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Complete Filmography

Takeshi: Childhood Days
1990
as Takeno Grandfather
A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay wi...

Luminous Woman
1987
A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes invol...

Lost Chapter of Snow: Passion
1985
as Maruyama
Iori, taken from an orphanage by a family for domestic work, runs away and is adopted and raised by two young men. Ten years later, she crosses paths ...

Typhoon Club
1985
as Okabe
Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, the film takes place over the 5-day period b...

The Bored Samurai
1983
as Ikeda Kazue
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead ...

Lowly Ronin
1981
Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV ...

The Woman
1980
Erotic drama

Ballad of Orin
1977
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.

Gambling Code and Feuds
1977
It is the first Toei yakuza film directed by Akinori Matsuo, who was active in Nikkatsu action movies. It is a local yakuza movie made following Okina...

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
1977
After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

Song of the Devil
1975
Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugo artist. The very successful Rokyu wants to take Bakyo under his wings, but Bakyo refuses, claiming that Ro...

The Bullet Train
1975
as Businessman's Man
A Japanese bullet train is threatened with a bomb that will explode automatically if the train slows below 80 km/h, unless a ransom is paid. Police ra...

Wolf Guy
1975
as Tsukada
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of...

Graveyard of Honor
1975
A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa.

Oh Wonderful Utamaro!
1974

The Blossom and the Sword
1973
Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya Watari). The e...

Yokosuka Navy Prison
1973
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.

The Bodyguard
1973
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the n...

Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
1972
as Rokubei of Hakoda
Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Mon...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
1972
as Swift-style Swordsman
In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to...

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701
1972
as Kaizutoshi
After being cruelly set up and deceived by Sugimi, a detective in cohorts with the mob with whom she was whole-heartedly in love, Matsushima’s desire ...

The Trail of Blood
1972
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after pro...

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
1972
as Official Envoy
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin. Og...

Kumo no Yuna
1971

The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1971
The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.

Island of Horrors
1970
Two women are ferried to a small prison colony on the remote and barren prison island, where they and their fellow inmates are forced to perform peril...

Masseur’s Curse
1970
as Fukami Shinzaemon
One murky night, Soetsu, a blind acupuncturist and money lender, calls on Shinzaemon Fukami, a Hatamoto samurai, to collect some money. But Fukami is ...

The Angry Sword
1970
Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.

Naked Ambition
1970
Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin l...

Mission: Iron Castle
1970
The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, making the best 60′s B&W ninja movie ever seen...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
1969
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.

Gokudô Petenshi
1969
A group of one-hit wonder scam artists led by the troubled "Kanpai," dealing with impotence, embark on a lively and poignant societal comedy. They ove...

Blood End
1969
Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a lea...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 13: The Full Moon Swordsman
1969
Inspector General Kanjuro Sano conspires with the future shogun twin brother. They replace Ieyoshi Tokugawa with his twin, but it becomes a problem wh...

Girl with Bamboo Leaves
1969
Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.

The Curse of the Ghost
1969
About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to th...

Lefty Fencer
1969
As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the fame...

Devil's Temple
1969
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, a...

Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
1969
In feudal Japan, gangsters chase a young girl who might testify against their boss. When the gangsters murder the girl's grandfather on sacred ground...

Sworn Brothers
1969
Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to b...

Samaritan Zatoichi
1968
as Yakuza
Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituti...

Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint
1968
It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who may be ...

The Funeral Racket
1968
The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.

Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
1968

The Bride from Hades
1968
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes infatuat...

The Saga of Tanegashima
1968
as Tokunoshin Wakita
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel ran aground off Tanegashima. Lord Tokitaka helped ...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
1968
The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & abov...

Lone Wolf Isazo
1968
Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his brilli...

Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
1968
as First Ronin
A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in ba...

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
1968

A Killer's Key
1967
Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.

The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka
1967
as Ryôan Shimomura
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined t...

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack
1967

Zatoichi the Outlaw
1967
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
1967
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is call...

Secret Assignment
1967
In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in th...

Quick-Draw Dog
1967
Quick Drawer Dog (早射ち犬 Hayauchi inu) is a 1967 film directed by Tetsutarō Murano. It is the eighth film in the Inu series.

A Certain Killer
1967
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
1966
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to ...

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom
1966

Assignment Cloud
1966
A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who is assigned to crack a powerful spy ring...

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
1966
as Kagimatsu
Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

The Betrayal
1966
A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a v...

Dianas of the Campus
1966

Zatoichi's Vengeance
1966
as Hanji
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town ...

Daimajin
1966
as Ippei Cyjûma
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

The Thieves' Who's Who
1966
In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.

Shinobi no mono 7: Mist Saizo Strikes Back
1966
as Jinnai
[Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord ...

The Virgin Witness
1966
as Policeman
A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of discipline...

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
1965
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a ...

New Kurama Tengu: Gojozaka Duel
1965
At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store and lives a carefree life, running a tem...

Sword Devil
1965
as Toda Shingo
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes th...

New Tengu from Mount Kurama
1965
The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for t...

Young Boss: Prison Release
1965
The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.

Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Rampaging Dog
1965
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
1965
as Anzai
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan, and...

Zatoichi's Revenge
1965
Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hikonoichi, so he decides to visit. He learns of Hikon...

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi
1965
Nezumi Kozō is the nickname of Nakamura Jirokichi, a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period. His exploits have been comme...

Young Boss
1965
as Monjiro
After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.

Bloody Shuriken
1965
Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like al...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965
as Mon'nosuke Kaizuka
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself enta...

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo
1964
as Hatori Hanzo
[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mis...

The Battle Begins at Night
1964

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
1964
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi...

The Gambling Samurai
1964

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
1964
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthle...

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords
1964
The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become...

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege
1964
[Period covered: 1614-1615] Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete...

駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
1964

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing
1964
as Flying Squirrel Banzo
A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into mor...

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold
1964
Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen while...

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection
1963
[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even har...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
1963
Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double cross...

Bamboo Doll of Echizen
1963
as Choshichi
Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor
1963

Maiko and the Assassin
1963
19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while taking up arms to overthrow the local shogunate.

Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all t...

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
1963
as Kobotoke Kodaira
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soo...

The Third Shadow Warrior
1963
In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, ...

New Tale of Zatoichi
1963
as Anzo
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followe...

Assassins for sale
1963
Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, thre...

An Actor's Revenge
1963
as Kawaguchi-ya
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Shinsengumi Chronicles
1963
as Keisuke Yamanami
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samura...

Ninja, A Band of Assassins
1962
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to...

Hell's Assassin
1962
1962 Japanese movie

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
1962
as Mirosuke
Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in ...

The Fencing Master
1962
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives fo...

Ken ni kakeru
1962

The Tragedy of a Young Warrior
1962
Shortly after the Meiji Restoration, young people devoted to the teachings of Saigo Takamori trained day and night at Seiyun Juku in Kagoshima, Kyushu...

Destiny's Son
1962
In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive family is ...

The Notorious Man's Return
1962

Sōran wataridori
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Nokosa reta ko tonoko shita haha to
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Seven Miles to Nakayama
1962
When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stric...

Teppo Yasu no Shogai
1962
1962 Japanese movie

Her Hidden Past
1962
as Manta
Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful geis...

The Temple of Wild Geese
1962
as Heikichi Hisama
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lasciv...

The Actress and the Three Rascals
1962

Flowers of Chivalry
1961
Kayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his father. One day, Ichinoshin reunites with his younger...

Oniisan to oneesan
1961
A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.

Buddha
1961
as Ashvajit
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (C...

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
1961
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's ...

Otemoyan
1961

A Lustful Man
1961
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pu...

木曽ぶし三度笠
1961
1961 Japanese movie

Three Young Samurai
1961
During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When th...

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
1961
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.

晴小袖
1961
1961 Japanese movie

Vagabonds from Badgerville
1961
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.

Satan's Sword
1960
as Hirama Jusuke
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last per...

風来物語 あばれ飛車
1960

Scars of Honor
1960
Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing...

The Blind Menace
1960
This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi.
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
1960
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting...

Koga's Messenger
1960
The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle owner using various means! A sword and wi...

お嬢さん三度笠
1960

Bonchi
1960
Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give t...

Yûrei koban
1960

The Two Musashis
1960
During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu ...

Samurai Vendetta
1959
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous reveng...

The Lord Pretends
1959
as Watônai no Yasu

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
1959

The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Odd Obsession
1959
as Police Detective
A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot become aroused. His solution involves the introducti...

Ojo-kichiza
1959

The Woman and the Pirate
1959
as 転法利平
In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship called the Sueyoshi, led by a man known a...

Gambler and the Princess
1959
Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Peony on the Skin
1959

Travels of Lord Mito
1958
as Jûbei Negoro
Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo...
The Gay Masquerade
1958
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Awa...

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
1958
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by...

Conflagration
1958
as Police detective A
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological distre...

Megitsune Buro
1958

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
1958
When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall. S...

The 7th Secret Agent to Edo
1958

Shogun's Holiday
1958
During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo ...

Hanatarō Jumon
1958

Princess Tsuki
1958

Advance Patrol
1957
In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop...

Secret of Naruto
1957
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the...

Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower
1957
The swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name suggests, all wear hideous devil masks.

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
1957
as Genba Kanai
Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through h...

Mangorō Tengu
1957

Yataro’s Travel Hat
1957

Fighting Letter for 29 People
1957

Night Butterflies
1957
A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

An Osaka Story
1957
as Shokichi, samurai's servant
A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and...

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
1957

Gonpachi
1956
as Denzô Yuasa
Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.
Fighting Fire Fighter
1956

Flowery Hood 2
1956

Night River
1956
In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Asataro the Crow
1956
Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.
Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan
1956
It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars Ichik...

Marathon Samurai
1956
The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("I Am Fujikichirou"), and cinematographed by Honda ...

Taira Clan Saga
1955
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

The Dancer and Two Warriors
1955
The Young Lord
1955

The Magistrate
1955

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot
1954
A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

The Crucified Lovers
1954
as Katada Government Official
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find them...

Daikichi Konomura
1954
as Mizuno
A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the g...
The Great White Tiger Platoon
1954
The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Sho...

The Woman in the Rumor
1954
as Nakauchi
After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.

Sansho the Bailiff
1954
as Kimpei
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

Maiko monogatari
1954

Gate of Hell
1953
as Tomoyuki
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but ...

A Geisha
1953
as Imanishi
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve the...

An Heir's Place
1953
This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by Hasega...

Ugetsu
1953
as Vassal
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage'...

This Way, That Way
1952
An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up unexpectedly to stay ...

Story of a Beloved Wife
1951
Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa...

Judge of the Ashuras
1951
Song of Love
1950

The Motherland Far Far Away
1950
as Kino

The Invisible Man Appears
1949
as Keizô Sasatani
Jewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and want to use his invention to acquire a diamond necklace ...

Ghost Train
1949
Sixteen people are to stay at a desolate country station. Since a train accident during the war, a ghost train has been coming there at midnight. And ...

A Bullet Hole Underground
1949

The Man Who Laughs Last
1949
The East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two prestigious trapeze acrobats. One day, one of the brothers g...

Goblin Courier
1949
Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Thirty-three footprints
1948
Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Children Hand in Hand
1948
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

The Devil's toast
1947
Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in t...