Fujio Suga
Good Morning
as Mr. ItoA lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of...
Movie pageEquinox Flower
as Station AttendantWataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter...
Movie pageAn Autumn Afternoon
as Bar CustomerShuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that...
Movie pageLate Autumn
as Former Subordinate EmployeeA woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry,...
Movie pageThe Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
as Nagata TaiiAfter the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria....
Movie pageTokyo Twilight
as Saburo TomitaTwo sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the...
Movie pageLone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
as Tsukude SozaemonIn the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors,...
Movie pageIrezumi
as KenjiA mysterious tattoo artist puts his masterpiece, a human-faced spider, on a kidnapped woman's...
Movie pageEarly Spring
as TanabeA young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...
Movie pageSatan's Sword: The Dragon God
as uncreditedThe sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of...
Movie pageNew Tale of Zatoichi
as YasuhikoWishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends...
Movie pageI, the Executioner
as SuzukiPolice investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage...
Movie pageShinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as uncredited[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni...
Movie pageZatoichi's Cane Sword
as Seisuke KuwayamaZatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite...
Movie pageA Japanese Tragedy
as FujitaAt the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up...
Movie pageThe Great White Tower
as uncreditedThe story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors...
Movie pageAkumyo: Notorious Dragon
as uncreditedAbout small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means...
Movie pageThe Rose on His Arm
as Sushi shop masterIgnoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world...
Movie pageThe Snow Woman
as SôjuA master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special...
Movie pageThe Blind Menace
as uncreditedThis is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
Movie pageOutlaw: Kill!
as Giichi KenmochiGoro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is...
Movie pageNowhere Man
as Man who walksSukezo, a farmer manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a...
Movie pageAssassination
as Kyûô UdonoAssassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay,...
Movie pageStreet of Love and Hope
as KuharaA young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing...
Movie pageNew Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
as uncreditedKatsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by...
Movie pageOutlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
as uncreditedThe great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s...
Movie pageKojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
as uncreditedThe story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and...
Movie pageTurning Point
as uncreditedA middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...
Movie pageWill to Live
as uncreditedIt is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the...
Movie pageHomeless Dog
as uncreditedFirst movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Movie pageThe Fencing Master
as Kurahashi SentaroThe Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is...
Movie pageThe Master Spearman
as uncreditedThis subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit...
Movie pageYokosuka Navy Prison
as uncreditedWhen a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he...
Movie pageEscape from Hell
as SobeiThis suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a...
Movie pageNitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
as uncreditedFifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Movie pageZatoichi and the Chess Expert
as Injury prone Banyu yakuzaZatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and...
Movie pageMelody of Rebellion
as Daijiro TannoThe disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold....
Movie pageThe Tempters: Smile After Tears
as uncreditedLayabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He...
Movie pageInternal Sleuth
as uncreditedWhen 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective...
Movie pageAlways in My Heart
as uncreditedMachiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge...
Movie pageBloody Territories
as Mannosuke Jinno, Kansai Syndicate chairA once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group...
Movie pageSleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
as uncreditedWandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after...
Movie pageShinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
as uncredited[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were...
Movie pageI Will Buy You
as uncreditedA talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the...
Movie pageNew Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
as uncreditedPrisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a...
Movie page119
as uncreditedIn Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for...
Movie pageRampaging Dog
as uncreditedAbare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
Movie pageThe Woman Gambler's Trump Card
as uncredited15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Movie pageAlways in My Heart Part 2
as uncreditedMachiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
Movie pageSamurai Vendetta
as uncreditedTwo amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and...
Movie pageShinsengumi Chronicles
as Nishiki NiimiAs winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its...
Movie pageThe Unbalanced Wheel
as uncreditedA study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
Movie pageThe Silk Hat Boss 2
as uncreditedThe Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
Movie pageThe Strangers Upstairs
as Division chief MitamuraAfter moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save...
Movie pageTale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
as uncreditedYakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
Movie pageHanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
as uncreditedA kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes...
Movie pageThe Gambler's Code
as Tomeda no SukegorôOne of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who...
Movie pageThe Drifting Gambler
as uncredited8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
Movie pageI Lived, But...
as SelfAn extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination...
Movie pageBridge
as uncreditedA 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.
Movie pageNew Tokyo March
as uncreditedFollows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter,...
Movie pageSincere Heart
as Hachirô SakamotoA young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see...
Movie pageShisha to no kekkon
as uncreditedA case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a...
Movie pageSleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
as uncreditedSixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a...
Movie pageMaria of the Ant Village
as uncreditedAlongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a...
Movie pageWoman Gambler
as Tatsuo AkatsukaMourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During...
Movie pageBlind Monk Swordsman
as uncreditedThis is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing...
Movie pageThe Young Avenger
as uncreditedAkitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned...
Movie pagePaper Crane Palanquin
as Abe IyoThe death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a...
Movie pageFirefly Light
as uncreditedSet in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose...
Movie pageWolves of the City, Money Hunters
as uncreditedThe hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.
Movie pageFlower in a Storm
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
Movie pageWolves of the City, Operation "Rat"
as uncreditedTokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.
Movie pageDenshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
as 相馬伊蔵In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a...
Movie pageEjima and Ikushima
as 仙石This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
Movie pageCases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
as uncreditedThe second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on...
Movie pageHawk of the Harbour
as uncreditedA Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets...
Movie pageLove Lost in Tears
as uncreditedJapanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.
Movie pageLove and Duty
as uncreditedEach one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She...
Movie pageTyphoon Reporter
as uncreditedSet around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and...
Movie pageCarmen's Innocent Love
as uncreditedStrip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing...
Movie pageConfronting Fear
as uncreditedFormer boxer Goro Kawasaki was attacked by the organizer of the fights for knocking out his...
Movie pageRed Pants
as uncreditedA woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by...
Movie pageThird Generation's Loyalty Offering
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
Movie pageThe Missing Heir
as 大槻刑部Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and...
Movie page涙の花道
as 一色内蔵介Nakamura Yukinojō, Edo's most popular actor, discovered that his parent's enemy, Ohara Genba,...
Movie pageLone Rebel
as uncreditedNomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive,...
Movie page大江戸出世双六
as 川勝丹波守Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved...
Movie pageBloody Shuriken
as uncreditedRonin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in...
Movie page荒木又右衛門
as 安藤治右衛門Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but...
Movie pageShura ga Yuku 2
as uncreditedA small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take...
Movie pageGirl with Bamboo Leaves
as uncreditedYasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
Movie pageTough Guy
as uncreditedAsakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss....
Movie pageA Woman’s Road
as uncreditedPoor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her...
Movie pageお役者小僧 江戸千両幟
as 大野逸斎Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his...
Movie pageFill the Cup with Blood
as uncreditedSecond delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn...
Movie pagePlease Hire Me!
as uncreditedEx-sword teacher Ihei Misawa is a skilled swordsman but because of his kind and judicious heart,...
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