Akaji Maro Movies

Correlated with Susan Sontag's theorization of kitsch as well as employing the queer lingo of "camp," this film's relentless equal opportunity...

Takeshi grew up spoiled in an affluent family. One day his businessman grandfather Saburo sends him to the grasslands of Mongolia where he is to...

The life and death of the men who are bound by violence.

An office worker who happens to end up helping a yakuza

The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.

Tells the story of an up-and-coming Yakuza, who makes a name for himself alongside his two friends just before 1992, when the enforcement of the new...

Remake of Chusei Sone's 1983 comedy about a yakuza family trying their luck in show business.

A man is assaulted by someone with a bat and attempts to figure out why.

A tough and violent battle ensues between Hikaru Gotokuji, who's been assigned as the bodyguard for a popular young entertainer, and the ex-mercenary...

A docudrama about the boxer Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi. The documentary part follows Tatsuyohi for 18 months, from his comeback from an eye...

A detective, a mysterious beauty Ekin and other characters appear in the film. It creates a mysterious visual world that takes us one step further...

Film directed by Ryuji Ohya.

Manzo is a fisherman in a small seaside community who lives and works alone, but longs for a relationship and maybe a wife. When a sign is posted...

The Naked Summer is a film that documents young artists' effort and growth while training and preparing for a performance of Butou that is praised...

‘Many people have a preconception about butoh — that it is performed by dancers whose bodies are painted white. So when we debuted our...