The Bear Storm

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the

Mothra vs. Godzilla

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and

Godzilla Raids Again

Two fishing scout pilots make a horrifying discovery when they encounter a second Godzilla alongside

Abandoned

The film tells the story of a man who was washed ashore on an uninhabited island after a ship wrecke

The President Talks Bank

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher

Home-Brewed Tatsu

1962 Japanese movie

Adventure in Kigan Castle

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the grea

The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into tel

Ôban

A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First p

Samurai Assassin

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakura

Desperado Outpost

When Sergeant Okubo's brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second

Godzilla

A re-edited Italian-language dubbed version of the original Godzilla, using as a basis the U.S. vers

Zero Fighter

Battle Cry

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to t

Double Suicide of Sonezaki

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai

Rebels on the High Sea

A film by Hiroshi Inagaki.

A Dangerous Hero

A film by Hideo Suzuki.

不良少年

Based on the novel of the same name by Shoji Yuki

Big Shots Die at Dawn

Grown up son arrives home to learn his father, the newly elected mayor, has been assassinated. So he

Red Lion

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo

The Storm

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

Godzilla

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla

Beast Man Snow Man

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Sn

Mothra

Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expediti

The H-Man

When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police que

Frankenstein Conquers the World

During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan t

Rodan

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehis

King Kong vs. Godzilla

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponso

The Human Vapor

A failed science experiment gives a librarian the ability to turn into a gaseous substance. He goes

The Battle of Okinawa

The Americans are swiftly closing on Okinawa, an island just south of the Japanese mainland. The Imp

Sudden Rain

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

Rainbow Kids

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they pro

The Secret of the Telegian

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to l

The Last Embrace

Yukiko Nogami is rescued during a mountain blizzard by handsome forester Shinkichi, and the two subs

Westward Desperado

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anyt

Mr. Pu

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

The Gambling Samurai

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has be

The Big Boss

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, e

Operation Enemy Fort

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attem

Young Swordsman

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O

Ghost Man

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Ki

The Retreat from Kiska

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. When

Yagyu Secret Scrolls

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets wh

Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Ky

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal

Samurai Saga

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized no

Daredevil in the Castle

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has

Godzilla, King of the Monsters!

During an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught ami

Whirlwind

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeat

The Skin of the South

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable

Aishu no machi ni kiri ga furu

Rise Against the Sword

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight the

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

The War of the Gargantuas

Gaira, a humanoid sea beast spawned from the discarded cells of Frankenstein's monster, attacks the

Jirocho, the Hunted

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the r

Jirocho's New Year

Last of the Wild Ones

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

The Man Who Came to Port

An Ishiro Honda film.

Mother and Son

An Ishiro Honda film.

The Story of Iron Arm Inao

An Ishiro Honda film.

Chûshingura

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c

Blood on the Sea

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

Saga of the Vagabonds

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokur

Bugs

Aru Islands in resort development. Was a succession happening the abandoned corpses in there are hol

Seven Samurai

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr

Their Father's Wife

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Lullaby of the Earth

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is su

The Blue Revolution

The Last Gunfight

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city o

Japan's Longest Day

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and th

Tokyo Sweetheart

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are

Godzilla, the Monster of the Pacific Ocean

Obscure French version of the original Godzilla. The film combines elements of the original Toho ver

Garakuta

1964 Japanese movie

Some Kinda Love

The life of a urban planning official and that of an old fellow student, now project developer, are

The Maiden Courtesan

Period romantic drama.

Main Line to Terror

Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart a

A Man in the Storm

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a k

Bandits on the Wind

1961 Japanese movie

The White Rose of Hong Kong

Narcotics officer Matsumoto’s investigation into a drug smuggling ring leads him from Tokyo to Hong

Elephant from "Zoo Story"

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of

How the Bell of Liberty Rings

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who def

High Heels Gang

The son of a gang leader boss is kidnapped by someone and demands the disbandment of the gang. A gr

Reign of Terror

Crime melodrama has young Kijima (Takarada) working at a successful cabaret, actually a front for dr

Wharf with the Weeping Girl

After a gang killing forces him to flee abroad, ex-yakuza Ryūji returns to Yokohama a year later to

Return of the Champ

A not-so-young "Young Guy" (Kayama) returns in this reunion feature, which takes Yuichi and Ishiyama

We Will Remember

Near the end of the war, a number of young Japanese join an army band hoping to avoid the front line