Movies by Kōichi Saitō

Second Chance
A man survives a double suicide attempt, while his girlfriend does not.

The Rendezvous
The brief love story of an attentive young man and a beautiful woman who meet, fall in love and part during the course of a train ride.

Jesus is My Boss
A warring Yakuza awakens to Christianity and becomes an evangelist. The film is modelled on the real-life "Mission Barabbas," a Christian evangelistic group of ex-Yakuza.

The Homeless
Two inmates are simultaneously released from jail, but go their separate ways, only to cross paths again in the nearest brothel. There they make the acquaintance of a would-be prostitute. They help her escape and decide to guide her on her quest for sunken contraband somewhere off the coast.
The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail
Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

Frozen River
A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one of the patients there.