Until the Lights Come Back [2005]

Genre: Drama

Director: Takashi Minamoto

Released in: 2005

Movie length: 132 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

Synopsis: 

Sometimes the bright lights of the city blind us to what really matters. In Until the Lights Come Back, director Takashi Minamoto reveals six stories about what might happen should those lights fail.

Sailor Suit and Machine Gun [1981]

Original Title: Sêrâ-fuku to Kikanjû

English Title: Sailor Suit and Machine Gun

Genre: Drama

Director: Shinji Somai

Released in: 1981

Movie length: 112 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English/Portuguese

 

Synopsis:: 

Hoshi Izumi is a young innocent forced to grow up quickly when her father dies and she finds herself next in line as the boss of a moribund yakuza clan. Wrenched from the security of her classroom and thrust into the heart of the criminal underworld, she must come to terms with the fact that her actions hold the key to the life or death of the men under her command as they come under fire from rival gangs.

Moving [1993]

Original Title: Ohikkoshi

English Title: Moving

Genre: Drama

Director: Shinji Somai

Released in: 1993

Movie length: 125 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

 

Synopsis:: 

Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get her parents to reconcile. In the mean time an old man teaches her about the need to forget the past...

Ryuji [1983]

Original Title: Ryûji

English Title: Ryuji

Genre: Drama

Director: Toru Kawashima

Released in: 1983

Movie length: 92 Min

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English

 

Synopsis:: 

Ryuji tries to quit yakuza and spend a decent life with his wife Mariko and daughter Aya, but as he's used to getting easy money, it'd become hard for him to work hard and get little. Eventually he's back to where he belongs.