Ninja, A Band of Assassins

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

Sudara Festival: I Understand, but I can't Stop

1962 Japanese movie based on the Crazy Cats smash hit single, "Sudara Festival", sung by Hitoshi Uek

Her Hidden Past

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

Zatoichi on the Road

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in t

Dynamite Doctor Returns

Second movie in the yoidore hakase serie

Otemoyan

Samurai Vendetta

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

New Tengu from Mount Kurama

The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

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

Satan's Sword: The Dragon God

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunos

The Whale God

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

Black Challenger

Young lawyer Jiro receives a late night phone call from a distraught woman sending him on a journey

Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern

One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy me

Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo

New Bad Reputation Continues

Buddha

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

Stolen Pleasure

Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adapted by frequent Masumura scribe Kaneto Shindo, thi

Tough Guy

Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. Whe

Satan's Sword

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

Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo

Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's

Shinsengumi Chronicles

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

Irezumi

Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's

The Lord Pretends

The Radiant Prince

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji

A Lustful Man

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

Vagabonds from Badgerville

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

Diary of a Mad Old Man

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers th

The Lightning Sword

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect hi

Bad Reputation: Imposter's Paradise

Bad Reputation Returns

The Phantom Samurai

Yôki na tono-sama

Lord Tadanao

Yûrei koban

Black Money

The case of the counterfeit bills that spread all over Japan.

The Confusing Journey of Jirocho

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

The Notorious Man's Return

Bad Reputation: The Notorious Harbor

Bad Reputation: Three Notorious Men

Megitsune Buro

Straw hat of Itako

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

木曽ぶし三度笠

1961 Japanese movie

Wild Geese

Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a wido