Kazuyuki Izutsu

The story background is similar to "West Side Story"; in which Korean high school kids and Japanese high school gangs are hostile to each other, and a Japanese boy fall in love with a sister of a Korean member. On the course of their encounters, the boy finds out the problems in the society and grows up. (hogacentral.com)

After returning from the Burmese front in WWII, a man finds trouble brewing back home.

1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsutankâmen no noroï) by Kazuyuki Izutsu. With Naoto Takenaka. Two clans of Yakuza clash in a bar. 2nd episode: "They came back, tonight too" (Yatsura wa konya mo yattekita) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. With Renji Ishibashi. A polar writer is pursued by two mysterious mountebanks. 3rd episode: "I want to come back to this day" (Ano hi ni kaeritai) by Banmei Takahashi. With Toshiyuki Nagashima. A couple who robbed a bank decides to separate to escape the police. (letterboxd)

A James Brown fanatic gangster decided to disband his own gang and see his long lost daughter before entering prison. Hoping to change his mind, his underlings planned to kidnap James Brown to convince him to perform privately for their boss.

The famous TV singing contest, "Nodo-Jiman", is coming to town! Enka singer Reiko Akagi enters the contest despite objections from her manager. Aspiring mobile yakitori shopowner Keisuke finds that his license examination clashes with the preliminary round. Schoolgirl Rika Takahashi is caught between her worried mother and her rebellious sister. "Nodo-Jiman" brings these colorful people together in a heartwarming way. (imdb)

The story of a Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag “Tenryu Gumi” gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional “Kuroiwa Gumi”, a much more sadistic and violent group led by god

Chunba and Kotetsu grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Kishiwada in Osaka in the mid-seventies. Their life in school is a never-ending series of fights and reprisals against gangs landing them in trouble with organized crime.

An erotic drama by Kazuyuki Izutsu depicting a brutal struggle revolving around drugs and lust. A man, conspiring with his elder brother, shoots and kills the boss, stealing the drugs before making a getaway. On his way to the meeting place he promised with his brother, he embeds a black pearl given to him by a prostitute into his manhood, proceeding to violate and bring multiple women to climax one after another.

In the year 1961, in a provincial city in Kansai, Kenji, Hiroshi and Takao were classmates in middle school. Takao is a high school student, Hiroshi works as a truck driver, and Kenji wanders around. On the other hand Atsuko, Toshiko and Fukue who came from the countryside start working in the local spinning mill. However, Atsuko quits her job as a factory worker and becomes a waitress at a cafe. The three boys and three girls become friends after meeting at Atsuko's cafe.