amidst ru ...

Story of a Prostitute (1965)

Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story ...

Profit from Killing (1964)

The bustling Ikebukuro area was under the control of the Hanamura Kogyo yakuza gang, and there was no end to the violence. The tramp Bin Tsuzuki returns to his hometown after being released from Abashiri prison, and he is noticed when he saves a student fr ...

The Call of Blood (1964)

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father. ...

Tiger of the Sea (1964)

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth. ...

Kaze to Ki to Sora to (1964)

A nanny, played by Sayuri Yoshinaga, who lives and works in a Tokyo family, causes all kinds of waves with her outspoken personality and behavior in this charming coming-of-age blockbuster. ...

Gate of Flesh (1964)

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumble ...

Gun Demon Without Form (1964)

A detective drama that realistically shows the work of an experienced detective who, under cover, pursues the organizer of the arms trade route from Kobe. ...

Welcome, My Baby (1964)

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic hours, they vie for the affections of a hotel owner's daughter but wind up with separate girl friends and att ...

The Flower and the Angry Waves (1964)

A young yakuza in love with the girl who's to marry his clan oyabun, kidnaps the girl before fleeing with her. In Tokyo, he hides under the identity of a worker while the young woman becomes a waitress in a restaurant. ...

Kanto Wanderer (1963)

Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang confli ...

The Incorrigible (1963)

Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard. ...

I Have the Sun in My Back (1963)

Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But a battle for leadership within his old gang causes him to be framed for murder. Shigeru sets out to uncove ...

Notorious Bastard (1963)

When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind this scheme. ...

Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai (1963)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Itsudemo yume o (1963)

This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor. ...

The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart (1963)

Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat's daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an hones ...

Modern Children (1963)

After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat. ...

Utau abarenbō (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Hore tatte dame yo (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Satsujin-sha o oe (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Danger Pays (1962)

Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs will now need a counterfeiter to make the bogus bills, they each decide to cash in on it by selling them the ...

Kenjū wa samishī otoko no uta sa (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Rambler Returns Home (1962)

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series. ...

Naku n janai ze (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Man From the Sea (1962)

Japanese action film. ...

Eigo ni yowai otoko azuma wa azuma, nishi wa nishi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Solo Traveler (1962)

12th in the Joe of Aces series. ...

Quick Draw Sanshiro (1962)

Koji Wada, who is good at shooting, karate, judo and boxing, has a tough fight with the sea gangsters! ...

Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Wakai tsume ato (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Facing to the Clouds (1962)

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema jo ...

A Rampage Full of Dreams (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Black Dice (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Yami ni kieta shisha (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Aniki (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Cat Changed Into Tiger (1962)

A life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-weari ...

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)

A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring. ...

Wharf Temperament (1961)

The story of male friendship unfolding during a boxing match between the navigator, who took responsibility for the accident and went ashore from the ship, and a young docker, whom he loves like a younger brother. ...

Pursuit (1961)

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film. ...

The Man with a Shotgun (1961)

Ryoji, a wanderer, arrives in a remote mountain town, carrying a shotgun and claiming to be a hunter. He quickly becomes embroiled in a web of trouble surrounding the town's mill. ...

Tōkyō dodonpa musume (1961)

Motomu Ida movie ...

Ōatari hyappatsuhyakuchū (1961)

1961 Japanese movie ...

Living by Karate (1961)

Wada Kōji is a chivalrous young man who leads a group of youths that take on a yakuza boss. ...

A Killer Without a Grave (1961)

Nakata (Keiichiro Akagi) is a nihilistic young buck who is willing to do anything to get money in his pockets. As he knocks back a couple drinks that he knows he won't be able to afford, a former marksman-turned-bad, Ishioka approaches him. Ishioka is look ...

The Rambler under the Southern Cross (1961)

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan's back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip. ...

My Hometown is the Wild West (1960)

George Mihara was ordered by his grandfather Tom to go to Japan. The purpose was to deliver a $100,000 check to Matsuyama, a Japanese soldier who had helped Tom around the time of World War I, and to perform some act of kindness in Japan using $300 pocket ...

The Rambler Rides Again (1960)

In this fifth episode of the "Wataridori" series, Taki Shinji (Kobayashi Akira) drifts north to Hokkaido, where he helps protect an Ainu village from unscrupulous land developers. ...

Tokyo Mighty Guy (1960)

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal bu ...

The Call of the Foghorn (1960)

A sailor is stuck in the harbor due to an engine failure in his boat, and he learns that a friend of his has died, reportedly from suicide. He begins to investigate the matter himself, and finds there may be more to the story... ...

Smashing the 0-Line (1960)

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he'll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he's sleeping with—to get a scoop. But what happens when an even more ruthless female gang boss kidnaps his sister? ...

Wind of Volcano (1960)

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the remains of the pilot can be found. ...

The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)

A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown. ...

Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer. ...

Mighty Rules (1959)

The Rambling Guitarist (1959)

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him. ...

The Wild Reporter (1959)

Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then commit suicide, though Toshio was able to save the lives of their two children. Just transferred from Shimizu to Tok ...

Break Down that Wall (1959)

A man is wrongfully accused of murder. ...

Passport to Darkness (1959)

A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer. ...

Hijo tehai (1959)

Zattō ni hikarume (1959)

1959 Japanese movie ...

Roar of the City (1958)

This action drama depicts a horrifying murder case over a photo of a mysterious beautiful woman hidden in a wallet, and the justice and love-hate relationship between the men involved in the case. ...

Voice Without a Shadow (1958)

Asako, a former telephone operator once heard the voice of a murder suspect which has continued to haunt her. Years later her husband invites his boss, Hamazaki, over for dinner and she realises his voice is suspiciously like that of the killer. Before she ...

Red Pier (1958)

Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop. ...

The Boy Who Came Back (1958)

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. ...