The Castle Of Sand
(Country: Japan; Year: 1974; Director: Yoshitarô Nomura; Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Seichô Matsumoto, Yoshitarô Nomura, Yôji Yamada; Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Gô Katô, Kensaku Morita, Yôko Shimada, Karin Yamaguchi, Yoshi Katô, Kazuhide Haruta, Chishû Ryû, Junko Natsu, Seiji Matsuyama, Taketoshi Naitô, Masumi Harukawa, Yoshio Inaba, Tokue Hanazawa, Taiji Tonoyama)
Twisty police procedural that criss-crosses rural Japan and uncovers a tragic story of anger and discrimination, in search of the solution to a murder mystery.
The Demon (Kichiku)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1978; Director: Yoshitarô Nomura; Writer: Yoshitarô Nomura; Stars: Ken Ogata, Miyuki Yoshizawa, Hiroki Iwase)
The Shadow Within (Kage no kuruma)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1970; Director: Yoshitarô Nomura; Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Seichô Matsumoto; Stars: Shima Iwashita, Gô Katô, Mayumi Ogawa, Yûsuke Takita, Kaneko Iwasaki, Shinsuke Ashida, Yoshio Inaba, Yôsuke Kondô, Akiko Nomura, Atsuko Kawaguchi, Ginzô Sekiguchi, Yuriko Abe, Azusa Koyama, Katsue Nitta, Yoshihide Shimizu)
Psychological drama about an emasculated husband, Yukio, and his affair with a childhood friend Yasuko.
Stakeout
(Country: Japan; Year: 1958; Director: Yoshitarô Nomura; Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Seichô Matsumoto; Stars: Minoru Ôki, Takahiro Tamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Hideko Takamine, Kin Sugai, Masao Shimizu, Ryôhei Uchida, Kamatari Fujiwara, Kumeko Urabe, Miki Odagiri, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shinsuke Ashida, Toshiaki Konoe, Hizuru Takachiho, Tomoko Fumino)
Two Tokyo detectives come to sympathise with those on whom they’re spying.
Zero Focus (Zero no shôten)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1961; Director: Yoshitarô Nomura; Writer: Shinobu Hashimoto, Seichô Matsumoto, Yôji Yamada; Stars: Yoshiko Kuga, Hizuru Takachiho, Ineko Arima, Kôji Nanbara, Kô Nishimura, Sadako Sawamura, Yoshi Katô, Tatsuo Nagai, Mutsuko Sakura, Takanobu Hozumi, Hisao Toake, Masao Oda, Takamaru Sasaki, Toyo Takahashi, Isao Arase)
Film noir about dual identity.
