Junji Sakamoto Movies

A Japanese boxer stages a dramatic and dangerous comeback after suffering brain damage in the ring.

Three stories with horror and science fiction elements. 1st episode: "The Curse of Tutankhamen" (Tsutankâmen no noroï) by Kazuyuki Izutsu....

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that...

A directionless young man, recently released from prison, tries to make a new start in life as a boxer...

A school bus driver's life is irrevocably altered when his young son is kidnapped and murdered.

A lonely researcher doubting his own existence builds an android which looks exactly like himself.

A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

Hisashi gets fired from his temp job due to his impulsiveness. One day he meets Chikako, a housewife who constantly shoplifts at the supermarket he...

Awkward and withdrawn, Masako kills her sister in an explosion of pent-up humiliation and rage that sends her tumbling into fugitive life.

A dream collaboration between five directors who represent the modern Japanese film industry! An omnibus work composed of five short films has been...

A docudrama about the boxer Jôichirô Tatsuyoshi. The documentary part follows Tatsuyohi for 18 months, from his comeback from an eye...

The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly...

Two rogue vagrants make their living as "manure men", turning the waste from the tenement toilets into fertiliser sold to local farmers. Enter Okiku,...

Works commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of Japan mapping Supervision Association

Junji Sakamoto's documentary follows legendary boxing champ Joichiro over 20 years, from the ages 25 to 44. In a series of meetings, like the 7 Up...