Yoshikazu Sugi Movies

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

1962 Japanese movie

Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty...

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

1959 Japanese movie

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa...

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

Japanese comedy film.

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer’s food business.

Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.