Movies: Ryōji Hayama

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A touching literary and artistic story about the sadness and pathos of a woman's love, crying in agony over her hidden past....

While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers. Tatsu and the sworn brothers he acquires weren’t really gangsters before their prison time, just ruff...

Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters....

1962 Japanese movie...

Terajima, an ex-yakuza and current nightclub owner, is brought back into the world of crime when his former brother attempts a hostile take over....

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces....

Fierce struggle between brothers and sisters in a lawless land where violence is the norm....

Hideo Ishizaki, who was painting on the shore of the lake, saves a woman named Keiko....

This is the sixth film in the Brutal Tales of Chivalry series...

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time....

Japanese drama film....

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed...

A narrative depicting the appearance of soldiers scattered in Rabaul during the Pacific War. The original work of Yoshinori Matsuura was dramatized by Toyama Tetsu of “Smuggling of the Body”, also directed by Yutaka Abe, and Shigeyoshi Mine of “Densu...

1961 Japanese movie...

A sailor is stuck in 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......

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel....

An early contemporary yakuza action drama....

A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza....

Nikkatsu youth masterpiece, which celebrates the love and friendship of young people who have blossomed in a beautiful northern spring with a lot of young dreams. Based on the novel "Memory of Snow" written by Takeo Tomishima....