Yōichi Sai Movies

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...

Tae-soo tries to steal from a gang. The gang catches Tae-Soo's brother, Tae-Jin, instead. The incident causes the brothers to separate. Tae-Soo...

A man returns to his seaside roots to confront a yakuza boss. Along the way, he charms young men, softens a hard woman and busts a few heads.

Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't...

The members of the Ameya family are all scammers. After their election scheme goes bust in their hometown, they move from Shikoku to Tokyo and resume...

The United States celebrates its bicentennial. The film depicts the history of a rebellious nation that has been overshadowed by the authentic...

This biopic is centered on New Year's Day of 1894, when Kitamura is recovering from a suicide attempt. Japan is then under the spell of fervent...

Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession...

Documentary about the making of Nagisa Oshima's 1976 film.

A virginal boy travels with three hookers to a small island to collect his estranged father's washed up and sun-bleached bones.

TBS Wednesday Drama Special about a young assistant in love with an older man who works as a photographer.

Three people whose lives have taken a turn for the worse retreat into a world of erotic dreams made flesh in this drama from director Sai Yoichi. An...

Interview with members of the crew on the making of the 1978 film "Empire of Passion."

Documentary film about the discrimination against zainichi, directed by Yoshihiko Okamoto.