Tag: osaka, japan

  • Tora-san’s Love in Osaka

    When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

  • Lovers Lost

    A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student.

  • The Makioka Sisters

    This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.

  • Noisy Requiem

    In the slums of Osaka, various marginalized misfits have their own interpretations of love. Completely alienated from the outside world, they commit sexual perversions, violence and cannibalism.

  • Dream Street

    A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

  • Another Lonely Hitman

    After serving ten years due to a drug-induced assassination of a rival gang boss, Tachibana enters a world that’s nothing like it was when he went in. Once a respected and feared Yakuza mastermind, he now must try and adapt within the confines of the new generations vision of honor. As he still garners a somewhat decent amount of respect he just tries to get by. Hooking up with a prostitute he’s been in passing by with he begins to feel some sense of comfort. Upon stumbling across her being beaten down by her pimp, Tachibana can’t just sit by and do nothing. So he commences in putting down an old school Yakuza ass whipping, thus beginning a showdown with the ‘now’ boss, Sato.

  • Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

    Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan.

  • A Yakuza in Love

    When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different world in which the line between good and evil are quickly blurred. Through great ups and downs their love will be tested, but the ultimate test lies in whether or not they will survive the downward pull of the lifestyle they have chosen.

  • King of Sha-kin

    In late 90s Osaka, three people from various walks of life meet by chance. They team up to orchestrate a complex financial con targeting crooked businessmen in an attempt to solve their respective financial woes.

  • Love and Action in Osaka

    Despite his efforts of living a normal life as a banker, the life of Toru, the only son of the Yubari Family, becomes disrupted by trouble brought on by his father. When his father’s battle against his rival group the Miike Family ignites, Toru becomes more involved in the turf war than he wished for.