Hiromichi Horikawa

Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa, this tragedy follows a terminally ill girl, featuring standout performances from Eri Ishida, Kyōko Kagawa, and Frankie Sakai — Kagawa earning a Japan Academy nomination for Best Supporting Actress.Read More »

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Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow with a jazz combo, he falls in with the dissident youth of the city, and again finds life empty.Read More »

Based on a crime novel called Heaven Ran Last, by American pulp fiction writer William P. McGivern.Read More »

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A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa’s husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi’s imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.Read More »

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At the publishing company “Fujin Shunju,” union executives Date, Kuroki, Imoto, and others were having a heated argument with President Ogawa over the raise of employees’ wages. Kuroki returns to his apartment and receives a call from the company president. Kuroki replied, “I have gone on an indefinite strike.” He used his position as vice chairman to sell information to the company. The president had promised him an important position in the future. That night, Kuroki met Yoshishige at a bar. The two were close friends who were involved in left-wing movements during their student days. There was also a physical relationship. Read More »

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A masterpiece of crime suspense where a seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer. In addition to director Hiromichi Horikawa’s direction, you can also enjoy the skills of first-class filmmakers, such as the screenplay by Shinobu Hashimoto and the shadowy imagery of cinematographer Hiroshi Murai. Lawyer Hamano kills the wife of his former teacher who had an affair. After that, Wakita, a thief, was arrested, and after being pursued by prosecutor Ochiai, Wakita confessed to murdering her wife. Hamano gets involved with Ochiai, saying, “The real culprit must be someone else,” out of remorse.Read More »

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Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.Read More »