Designed for the youth market, “borderless action” (mukokuseki akushun) movies whose directors included Suzuki, Toshio Masuda, and Takashi Nomura. The studio started to employe such upcoming stars as Yujiro Ishihara, Akira Kobayashi, Joe Shishido, Tetsuya Watari, Ruriko Asaoka, Chieko Matsubara and, later, Meiko Kaji and Tatsuya Fuji.