Take Aim at the Police Van

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up...

Runtime

2h 30m

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Cast

Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

Runtime

1h 24m

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast

Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Isamu Kosugi

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Toshio Masuda

Cast

Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Shôji Yasui

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; their leverage is to promise him money for surgery for Rie. Togawa consents and plan...

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Takumi Furukawa

Cast

Jô Shishido, Chieko Matsubara, Tamio Kawaji