Escape from Japan (1964)
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery
Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrates daughter to coerce him into reducing their unfair taxes, a wandering ronin decides to give them some help
Nihon no yoru to kiri (1960)
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists movement in Japan