Princess Finds Her Prince

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

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and

Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962 Japanese movie

The Two Bodyguards

Film directed by Kenji Misumi

Ken ni kakeru

The Actress and the Three Rascals

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous

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

Ojo-kichiza

Judge of the Ashuras

Hoodlum Soldier's Flight to Freedom

Conflagration

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

Homeless Dog

First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka

The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark

The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder

White-haired Demon

A man dies in an automobile accident and returns as a white-haired demon and seeks revenge on his wi

Kumoemon to sono tsuma

1962 Japanese movie

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

The Old Temple Well

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

Hell's Assassin

1962 Japanese movie

Gale Winds! Tengu Karama

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

The Thieves' Who's Who

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

Princess Tsuki

Yataro’s Travel Hat

A Night to Remember

Seventeen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a newspaper reporter looks for the b

Geisha in the Old City

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a mov

Children of Hiroshima

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the s

The Temple of the Golden Pavillion

The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on M

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yag

Apostasy

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visit

Zatoichi's Revenge

Itinerant masseur and master swordsman, the blind Zatoichi, is near the village of his teacher, Hiko

The Funeral Racket

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

Broken Swords

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin,

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into

Zatoichi's Cane Sword

Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Z

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

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

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

Ninja, A Band of Assassins

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

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i

Young Boss: Prison Release

The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

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

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

A Thousand Flying Cranes

The Lord Pretends

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

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

The Virgin Witness

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitia

A Certain Killer

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yak

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril

Ogami Itto is hired to kill a tattooed female assassin and battles Retsudo, head of the Yagyu clan,

Lefty Fencer

As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was afte

Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the T

Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane

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

The Betrayal

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

Haunted Castle

This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a

Zatoichi Challenged

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

Naked Ambition

Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poison

Demonfire Palanquin

The Phantom Samurai

Song of Sado

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

The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule

The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.

Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse

Zangiku monogatari

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

On the Road Forever

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

That Night's Adventure

Traveling with Breeze

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

Nuregami botan

The Man Disappears Yesterday

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

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, suc

Shippu no Seitarou

A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Se

The Curse of the Ghost

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S

刑事部屋

出獄四十八時間

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi

Uta wa tōge o koete

1961 Japanese movie

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

Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involv

The Man from the Moon

O-Kiyo (Mitsuko Mito), who had escaped from her boss, Shoden, who controlled the Sensoji Temple dist

Shirai Gonpachi

The film adaptation of the famous tragic love story of the young samurai Shirai Gonpachi and the bea