Killers on Parade

1961

Japanese

6.6

♡ 5

Masahiro Shinoda Director

Ichirô Sugai as

Yûsuke Kawazu as

Masaaki Hirao as

Keijirô Morozumi as

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.

Battle of Okinawa

1971

Japanese

6.9

♡ 4

Kihachi Okamoto Director

Kenjirô Ishiyama as

Yûsuke Kawazu as

Eijirô Tôno as

Michitarô Mizushima as

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imperial command sends top generals and several army divisions to defend it at all costs. The mission quickly degenerates as vital resources and troops are diverted to other islands. After a civilian evacuation ends in tragedy most of non-combatants are forced to remain on the island. Many convert to soldier status. Tokyo sends mixed messages that squander time and resources, as when they order the defenders to build an airstrip for aircraft that never come. The truth soon becomes obvious: the high command decides that the island cannot be held and effectively abandons the Okinawan defenders. When the Americans land many troops are deployed in the wrong places. As the slaughter mounts, a suicidal attitude takes hold. Okinawa becomes a death trap, for civilian volunteers and non-combatants as well.

The Red Angel

1966

Japanese

7.8

♡ 6

Yasuzô Masumura Director

Kenji Ohba as

Ayako Wakao as Nurse Sakura Nishi

Jôtarô Senba as Private Sakamoto

Yûsuke Kawazu as Pvt. Orihara

In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. She has to assist the surgeon Dr. Okabe with an incredible number of amputations. In the crowded wards, she gives sympathy to some of the soldiers, including sexually servicing one who has lost both arms and has no hope of returning home. She falls in love with Dr. Okabe, and follows him to the front, even though he is impotent from his morphine addiction.

Yakuza Masterpiece

1970

Japanese

6.9

♡ 3

Yasuzô Masumura Director

Michiko Araki as

Yûsuke Kawazu as Kaizuka

Shintarô Katsu as Minoru

Masakazu Tamura as Yuji

Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her to college and turning her into a perfect young lady. He's extremely fond of Akane. His fondness for her goes beyond how he feels about his mistress, Kanae. And yet, Akane feels alone. Now, a new tutor comes into her life that seems to have taken a liking to her...

Fighting Elegy

1966

Japanese

6.9

♡ 2

74%

Action

based on memoir or autobiography

Comedy

Drama

roman catholic

roman catholic church

sexual repression

young love

youth gang

Seijun Suzuki Director

Akira Takahashi as

Ken Mizoguchi as

Hiroshi Tachikawa as

Yûsuke Kawazu as Suppon 'Turtle'

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.

Love New and Old

1961

Japanese

6.6

♡ 1

Drama

Masahiro Shinoda Director

Miyuki Kuwano as

Yûsuke Kawazu as

Masayuki Mori as

Bunta Sugawara as

A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child.

Swastika

1964

Japanese

6.8

♡ 7

Yasuzô Masumura Director

Yûzô Hayakawa as

Yûsuke Kawazu as Eijirô Watanuki

Eiji Funakoshi as Kôtarô Kakiuchi

Ayako Wakao as Mitsuko Tokumitsu

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

Ken

1964

Japanese

7.3

♡ 4

Action

Drama

kendo

Kenji Misumi Director

Akitake Kôno as

Raizô Ichikawa as Jiro Kokubun

Yûsuke Kawazu as Kagawa

Yoshio Inaba as Seiichiro Kokubun

Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedicated to a point of obsession with the simplicity and beauty of the sword arts. Kagawa, a promising but arrogant kendo student, is attracted to Kokubu's devout leadership but kept at a distance by his standoffish nature. With the national championships fast approaching, the pair clash as Kokubu drives his students with increasingly rigorous training and Kagawa tests Kokubu's grip on the class.