Bontarō Miake Movies

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

A woman saves a man from throwing himself into a mountain lake after being cornered by his yakuza friends.

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is...

A heartbroken beauty has slipped into the ranks of the "Golden Horse" circus troupe. The circus's two star performers, vying for her affection, face...

Yosuke Machida of the Daito Shinpo hears from a boy named Toshi-bo, whom he found on the street, that Toshi-bo’s older sister, Toyo, was...

1969 Nikkatsu yakuza movie

A young man who is ostracized by society because his older brother has a criminal record—a situation that even threatens his marriage—is...

A passionate singer who’s rough around the edges but has a warm heart; a kind-hearted, impoverished painter who devotes himself wholeheartedly;...

A lighthearted comedy featuring city dwellers flocking to a remote mountain hot spring inn, all entangled in the mystery of hidden gold bars.

Taki dedicated her life to her daughter Miyoko, but they were separated by Taki's parents-in-law. Many years later, they reunite in a party, but Taki...

A story about a young woman who has been rehabilitated at a juvenile detention center for girls and released into society, but finds herself on the...

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...