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- DirectorMasataka Nakano
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsKen TakakuraKanjûrô ArashiKunie Tanaka
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsKen TakakuraRin'ichi YamamotoHayato Tani
- DirectorTeruo IshiiStarsKen TakakuraKanjûrô ArashiKunie Tanaka
- DirectorYôji YamadaStarsChieko BaishôJin NakayamaJunzaburô BanSentimental comedy taking place at a harbour in the inland sea.
- DirectorKenjirô MorinagaStarsMari SonoRyôtarô SugiYôko Yamamoto
- DirectorYoshi TobitaStarsKaori AiharaNaomi ChiharaHiroshi Nikaidô
- DirectorMasahiro ShinodaStarsShima IwashitaTsutomu YamazakiKei SatôA Japanese soldier deserts his position and travels to a small town on the Sea of Japan to start over. When a young maid falls for him, he talks her into sleeping with an older man for money.
- DirectorMitsuo MurayamaStarsJirô TamiyaKyôko EnamiEiko AzusaThis may be more of an action/suspense mystery thriller.
- DirectorToshio MasudaStarsYûjirô IshiharaRuriko AsaokaTamaki SawaA ninkyô yakuza story with what, probably for most squeamish westerners anyway, is a disturbing opening titles sequence. One of the many variations on a yakuza clan's sakazuki (sake cup exchange offering) involves the preparation of a still-alive fish to share as a meal with the other invited clan. The unflinching eye of gorgeous color cinematography zeroes in on the panting, puffing helpless creature as its "blindfolded" then sliced up the middle. The stoic ritual lasts through the entire credits, perhaps a metaphor (?) for living death of the yakuza hero caught between the-rock-a-hard-place that his chivalrous humanity and his criminal livelihood. There is an atmospheric sword duel between Ishihara and his enemies at the falling-snow climax.
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsRaizô IchikawaMikio NaritaYumiko NogawaA former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsRaizô IchikawaIchirô NakataniKô Nishimura
- DirectorKôji SekiStarsNoriko TatsumiHachirô TsuruokaShinzô HiraokaAkiko is carefully planning the death of her husband. She is looking forward to claim a considerable inheritance.
- DirectorShigehiro OzawaStarsHiromi FujiyamaKenjirô IshiyamaMichiyo KogureTsunetaro Asakura AKA "Dynamite Tsune" is a talented gambler, but not infallible. After losing his Boss's money in a dice game he repays his debt by serving as a pit boss for a struggling coal mine in Kyuushu. Quickly there's trouble with the local mining competition, who doesn't always play a fair game. True to his hot-headed nickname, Tsune only gets into deeper trouble.