Movies by Yukihiro Sawada

The Moon Mask Rider

The Moon Mask Rider

The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made u...

Flesh Target: Rape!

Flesh Target: Rape!

A sexually frustrated office worker hits his boss in a night club. The next day he is told he will be demoted to a different position in the company. This disturbs him so much he begins to target all the office ladies who had rejected him.

Rebellion Reward

Rebellion Reward

The film tells about drug trafficking from Vietnam to Tokyo and Okinawa. Tetsuya Watari plays a photographer who uses his camera as a blackmail weapon. He is on the trail of a narcotics smuggler (Mikio Narita) and his beautiful contact (Haruko Wanibuchi). Watari meets a former gangster (Yujiro Ishihara) who is seeking revenge against Narita, his former partner. Watari and Ishihara become allies and hijack the dope shipment. But Narita threatens the life of Haruko, who turns out to be Ishihara's sister, and demands the dope in return for the ...

Tomodachi

Tomodachi

Shinta is a sixth grader in Kawasaki City a troublemaker that dreams to become a soccer player. Yoshiko, a classmate who moved to Kawasaki from Iwate Prefecture two years ago, is a gloomy girl who suffers from asthma due to the polluted air in Kawasaki and is ostracized by her class. Shinta is placed next to Yoshiko in class and their stories will take a turn.

Osoe!

Osoe!

A woman wants revenge on a corporation for its role in the death of her parents, and she is willing to go to great lengths to achieve her goal.

Deer Friend

Deer Friend

Heisei Gokudoden Yasha Tears!

Heisei Gokudoden Yasha Tears!

Seven years have passed since the incident of the previous work. Yakuza Seiji, who was called a "Bodhisattva" and was afraid of being a "Yaksha" if he had a dos, started working at a hunting station and a town factory. There, I met Keiko, a clerk. Keiko lived with her son, who was born to a yakuza. Seiji's former group was crushed by the Ryujinkai, and Akamatsu, who had a grudge against Seiji, was at the top. Knowing the source of Seiji, Akamatsu begins revenge using bodyguards Kobiki and others. Seiji lived in peace, but the people around h...

Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!

Heisei Gokudoden Ashura slashes!

Tachibana of Mutsumi Yato Kogyo, whose leader was assassinated. He is glared at the work of the hostile organization Konan Service, but his big brother Kurosaki is well rounded up with his traces as bait. Masa and Jun, who are the thugs, ignore the unsuccessful executives and aim for the Konan service leader who was the chairman of the Mutsumikai, but failed! Jun is captured and killed. Kurosaki tries to secure Yato Kogyo in exchange for Jun's life.

No Grave for Us

No Grave for Us

A plot to steal money from gangsters leads to trouble...