Known for Directing
Filmography
7 films


Sonatine
1993 · 1h 34m
country: Japan
Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war, supposedly as mediators between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, his group is attacked in an ambush. The survivors flee and make a decision to lay low at the beach while they await further instructions.


A Scene at the Sea
1991 · 1h 41m
country: Japan
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.


Boiling Point
1990 · 1h 36m
country: Japan
Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.


Violent Cop
1989 · 1h 43m
country: Japan
A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.


The Wangan Highway
1984 · 1h 40m
country: Japan
Based on the novel of the same name by Yoshio Kataoka.


Manji
1983 · 1h 35m
country: Japan
Kleptomaniac Sonoko and young, beautiful Mitsuko begin an unusual love affair which develops fast into a kinky sexual love triangle when Sonoko’s husband gets involved.