Nobuo Kawakami Movies

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

Seven years ago, Ishimatsu Toshio, a talented radio producer at Zen Nihon Hōsō, witnessed a crazed drug addict murder his wife and then...

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst....

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo gozen sanji" by Frank Nagai.

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....

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

1958 Newspaper Association Sweepstakes Winning Broadcast Drama Movie. A heartwarming and moving story that bloomed behind the competition between...

The wandering gambler (Akira Kobayashi) once again picks up the dice he forswore in order to take revenge of the gangsters who exploit good citizens....

The young rambler, Shinji Taki, with his guitar arrives a hot spa town at the foot of Mount Aizu Bandai. Of course he solves the problems in the town...

Seventh in the nine-film series, "The Wandering Guitarist".

1960 action film.

1962 Japanese movie