Makoto Ashikawa

Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia and his business partner paralyzed from a brutal gangster attack, Nishi borrows from a yakuza loan shark and then robs a bank to clear his debt.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Kayoko Kishimoto, Ren Osugi

A detective breaks all rules of ethical conduct while investigating a colleague’s involvement in drug pushing and yakuza activities.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Takeshi Kitano, Maiko Kawakami, Makoto Ashikawa

On his request, the sensitive sister of a real estate agent visits a house he intends to put up for sale, only to cross paths with its resident curse.

Dir. Takashi Shimizu · With Yuko Daike, Kaku Tomohiro, Makoto Ashikawa

Masaki, a baseball player and gas-station attendant, gets into trouble with the local Yakuza and goes to Okinawa to get a gun to defend himself. There he meets Uehara, a tough gangster, who is in serious debt to the yakuza and planning revenge.

Dir. Takeshi Kitano · With Yûrei Yanagi, Yuriko Ishida, Takeshi Kitano