Taishi Arai

Flames of Blood (1981)

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tai Katō
CAST:  Bunta Sugawara  •  Mitsuko Baisho  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

Fall Guy (1982)

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Morio Kazama  •  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Daijirô Harada

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kinji Fukasaku
CAST:  Keiko Matsuzaka  •  Morio Kazama  •  Mitsuru Hirata  •  Daijirô Harada