Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot and Noriko with a gun stands near him. Tanase calls one of the guest's name and dies.

The government in Edo era is suffering from a financial crisis. It hires "Kage" to provoke the collapse of small hans (prefectures). "Kagekari" are people who were hired by Daimyos (mayors of local governments) to resist kage. The young mayor of Suwa Takashiwa, Tadamaru was assaulted by a kage on his way to Edo. Zyubei and Gennnosuke, the Kagekaris, try to carry injured Tadamaru to Edo.

This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from home. Kyo's performance was highly praised.

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change.

After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

モンブラン、エベレスト、北極圏など、冒険家・植村直己の足跡を忠実に追ってロケを敢行。エベレスト登頂から北極点到達まで、自分との戦いとして冒険に懸けた彼の半生を劇的に再現したヒューマン・ドキュメンタリー・タッチのドラマ。西田敏行の執念ともいえる演技が光る。

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.

An ambitious young woman uses her sex appeal to solve financial problems in her family, including a brother in debt to the yakuza, and a father who stole money from his firm to repay his son's debt.

森鴎外の「雁」の映画化。高利貸しの妾でありながら、大学生に恋をしてしまうお玉役の若尾文子は、演技に集中するためカツラは使わず地毛を結い、明治という時代に生きた女性をしっとりと演じている。

1982年1月4日より2月8日まで毎週月曜日22:00 - 22:54に、テレビ朝日系列で放送された。主演は山本陽子。

第五福龙丸（日语：第五福竜丸，だいごふくりゅうまる），是日本一艘远洋鲔鱼船的名字，因受到1954年3月1日时美国在比基尼环礁试爆氢弹所产生的高能辐射而导致船员死亡。无线通信长久保山爱吉在半年以后的9月23日死于急性放射能症。

An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the
beginning of the 20th Century starring two of the biggest names in Yakuza film
history, Fuji Junko and Takakura Ken. Since the death of Matsuo Yuki's father, the
Union Representative postition has been vacant. Now that the central government
has delegated the decision on his replacement to the 'Horse Traders' Association in
Hokkaido, she becomes the top candidate to fill the post. Corrupt local officials seek
to block her from assuming the position upon her arrival from the southern island of
Kyushu.It will be a radical change for Yuki, coming from the warm climate in the
South to the bitter cold of Hokkaido. Violence soon erupts as Ainu and Japanese
clash, while Yuki's protector, a mysterious rifleman played by Takakura Ken,
watches from the shadows. Can she finish the work started by her late father in an
untamed land?

1981 film

1968 film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

北海道北端の網走刑務所。殺人傷害8年の刑で服役していた橘真一は、所内で起った脱獄騒ぎには眼もくれず、雑居房の仲間たちの羨望の眼差しに送られて仮出獄となった。さしあたって行くあてもない橘は「社長が俺の保釈金を出してくれる筈だ」という病身の葉山の願いをかなえてやろうと、釧路港の志村運送店へ赴くが、そこは運送店とは名ばかりでオンボロトラックが一台あるきり、とても保釈金を出す余裕などなかった。そんなところへ、オホーツク海側の港町に荷物を運べば莫大な費用を出す、という男・安川と金田がやって来た。ちょうど思案にくれていた橘は、葉山の保釈金を得るために、その危険な仕事を買って出たのだが…。

社会と家庭からの解放を求めてルンペンの群落に入った五百助というサラリーマンあがりの四十男が、初めて接した別な社会や人間にふれ、そこに真実の生き方を見出してゆく。

頑固者、封建者、獨裁者面對不知如何是好的暴躁父親，卻沒有一絲的怨恨。
服侍建設公司社長的妻子、懼怕父親的孩子們。日本家庭的原型、尖銳的人物描寫、古典的名作喜劇。
木下惠介Kinoshita Keisuke(19-12-1998)。日本最著名的電影導演之一，以拍攝諷刺喜劇片聞名，1933年入松竹影片公司任職攝影助理並學習寫作劇本，作品肯定是人性正直勇敢的一面，諷刺醜惡卻不事渲染，情感受到洗滌，回復對生命的希望。
軍國主義高漲的年代，他們都不能說真話，因為說真話就會被指為不愛國，甚至會被拉去坐牢。在日本電影藝術家的行列中卻可以稱之為巨人，他在22年裡拍了44部影片，是一位多產電影製作者。
木下惠介為日本戰後電影黃金時代健將，影壇天王級導演。

A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War.

享和元年、悪の巣窟である壕外の大掃除に乗り出した西尾藩の新任町奉行・望月小平太は…。裃袴拒否の不良町奉行役の仲代達矢を初め、中谷一郎、岸田森、小沢栄太郎、殿山泰司、天本英世と芸達者なキャストが演技を競う傑作ドラマ。後に映画化されたのが市川崑監督の『どら平太』。