Daisuke Katō

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.

A 1970s Toho coming-of-age film.

While Keisuke and Jiro were brothers, the characters of the two were opposite. My older brother Keisuke was a sophomore college graduate, a honest and passionate young man, but his brother Jiro was only a student of a ronin who failed in taking the university and was playing. Such two people had a dream. Keisuke traveled wandering at his own trailer house, Jiro became a racer, had a dream of surrounding the world.

After a major corporate merger, a middle-aged executive is demoted but unexpectedly appointed president of a small subsidiary.

After a highway accident forces a motel stay, a company president devises a plan to create spring-based beds, sparking unexpected business deals, romantic entanglements, and corporate hurdles.

A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.

A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.

A cosmetics company president launches an aggressive new business strategy while balancing corporate pressure, romantic entanglements, and a high-profile international partnership.

A cosmetics executive promoted to chairman faces chaos at home and work as his company undergoes major changes and internal power shifts.

As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.