Kenji Sugawara Movies

1956 Daiei movie

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

A young judo athlete ends up working as a cabaret bouncer.

A passionate, righteous journalist, burning with indignation, draws his gun of justice in response to the death of his fellow photographer.

With his mother’s wishes and a young woman’s prayers in his heart, a spirited young man fights to uphold the honor of college judo.

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they...

Centered on a young college student who puts his youthful passion into developing true judo and the fiery mentor he admires and studies under.

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

A young engineer and a pure-hearted mountain girl take on the challenges of the Akan primeval forest, where lawlessness and violence run rampant.

Set against the backdrop of Nagasaki, a love story blossoms between an unfortunate circus girl and a shipbuilding engineer.

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of...

There are male and female students working part-time jobs in the city center while facing the harsh realities of society as they struggle to pay for...

A beautiful dancer who lost her mother and was raised abroad searches for her long-lost father in the homeland she has always longed for.

Sanpei, an innocent sailor with incredible strength, arrives in the big city teeming with social ills carrying a mysterious bag.