
Acting
Saburō Shōji
Born
1945-07-22 (81)
Place of birth
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Known for
Acting
Credits
59 titles
Known for
6.2The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
1979
5.0A backstage documentary and interview with the real life lesbian stage performer Kaoru Kiri mixed with a fictional life of her rejected lover.
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
1974
7.4A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
5.0Ritsuko is a popular madame of a nightclub but, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for the VIP clientele. After a year of these special shows, the loan is almost paid off.
Skin of Roses
1978
5.3"Jealous" man-killer Mayumi (Hitomi Kozue) is sent back into solitary confinement after being re-arrested for the murder of the doctor who fingered her for a botched surgery. After emerging from solitary confinement to find an all-new gang of bullies picking on a meek, young female prisoner, Mayumi is now a much harder soul who takes no attitude from anyone, and she turns savage when the poor girl is enslaved by Yakuza.
True Story of a Woman in Jail: Continues
1975
5.2A former husband with a dark obsession returns to his ex-wife’s life, ready to unleash a torrent of cruel, perverse devotion.
Wife to Be Sacrificed
1974
Film credits
1980s · 14 titles
5.2A female hair stylist is torn between two lovers as she waits for treatment in a gynecological ward. She meets the other patients who are there and gets to know their stories.
Gynecology Ward: Caress Me Tenderly
1981
4.8Real-Life stripper Madoka Mika plays the fictional ROSE RED, a former striptease queen who is now doing roadshow engagements while trying to raise her child and balance her love affairs.
Woman with Wet Fingers
1984
4.2A wife gets a call from a man claiming to be from her husband's company. He tells her that he will come to pick her up on his behalf. But when he takes her to the hotel he locks her in a room and rapes her. The kidnapper then calls her husband but he doesn’t want a ransom. For reasons not yet known all he wants to do is to sexually humiliate her and to make sure the husband knows it.
Demon's Room
1982
3.8A woman and her business partner run a neighborhood bar. He hopes they can be married someday. One evening, a yakuza swaggers into the bar and asks the woman how much would it take to have sex with her. She jokingly replies “A million”. With that the yakuza pulls out a huge wad of bills, kidnaps her and viciously trains her to be a high class call girl. She soon begins to enjoy the training and starts to attract big clients and big money. But secretly she waits for her chance to take revenge on the man who forced her into this life of sin.
Love Beast: Flower of Vice
1981
7.0A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji Kabaya, who repeatedly screw things up, encounter a real robbery during a bank robbery simulation training...
The Detective Journey
1980
4.0A free spirited woman signs a contract with her boss to be his mistress but finds she needs more satisfaction than he can give.
Never in the Morning!
1980
NRA yakuza family goes into show business.
A Madcap Corporation
1983
5.0Two young delinquent girls survive on the streets by selling themselves as high school students. But the local girl gang catches them working their territory and brings them to their boss. After they witness a girl getting brutally punished for not obeying their rules the two are given a choice. Join or suffer the consequences. Thus begins a battle of wills and razors as two headstrong women clash.
Boss Girl Mafia: Flesh Punishment (Lynch)
1980
4.5A husband and wife are on the road doing a traveling BDSM show at various seedy locations. The wife is getting bored with the show and wants to quit. But while on tour in Kyoto a wealthy man and his proper looking wife invite them to do a private show. Little do they know that their stage routine is just child’s play compared to what the couple have in mind for them.
Rope and Breasts
1983
4.3Ryoko is suffering from sleep deprivation due to her daily intimate encounters with her fiancé, Hirata. One day, she jumps into a taxi just before being late and meets the driver, Akira. Meanwhile, at the hospital, the director is plotting to marry his daughter, Yuka, to Hirata. After much deliberation, Hirata chooses Ryoko, but an enraged Yuka slips an aphrodisiac into Ryoko's drink...
Kangofu nikki: Waisetsu na karute
1980
4.0Two tough young street hustlers, Keiko and Kaori, challenge a large organization called the Sukeban Mafia that is involved in drug dealing and prostitution...
Sukeban mafia: Chijoku
1980
4.8No synopsis available yet.
My Girlfriend Wears an Uniform
1981
7.4"BLOW THE NIGHT!" Let's Spend the Night Together is a 1983 Japanese docu-drama shot on 16mm film starring actual Yanki gang members as many of the main characters.
"BLOW THE NIGHT!" Let's Spend the Night Together
1983
NRA girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of explosions. However, when she learns this secret, evil hands reach out to her!
A Woman in Danger
1982
1970s · 45 titles
6.2The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
1979
5.0A backstage documentary and interview with the real life lesbian stage performer Kaoru Kiri mixed with a fictional life of her rejected lover.
Kaoru Kiri: The Best Lesbian in Japan, Authentic Account
1974
7.4A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.
The Man Who Stole the Sun
1979
5.0Ritsuko is a popular madame of a nightclub but, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for the VIP clientele. After a year of these special shows, the loan is almost paid off.
Skin of Roses
1978
5.3"Jealous" man-killer Mayumi (Hitomi Kozue) is sent back into solitary confinement after being re-arrested for the murder of the doctor who fingered her for a botched surgery. After emerging from solitary confinement to find an all-new gang of bullies picking on a meek, young female prisoner, Mayumi is now a much harder soul who takes no attitude from anyone, and she turns savage when the poor girl is enslaved by Yakuza.
True Story of a Woman in Jail: Continues
1975
5.2A former husband with a dark obsession returns to his ex-wife’s life, ready to unleash a torrent of cruel, perverse devotion.
Wife to Be Sacrificed
1974
7.3This is a story of love between a society girl and a yakuza boy. Mami lives an ordinary life in Tokyo, being with her friends and studying. Her biggest interest is ladies hats. She is rather well off, as her father is the ambassador of Japan in Spain. One day when she is out driving, she is attacked by a group of yakuza, but is saved by the honorable yakuza Jiro. This will change her life forever.
Love in the Mud
1977
5.8Junko Miyashita plays a mysterious hitchhiker picked up by a brute of a construction worker named Kenzo who takes her back to his run-down and cramped apartment in a not so good part of town. Claiming that she is running away from an abusive husband, she shacks up with him. In a futile attempt to escape the bleak working class surroundings, the pair engage in an obsessive erotic relationship.
The Woman with Red Hair
1979
5.5A true-life tale of a broken woman whose hedonistic tryst with a high-class restaurateur resulted in a horrific crime of passion that littered Tokyo headlines in 1936.
A Woman Called Sada Abe
1975
3.0After the director's message, "I visualize the romance of Roman Porn and I attempt to share that image," a loosely-connected series of softcore sex scenes unfolds. The plot concerns Kyoko, a young Japanese woman married to a man in France. When he abandons her, she returns to Japan. With her sexual appetite now at a high pitch, she engages in sexual escapades with a wide assortment of people, including old friends, both male and female, and an entire soccer team.
Tokyo Emmanuelle
1975
6.9When the boss of a yakuza clan in 1920s Osaka is assassinated, Oryu, his mistress, vows revenge. Her search for the killer takes her out of the city. The old boss' son proves a poor leader, only interested in Omitsu, his high-class girlfriend. Yajima, the second-in-command, is taking advantage of the situation to accumulate power for himself...
Oryu's Passion: Bondage Skin
1975
6.3A strong-willed young prostitute, her mentally challenged brother, and her aging prostitute mother attempt to survive in 1970s Osaka.
Secret Chronicle: She Beast Market
1974
5.5While investigating stories of rape for a magazine article, a determined but callous reporter becomes perversely aroused as she meets the women who are suffering through the horror of their experiences. But will she suffer their fate if she goes too far?
Angel Guts: Nami
1979
5.0The amorous adventures of three shellfish divers who live and work in a rural fishing village.
Nasty Diver
1977
5.6After his leading actress becomes pregnant and wants to quit, Juzo, an adult film director, becomes obsessed with finding the woman whose moaning he captured secretly at a dentist’s office to star in the film instead.
Ecstasy of the Black Rose
1975
5.8Ichijo Sayuri, once the legendary queen of Osaka strippers, has retired to run a sushi shop. She is awaiting her day in court after having been arrested for indecency at her farewell performance. While she was active, she was both the rival and the model for many young strippers. Harumi was one of them. Ichijo Sayuri was the real-life queen of Osaka strippers who was arrested on her final performance.
Ichijo's Wet Lust
1972
4.7A woman who lived an ordinary life as a housewife in a housing complex in the suburbs. One day, a yakuza comes to her to pay off her late mother's debt. Indeed, it was written in her mother's handwriting that her daughter would repay the debt if something were to happen. Confused, the housewife can't even tell her husband about the debt, and begins prostitution at the yakuza's command... Will she return to her normal life? The 21st work in the long-running Nikkatsu "Apartment Wife" series.
Apartment Wife: Target Bedroom
1979
5.8A seemingly aimless drifter on the run returns to his hometown. Although some recognize him, he vehemently denies his identity and begins an affair with the owner of a porno theater before setting down a lurid path of sex and violence.
Lovers Are Wet
1973
9.0Inside the club there is the happy beat of music, free flowing beer and generous tips from drunk horny patrons. But for four bar girls the harsh realities of life wait just outside the front entrance.
Yummy in Neon Town: I Am Ready to Be Eaten
1979
5.5A young executive has a really bad night after an encounter with a crazed bisexual wannabe yakuza and his horny girlfriend.
Painful Bliss: Final Twist
1977
4.0A bar-owner named Kuroki, forlornly waits for his adulterous wife to get back from messing around with her boyfriend. She returns, but because she's been fooling around with gangsters she brings trouble with her. Kuroki gets tied up and beaten, his wife and customers get tortured and raped, and it is finally up to the mousy cuckold to set things right, Straw Dogs-style.
Assault!
1976
2.0A film adaptation of Koichiro Uno's original work that depicts the madness and debauchery that unfolds in a nurses' dormitory where men are strictly prohibited.
Koichiro Uno's Nurse's Dormitory
1978
5.8The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.
Gate of Flesh
1977
6.0Sold into prostitution by her "uncle", a young girl is so innocent and naive that she doesn't know what she has to do.
Secret Chronicle: Prostitution Market
1972
10.0A wife who suspects her husband of infidelity hires an investigator. But it turns out he has his own kinky secrets.
Apartment Wife: Afternoon Seduction
1974
8.3Reiko is an adulterous housewife whose lover is a foul-tempered yakuza gangster. After one of her husband's friends spies the amorous duo at a no-tell motel, the stage is set for murder.
Affair at Twilight
1972
7.0A 1971 crime film
Night Butterflies
1971
10.0Sexual soap opera involving hospital staff. Loose sequel to Seduction of the White Angel.
Seduction 2: Embrace of the White Angel
1972
6.7Two semi-slackers with an ultra-intimate friendship work, slack and drink in a freezing Hokkaido town.
Light of Africa
1975
7.3The Taisho era was a time of turbulence in Japan. From new marks of modernity to full-blown riots, a sense of revolution filled the air. The Dam Dam Group is a small anarchist organization lead by Daijiro, a silver tongued "Benshi", a performer who provides narratives for silent films, playing multiple roles. In other words, he was a master at the art of deception, a handy talent when it came to 'doing jobs' for his group. His revolutionary ideals attracted many to his squadron, but among them was a young girl who was oblivious to his group's activities. Her name was Shino.
Evening Primrose
1974
4.0Life in the pep squad is all about harsh discipline. Seniors are "Gods", juniors are "Humans", sophomores are "Slaves" and freshmen are treated like "Trash". One sunny day, two freshmen are entrusted with the task to dry out the squadron's flag; the most cherished and symbolic item of the squad. When they accidentally burn a hole in the flag with a cigarette, they blame Aota. Aota attempts to take full responsibility by committing "harakiri", but changes his mind during the process – a deep stab to the stomach has inspired him with a better idea.
Ah! That Pep Squad
1976
5.2On the advice of their horoscopes, a scenario writer, a producer and a director take a working vacation to a hot spring in the hopes of finishing their porn script. For the next week, the three men conduct interviews with many young women, seeking to discover their next starlet.
Sex Horoscope: Love Tasting
1978
NRIn a rural town the local elders and a band greet the arrival of a troupe of strippers. After a show two men who claim to be show biz producers make the elders an offer. If enough funds can be raised they will make their favorite lead stripper a star. Is this an offer too good to be true?
Hot Spring Resort: Geishas vs. Ozashiki Strippers
1975
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Lady Ecstasy: Pleasure Profound
1976
8.5Yūji, fresh out of prison on parole, meets a stranger named Nao that asks for his assistance...
Step on the Gas!
1970
2.0No synopsis available yet.
Ryōjoku: Komasu
1979
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Inran'na kankei
1976
7.0A 1970 crime film.
Women Smell of Night
1970
3.7No synopsis available yet.
Tissue Paper By the Geisha's Pillow
1977
5.0Gimme gimme gimme! Yusaku Matsuda and his gang are on the hunt for women, money and more money! Takeo Natsuki (Yusaku Matsuda) was just released from prison. He was the leader of three rascals; all they did was cause trouble. When they meet a girl whose father is resisting a forced eviction to make way for a construction site, they come up with their own plans to solve the problem.
The Four Roughnecks
1974
2.0No synopsis available yet.
Izumi Daihachi no okashikko
1978
9.0A stripper contends with bad boyfriends, a demanding boss and the yakuza while entertaining a nightly crowd of horny spectators.
Showtime
1977
6.8A traveling troupe of strippers do their stuff at various venues. One of the women has a sleazy boyfriend who leaves her to recruit his own group of strippers.
Wet Lust: 21 Strippers
1974
8.0One day, Hara Nobuo witnessed his father assaulting Tokiko, whom he loved as a surrogate mother. Tokiko then committed suicide. As Nobuo grew up, he was still burdened with this horrible trauma and became sexually impotent. His friend Junichi tried to cure Nobuo's impotence. Then one day, Nobuo rescued Sachiko from being about to being attacked in a park. Since then, the two were rapidly drawn to each other...
Man & Woman Sexology: Private Lessons
1974
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lesbian Queen Zoku Kaoru Kiri
1975
