Yoshi Katō Movies

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect...

A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The...

Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run...

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is...

Story exposes free-sex among highschool students.

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting...

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to...

A reimagination of the myth of Himiko, focused on her divine role as a sun goddess's oracle and her forbidden love for her half-brother Takehiko,...

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.