Movies: Yūsuke Kawazu

  • 1960
    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki (1960)

    The River Fuefuki

    7.51960HD

    In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followe...

    The River Fuefuki
  • 1959
    Farewell to Spring

    Farewell to Spring (1959)

    Farewell to Spring

    6.21959HD

    Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were....

    Farewell to Spring
  • 1969
    Black Rose Mansion

    Black Rose Mansion (1969)

    Black Rose Mansion

    4.51969HD

    A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires transvestite singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores o...

    Black Rose Mansion
  • 1970
    Play It Cool

    Play It Cool (1970)

    Play It Cool

    4.81970HD

    This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are...

    Play It Cool
  • 1961
    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade (1961)

    Killers on Parade

    6.21961HD

    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....

    Killers on Parade
  • 1971
    Confessions Among Actresses

    Confessions Among Actresses (1971)

    Confessions Among Actresses

    6.11971HD

    In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them ...

    Confessions Among Actresses
  • 1962
    Mama, I Need You!

    Mama, I Need You! (1962)

    Mama, I Need You!

    01962HD

    After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a job in a small laundry in downtown Tokyo and works hard till late at night. At a nearby restaurant a...

    Mama, I Need You!
  • 1958
    The Eternal Rainbow

    The Eternal Rainbow (1958)

    The Eternal Rainbow

    6.31958HD

    Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker....

    The Eternal Rainbow
  • 1960
    Good-for-Nothing

    Good-for-Nothing (1960)

    Good-for-Nothing

    6.81960HD

    Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love with the young secretary of his rich friend's father...

    Good-for-Nothing
  • 1959
    The Snow Flurry

    The Snow Flurry (1959)

    The Snow Flurry

    6.61959HD

    After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child....

    The Snow Flurry
  • 1970
    The Hot Little Girl

    The Hot Little Girl (1970)

    The Hot Little Girl

    51970HD

    A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal....

    The Hot Little Girl
  • 1992
    Basara: The Princess Goh

    Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)

    Basara: The Princess Goh

    6.81992HD

    Furuta Oribe is ordered to become tea master under Toyotomi Hideyoshi after his teacher Sen no Rikyū, the former tea master, was ordered to commit suicide. Princess Goh, daughter of the lord but adopted by Hideyoshi, is outraged when Rikyū's severed ...

    Basara: The Princess Goh
  • 1970
    An Ode to Yakuza

    An Ode to Yakuza (1970)

    An Ode to Yakuza

    6.81970HD

    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 ...

    An Ode to Yakuza
  • 1999
    One Step on a Mine, It's All Over

    One Step on a Mine, It's All Over (1999)

    One Step on a Mine, It's All Over

    51999HD

    A biographical film of war photographer, Taizo Ichinose....

    One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
  • 2005
    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? (2005)

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

    7.22005HD

    A.D. 2015: A virus has been spreading in many cities worldwide. It is a suicidal disease and the virus is infected by pictures. People, once infected, come down with the disease, which leads to death. They have no way of fighting against this infecti...

    My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
  • 1960
    Spring Dreams

    Spring Dreams (1960)

    Spring Dreams

    5.81960HD

    When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends....

    Spring Dreams
  • 1969
    Vixen

    Vixen (1969)

    Vixen

    6.21969HD

    Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and...

    Vixen
  • 1981
    Flames of Blood

    Flames of Blood (1981)

    Flames of Blood

    71981HD

    The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô),...

    Flames of Blood
  • 1970
    The Angry Sword

    The Angry Sword (1970)

    The Angry Sword

    01970HD

    Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies....

    The Angry Sword
  • 1968
    Woman Gambler and the Nun

    Woman Gambler and the Nun (1968)

    Woman Gambler and the Nun

    01968HD

    Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin....

    Woman Gambler and the Nun