Kenji Kusumoto
The Great Duel
as uncreditedA cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a...
Movie pageBloody Spear at Mount Fuji
as uncreditedTragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants –...
Movie pageBohachi Bushido: The Villain
as DarumaThe Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have...
Movie pageThe Tattooed Hitman
as uncreditedThe most dangerous hired gun in Kyushu's underworld has managed to trigger a vicious gang war,...
Movie pageBakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
as Sasaki HayatoNabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his...
Movie pageFukuoka
as Elevator PassengerA bookseller from Seoul travels with a young woman to Fukuoka in Japan to meet a former friend...
Movie pageThe Rapacious Jailbreaker
as uncreditedConvicted of murder, Masayuki Ueda is sent to Hiroshima Prison along with his accomplice. But...
Movie pageMiyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple
as uncreditedIn the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of...
Movie pageWarrior of the Wind
as uncreditedA suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and...
Movie pageThe Fort of Death
as uncreditedThe second Bounty Hunter film, when master killer Shikoro Ichibei takes up the cause of a group...
Movie pageThe Kingdom of Jirocho 1
as uncreditedThe tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a...
Movie pageRed Peony Gambler
as NakagawaRyuko was raised by her father, a gambler named Senzo Yano in Kumamoto, Kyushu, after her mother...
Movie pageA Lively Geisha
as uncreditedYoung geisha Koshizu's wish of reuniting with the man, Yukichi, who helped her ten years ago...
Movie pageThe Kingdom of Jirocho 3
as uncreditedThe third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
Movie pageLord Mito
as uncreditedThis most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke...
Movie pageRestoration Fire
as Okita SojiMegastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic...
Movie pageA Revengeful Raid
as uncreditedIn this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho,...
Movie pageA Chivalrous Spirit
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
Movie pageRed peonies on the skin
as uncreditedGenjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies,...
Movie pageJapan's Top Gangster
as uncreditedA boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him...
Movie pageYakuza vs. Gang Leader
as uncreditedGokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle...
Movie pageMiyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style
as uncreditedIn the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the...
Movie pageRed Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room
as uncreditedJunko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey...
Movie pageSouls in the Moonlight II
as uncreditedThis is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great...
Movie pageRebellion
as uncreditedIn the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a...
Movie pageLord Mito: All Star Version
as uncreditedIn 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to...
Movie pageThe Abandoned Swords
as uncreditedBest friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document...
Movie pageLord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun
as uncreditedAfter settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in...
Movie pageRed Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
as TsujinokichiThe industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led...
Movie pageSeventeen Ninja
as uncreditedAs the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable...
Movie pageThe Bandits
as YamaguchiAction drama about a Japanese gangster in Manchuria circa 1932, who finally joins some Chinese...
Movie pageThe Man Who Came to Shimizu Harbor
as uncreditedOne of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his...
Movie pageThe Yagyu Military Art: The One-Eyed Ninja
as uncreditedThe famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.
Movie pageShimizu Port of Chivalry
as uncreditedAn all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of...
Movie pageMighty Shosuke
as uncreditedA comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered...
Movie pageGroup Burglars Break the Magistrate's Office
as Gunjuro IzumiEight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan...
Movie pageOrganized Crime: Killer's Glory
as uncreditedA professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally...
Movie pageThird Generation Boss
as uncreditedBased on Kazuo Taoka's autobiography, this film follows a Kobe gangster as he builds the small...
Movie pageGamblers and Racketeers
as uncreditedKomatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group...
Movie pageThe Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
as uncreditedThe Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region....
Movie pageRoad of Chivalry
as uncreditedWhile on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising...
Movie pageThe Kingdom of Jirocho 2
as uncreditedJirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
Movie pageRevenge for His Lover
as uncreditedKamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a...
Movie pageThe Domain
as uncreditedThe feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of...
Movie pageThe Pirates
as uncreditedFinding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships)...
Movie pageHawk of the North
as uncreditedDuring the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close....
Movie pageHatamoto taikutsu otoko: nazo no sango yashiki
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie
Movie pageYoung Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
as Oda NobukiyoA dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the...
Movie pageNo Stronger Swords
as uncreditedFeaturing some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells...
Movie pageThe Lord Takes a Bride
as uncreditedYoung Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier...
Movie pageThe Forbidden Castle
as uncreditedFrom an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the...
Movie pageThe master of the sword dance
as uncreditedThe film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in...
Movie pageSasaki Kojiro, Part 2
as uncreditedThe conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of...
Movie pageBored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
as uncreditedMaster swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Movie pageNinja Assassins
as uncreditedSaotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.
Movie pageThe Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List
as uncreditedWhen the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the...
Movie pageNinja's Weapon
as uncreditedDuring a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his...
Movie pageA Scarred Life 2: Blood Will Tell
as uncreditedPresident of the territorial yakuza organization is being manipulated by a crooked leader in the...
Movie pageKagemaru of the Iga Clan
as GorobeiA group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja....
Movie pageMark of Blood
as uncreditedThree young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.
Movie pageVirtue in Spades
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.
Movie pageDuel of Blood and Sand
as uncreditedFrustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving...
Movie pageThe Coin Thrower Zenigata
as uncreditedThe film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and...
Movie page53 Stages of the Road
as uncreditedAn Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.
Movie pageCode of Wolves
as uncreditedIn gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his...
Movie pageThe Biggest Gamble
as uncreditedWhen Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do...
Movie pageHoodlum Match
as uncreditedA good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.
Movie pageTales of Young Genji Kuro
as uncreditedGenji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the...
Movie pageEpic Crash
as uncreditedUtaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and...
Movie pageThe Yagyu Military Art: The Buried Conspiracy
as uncreditedYagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination...
Movie pageThree Gamblers
as Tatsuma OkamotoThree closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling...
Movie pageEcho in the Mountains
as Goichiro TendoA man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called...
Movie pageA Spectacular Showdown
as uncreditedOne of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody...
Movie pageCode Between Brothers 2
as uncreditedThe services of a wandering gambler, Seiji, are called upon to protect the turf of his loyal...
Movie pageBrothers of Capones
as uncreditedSuperbly entertaining action comedy with Tomisaburo Wakayama as Kuriyama Capone who learned his...
Movie pageFine Man
as uncreditedA young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he...
Movie pageWhistling Drifter
as uncreditedFriendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.
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 pageBlack Ninja
as uncreditedHistorical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.
Movie pageSword of Destiny
as uncreditedWhen master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his...
Movie pageClan Revival
as uncreditedAfter the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete...
Movie pageHappily Tied to the Road
as Gunbei OyamadaWith flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the...
Movie pageBloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
as uncreditedEarly film by Eiichi Kudô.
Movie pageThe Red Shadow
as Sanjûrô SakataFifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees...
Movie pageRunway to Hell
as uncreditedWhen Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the...
Movie pageFencing Master
as uncreditedSwordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to...
Movie pageGood Rascals
as Dojo ownerA group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.
Movie pageMerciless Blade Part 2
as uncreditedThe second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
Movie pageSword of Wind and Clouds
as uncreditedThis gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious...
Movie pageBloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass
as uncreditedBloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Fujimi Pass
Movie pageSecret of The Golden Spell
as Iwabuchi TatsunosukeOne of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed...
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