Bontarō Miake Movies

Reiko Ike stars as the daughter of a man who has been pushed into drug dealing by the local Yakuza mob. Having outlived his usefulness to the gang he...

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

1973 Toei film.

An innocent bus girl who gave up on getting into a women’s college and is now filled with new hope and the cheerful, slightly flirtatious young...

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together...

A national policy film advocating for increased production of aluminum for use in aircraft materials.

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

1969 Nikkatsu yakuza movie

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

The sincere clown act performed by a master thief who infiltrates a remote island.

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...