Hajime Sugiyama Movies

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually,...

Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.

Japanese crime film

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.

1962 Japanese movie

The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

1961 Japanese movie

A suspense drama directed by Mitsuo Wakasugi. Students, gangsters and other young people who couldn't make money were gathering and negotiating at a...

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many...

Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."

Tetsuo, the captain of the rugby team, who was preparing for the university entrance exams, starts working to earn money for his mother's surgery...

A unique depiction of the awakening of male and female sexuality in youth.

Mitsuo Hayama, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, secretly plans to take a trip with his classmate Akira, alone and undisturbed. Noriko...

The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and...

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming...

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an...