Ikiru (1952)
A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1 (1974)
Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit While in stir, family member Aoki attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two fa
Zubekô banchô: Zange no neuchi mo nai (1971)
Juvenile delinquent Rika gets released from the reform school and ends up protecting the debt ridden father of her friend from local gangsters
Intimidation (1960)
A bank manager is blackmailed into robbing his own bank
Eight Hours of Terror (1957)
The plot concerns a passenger train which is stalled when a typhoon wrecks the tracks The commuters are offloaded onto a shuttle bus, which is then taken over by a pair of sadistic gangsters
Sleepy Eyes of Death: A Trail of Traps (1967)
This film of the sleepy eyed ronin series has the hero talked into escorting a precious religious artifact to Kyoto, Japan A sect of Christian swordsmen are lying in wait to steal the statuette What does it take for the reluctant m