Hatsuko Wakahara Movies

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

1967 Nikkatsu film.

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of...

Movie about biological mothers, foster mothers, and stepmothers.

1962 Japanese movie

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an...

Orphans who transport stolen goods rebel against the yakuza organization that stole their youth through extortion and violence.

A blockbuster youth action film based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga, now adapted for the screen.

Deep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized...

An envelope of obscene woodblock prints makes a perverse connection between a violent homeless boxer, a feckless husband and a wife with a past...

Michiko is a spirited young woman who was invited by the delinquent Kuniko to a shady cabaret, where she was introduced to a pseudo-gentleman named...

1950 daiei movie.

A realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.

1946 Japanese movie.

The rehabilitation of a delinquent on leaving reformatory. Her redemption comes through a boy in a wheelchair; by his rehabilitation, growing comes...