Mitsuo Nagata
Three Outlaw Samurai
as KanekoShiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their...
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Women of the Night
as Kenzô KuriyamaFusako, a drug dealer's young mistress in postwar Japan, loses her tenuous grasp on life upon...
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Japan's Don
as uncreditedA yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo...
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Samurai from Nowhere
as uncreditedMisawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of...
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Return of the Outlaw
as uncreditedSecond film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama
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Kagebōshi
as 浪人左右田真六On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken...
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Battle of Roses
as uncreditedA Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by...
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The Biggest Gamble
as uncreditedWhen Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do...
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Five Men of Edo
as Dejiri SeibeiDuring the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of...
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Broken Drum
as Teruo HanadaWhen the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his...
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The Inner Palace Conspiracy
as Kazuma OnodaA period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of...
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Karuma Tengu: The Fire Festival
as uncreditedThe masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is...
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A Country Boss
as uncreditedA country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
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Hana no shôgai
as 宇津木翼In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times,...
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Ishimatsu of the Forest
as uncreditedThe tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it...
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A Good Man, A Good Day
as uncreditedThe university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his...
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大江戸出世双六
as 水野十郎左衛門Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved...
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お役者変化
as 猿若勘三郎During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar,...
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The Imposter
as 左右田孫六Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior...
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慶安水滸傳
as 金井半兵衛Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata...
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Story of Lightning
as uncreditedGensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was...
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The Brothers who Protect the Mountain
as Namiki AkinosukeIn the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the...
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大当り男一代
as 岡部浪人Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn...
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The Image of Mother
as uncreditedA resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a...
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Ejima and Ikushima
as 後藤縫之助This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess
as uncreditedA samurai detective film.
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八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
as 清滝の佐吉Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a...
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濡れ髪権八
as 村山座の座主A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship...
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快盗三人吉三
as 水野越前守On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a...
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The Love of the Actress Sumako
as uncreditedThe stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the...
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Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
as 桂小五郎At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of...
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Samurai from Somewhere
as uncreditedYoung Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
as uncreditedThird film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
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お役者小僧
as 奥村勘解由The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion,...
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The Bored Samurai
as NaizenSaotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in...
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Tomboy Samurai
as uncreditedThe beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle...
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美男天狗党
as 弁慶の半太郎During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito....
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荒木又右衛門
as 山名内膳正Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but...
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Tsukigata Hanpeita
as Okazaki KozoDuring the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the...
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素浪人日和
as 京極高忠At the Fugenji temple in Koishikawa, Edo, a memorial service for the 49th day after the passing...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble
as 清兵衛During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately...
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柳生の兄弟
as 水谷兵衛During the era of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, to strengthen the shogunate, many daimyo...
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振袖釼法
as 父源八郎In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for...
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Sword of Vision
as Shima SakonYagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.
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Devil’s Statue
as uncreditedA gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.
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Jōka
as 村上俊介The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was...
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Professional Killers
as uncreditedA shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an...
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