Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Devil in Crescent Moon Tower

The swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name suggests, al

Zatoichi's Vengeance

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide

Scarred Yosaburo

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress o

Zatoichi and the Chest of Gold

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed

Asataro the Crow

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

The Phantom Samurai

The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi

Freelance Samurai

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this t

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the

Bara daimyo

Ojo-kichiza

Straw hat of Itako

A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role.

Otemoyan

Adventures of Zatoichi

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader w

Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his

Her Hidden Past

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the imposs

Hoodlum Soldier on the Attack

Sword Devil

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw o

Conflagration

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golde

Kojiki taishō

Homeless Dog

First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

Assassins for sale

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exoti

The Homely Sister

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to

Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

The Man From Chungking

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the

駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after be

母山彦

An Actor's Revenge

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat

Rampaging Dog

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

Jigoku bana

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Flowery Brothers

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

The Old Temple Well

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

Hell's Assassin

1962 Japanese movie

Conflagration

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golde

The Gay Masquerade

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo

The Devil's toast

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's

Koga's Messenger

The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Om

Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya

A unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of the p

The Life of a Horse Trader

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmo

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by

Zatoichi the Fugitive

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local

The Funeral Racket

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

Jirocho Fuji

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i

Samurai Vendetta

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the

Satan's Sword

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book

A Woman's Gamble

Onna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami

Thoroughbred Women Gamblers

Fourth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

The Woman Champion

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s

Woman Gambler and the Nun

Eighth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

The Woman Gambler's Supplication

Eleventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring wher

Two Enemy Women Gamblers

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

Sworn Brothers

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s th

Young Boss: Prison Release

The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.

The Woman Dicer

Seventh film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where

The Sister Gamblers

Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s

The Silent Gun

A series of murders has been committed by someone with a new model gun, a Mord-Gessel X 38. Indeed,

Secret Assignment

In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's o

Obsessive Snake

Utaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She murdere

Bloody Shuriken

Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of mo

The Saga of Tanegashima

Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan, a Portuguese vessel

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu i

Ken

Kokubu, captain of his university's kendo team, is a mystery to those who know him: An ascetic dedic

The Woman Gambler's Revenge

Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s

On the Road Forever

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the villa

Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weaken

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late fathe

Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy

[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono

Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure

Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending t

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being a

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have thei

Shinsengumi Chronicles

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader

Gonpachi

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess

The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy

Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to ave

The Blind Menace

This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi.

The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming

Buddha

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years

A Lustful Man

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven

Zatoichi the Outlaw

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival ga

Zatoichi Challenged

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father,

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daught

Champion Woman Gambler

Ninth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where s

Maiko and the Assassin

19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman while t

The Front Line Showdown

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

The Betrayal

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai princ

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

Ken ni kakeru

The Magnificent Five

The Gambling Samurai

Young Boss: Invitation to Fight

The Young Swordsman

The Magistrate

The Dancer and Two Warriors

Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin

Song of Sado

Sentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his good-natu

Flowers of Chivalry

Kayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his fat

The Lord and the Gambler

Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twen

Yutaro kodan

Three-Fingered Detective

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony.

The Bride from Hades

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsu

The Young Lord

Zangiku monogatari

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese

Migratory Birds of the Flowers

Tōkaidō wa kyōjō tabi

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unpa

Jiraiya

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic vi

Koina no Ginpei

The Man Disappears Yesterday

Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become hi

Spy on the Masked Car

An industrial espionage film.

Oniisan to oneesan

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Marathon Samurai

The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("

晴小袖

1961 Japanese movie

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

Mangorō Tengu

ほんだら剣法

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

Three Young Samurai

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Tak

出獄四十八時間

殺人者

The Two Musashis

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi

Tange Sazen

The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swor

木曽ぶし三度笠

1961 Japanese movie

Life of Matsu the Untamed

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die

Zoku Tange Sazen

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. B