Shu Wada

The Revolt (1980)

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Masakane Yonekura  •  Junko Sakurada

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col. Miyagi, tries to honor his dying wish to rescue his sister. Upon finding Kaoru at a party working as a geisha and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirō Moritani
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Masakane Yonekura  •  Junko Sakurada

Artist of Fasting (2016)

A wordless man stages an unexplained hunger strike and the people surrounding him exploit his silence to further their own cause...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masao Adachi
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Ukan Abeta  •  Shoichi Honda  •  Juri Ihata

A wordless man stages an unexplained hunger strike and the people surrounding him exploit his silence to further their own cause...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masao Adachi
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Ukan Abeta  •  Shoichi Honda  •  Juri Ihata

Hell of Roses (1980)

A photographer named Sawamura is jealous of his former disciple Yoshida's success and decides to take revenge on Yoshida's fiance Keiko. Based on the S&M novel by Oniroku Dan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Junko Mabuki  •  Satoshi Ida  •  Yuki Yoshizawa  •  Shu Wada

A photographer named Sawamura is jealous of his former disciple Yoshida's success and decides to take revenge on Yoshida's fiance Keiko. Based on the S&M novel by Oniroku Dan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōgorō Nishimura
CAST:  Junko Mabuki  •  Satoshi Ida  •  Yuki Yoshizawa  •  Shu Wada

Futari no onna (1983)

After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Shinobu Sakagami  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Aoi Nakajima

After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tōru Murakawa
CAST:  Kyōko Enami  •  Shinobu Sakagami  •  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Aoi Nakajima

Aoi bara satsujin jiken (1993)

A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
CAST:  Yuriko Ishida  •  Yasufumi Terawaki  •  Hitomi Shimizu  •  Mariko Nakamura

A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuyoshi Yoshikawa
CAST:  Yuriko Ishida  •  Yasufumi Terawaki  •  Hitomi Shimizu  •  Mariko Nakamura

Lost Love (1978)

At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Kuroki
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Jun Hamamura  •  Yoshio Harada  •  Yudai Ishiyama

At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Kuroki
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Jun Hamamura  •  Yoshio Harada  •  Yudai Ishiyama

Musashino shinjū (1983)

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DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Shibata
CAST:  Haruna Takase  •  Ayako Ota  •  Toru Minegishi  •  Yukiko Tachibana

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DIRECTION:  Toshiyuki Shibata
CAST:  Haruna Takase  •  Ayako Ota  •  Toru Minegishi  •  Yukiko Tachibana

Shi no dangai (1982)

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DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Yūsaku Matsuda  •  Eiji Okada  •  Saiko Isshiki  •  Kahori Takeda

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DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Yūsaku Matsuda  •  Eiji Okada  •  Saiko Isshiki  •  Kahori Takeda

Nemuremitsu (1976)

Omnibus about three actresses from different generations  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisaya Iwasa
CAST:  Toshie Negishi  •  Yasuko Hasegawa  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Renji Ishibashi

Omnibus about three actresses from different generations  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisaya Iwasa
CAST:  Toshie Negishi  •  Yasuko Hasegawa  •  Kazuko Yoshiyuki  •  Renji Ishibashi

Hangun No. 4 (1972)

Following cine-tracts Hangun No. 1 to 3 about the course of the trial of Konishi Makoto, an anti-war SDF official accused of mutiny  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisaya Iwasa
CAST:  Shu Wada

Following cine-tracts Hangun No. 1 to 3 about the course of the trial of Konishi Makoto, an anti-war SDF official accused of mutiny  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hisaya Iwasa
CAST:  Shu Wada

Tibet 2002 (2002)

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DIRECTION:  Hisaya Iwasa
CAST:  Tenzin Gyatso  •  Bunjaku Han  •  Shu Wada

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DIRECTION:  Hisaya Iwasa
CAST:  Tenzin Gyatso  •  Bunjaku Han  •  Shu Wada