Bontarō Miake Movies

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

With World War II is coming to its end and Japan nearing defeat, Japanese military leaders step up suicide attacks on Allied ships. Toei legend Koji...

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

A historical drama spanning three generations, centered on the Sydney Special Attack Unit. Recommended by the Ministry of Education.

Police investigate a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is a strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime.

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they...

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

Two men clash over the beautiful star of a motorcycle show.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

A judo movie.

World War II era Japanese adaptation of the popular French play Marius, from over a decade before. A youth is torn between his girlfriend and his...

Judo movie.

A counterintelligence film about an American spy who conspires to spread infectious bacteria inside a Japanese factory.

Depicting a family during wartime.

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

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

There are male and female students working part-time jobs in the city center while facing the harsh realities of society as they struggle to pay for...

Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.

In this downbeat, emotionally gripping drama, a lone guardian of some small huts on one of the northernmost, small islands off Japan remembers his...