Masato Hoshi

Metamorphosis (1986)

A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film's heroine. ...

Aijin Bank Satsujin Jiken (1984)

An office lady joins a "mistress bank", starts falling in love with her client and gets involved in a murder case. ...

Dansen (1983)

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto. ...

Violent Fighters (1979)

In 1979 Toei president Shigeru Okada saw the future. More precisely, he saw Walter Hill's The Warriors in the US prior to its Japanese opening. Okada rushed back to make his own version. "Towards the 80! Our era! Now filming!" the trailer exclaimed. The pl ...

Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977)

An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association. ...

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. ...

Hobo General (1976)

Detonation! Violent Games (1976)

Teruo Ishii's West Side Story, done as a bloody, violent, sexploitative biker gang film. It's the Red Chilis versus the Black Cats, and the chick who just may heal the divide. ...

The Man Gang (1975)

Based on the comic by Tetsu Kariya. ...

Green Lovers (1975)

Two innocent high school girls, Aki Shindo, nicknamed Ako, and Mineko Mayama, nicknamed Neko, run away from home and, along with Kaori Yashiro, whom they meet while hitchhiking, arrive at a certain beach. There, at a yacht harbor, they find Daisuke Sakuma, ...

A Violent School Revolution (1975)

A Violent School Revolution ...