Meiko Kaji Movies

A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They...

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

The story is set in the Shimane Prefecture, which supposedly has the fewest lawyers in all of Japan. Nakama plays the role of the hard-working and...

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

In the Edo period of Japan, a samurai’s life belonged to his lord. On the battlefield or in the home, a loyal samurai must always obey his...

A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his...

In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local...

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...

The series swansong, Beat '71, sees Kaji framed and sent to prison by her boyfriend's father and with the help of some hippies she strives to be...

Zeno: Kagirinaki Ai ni is a movie about life and work of Brother Zenon Żebrowski, a Polish missionary in Japan. Brother Zenon was known for his...

Edo is rocked by the news that a duel to the death is to be held at Takadanobaba, the famed site of a bloody revenge fought by Nakayama Yasubei, who...

President Ito, a major apparel maker, was poisoned in the president's office. Kenzo (Baku Ohwada), who happened to be interviewing nearby, rushes to...

Sawaki Tatsuya is a fledgling photographer. He returns to his hometown Fukuoka to take care of his sick father Hideo, but is rejected by his father....

A young woman in Hokkaido gets cold feet during her marriage ceremony and runs to Tokyo with her friends.

Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the concept of the bad girl in Japan as a product of...

With the help of the real-life pachislot gambling group "Capone," the film depicts the friendship between a man who gambles and a man who lives in...

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...

In Japan, the passing of a loved one is marked by 'night watch': staying up all night with the deceased, incense burning throughout, to ensure their...

After being used and betrayed by the detective she had fallen in love with, young Matsu is sent to a female prison full of sadistic guards and...