Movies by Ryotaro Sugi

Duel in the Storm
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.

The Stormy Man
A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.

Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving ...

Confession of a girl: Purity
The film depicts the life of a high school student today, touching on issues of purity, sports, higher education, and employment, through the pursuit of love and sex between a high school senior soccer player and a female student in the same class.

Shinran: Jinsei no Mokuteki
A historical film depicting the youth of Saint Shinran, founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, during the turbulent times between the late Heian and early Kamakura periods, about 850 years ago.