Ichirō Sugai Movies

When the boss of the Nakano Family decides to retire and makes a loyal follower the new boss instead of his own son, it causes strife in the family....

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual...

Surviving fragments of a film by Tomu Uchida.

A comedy directed by Koji Shima about a men's game. Reckless and exciting, definitely worth watching! Miyoshi Oki was born in Hokkaido and grew up...

1950s Japanese drama.

A pre-war sports movie by director Tomu Uchida. This story is set at the Waseda-Keio regatta. This was shot at the banks of the Sumida River, where...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor...

The first part of a fascinating melodrama based on Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, the action of which is transferred to the era of the Meiji...

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.