Nobuo Kawakami Movies

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

1961 Japanese movie

Against the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent...

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case....

1962 Japanese movie

A 1960 crime film

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

A kidnapping occurred over a seven-million-dollar diamond that was sewn into his stomach. Takuya Nikaido, the hero of Kamideki, challenges the...

1960 action film.

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

The brother of an up-and-coming kendoka is mysteriously murdered while working on a new model of motorboat.

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of Mait Guy Akira, who calls people to Ginza Boring...

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.

As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of...