Buichi Saitō Movies

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

A man is inspired to build a hospital after his mother falls ill and becomes a host to swindle money out of women.

Unlike traditional gangster movies, it is a gangster swashbuckler that mixes romance and humanity with a yakuza lover as the main character. A young...

It had been a year and four months since Mitsuo was last on a movie set. Welcomed back by director Ishizaki and his film crew, Mitsuo is excited to...

1962 Japanese movie

Mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and...

When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind...

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is...

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help...

The Chinese tale of a poor young man. His mother married to the cruel king of the state and he wants to take his mother back. One old man comes from...

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

Follows the struggles of a yakuza wife after his husband gets hurt in a knife fight.

The Spiders, a Japanese pop group, in their first starring role, walk from Yokohama to Tokyo, to prove their love for a girl who told them "the...

Rambler Shinji arrives in town armed with nothing but a guitar. With assistance from an old gun-for-hire friend, he sets about to stop the mob from...

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.

Even after turning 30, Matsutaro Tokuda is still single and spends his days driving a white taxi. He likes to gamble, although he doesn't have a...

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish...

Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".