Minoru Ōki Movies

1952 Japanese movie

A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied...

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...

A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude,...

Superbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his trade under Al Capone in Chicago. The film follows...

Ichibei, a thief known as "Yami no Kiba," and his daughter Oasa are caught by members of a street performer family with a nationwide organization...

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling’s name.

A young man hands in his notice at work and breaks up with his girlfriend in order to pursue his true nature and dream of shaping the world according...

A masterpiece depicting the true feelings, grief and joy of a woman. An adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yasushi Inoue.

A man is found dead of an apparent suicide but there is speculation that he was murdered. An investigation reveals that he and his wife were at odds...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Japanese drama

When the aging leader of the yakuza gang Maeda-gumi decides to retire, many of the gang members have no confidence in the young man he has chosen to...

A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.