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Tatsuo Osone movie
抱寝の長脇差
This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called...
Blind Monk Swordsman
Kanto Woman Infamy
The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin...
Cases of An Actor in Disguise: Bloodskull Mansion
Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.
Girl with Bamboo Leaves
Akitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned to Itako, his hometown, where the Ayame Festival was...
The Young Avenger
Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino
Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza
After the Japanese defeat to the Russians, Kaji leads the last remaining men through Manchuria. Intent on returning to his dear wife and his old...
The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
Late Autumn
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells...
Good Morning
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one...
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
A Nikkatsu Action film with Yujiro Ishihara as the head of a small shipping company who gets harassed by the yakuza.
Hawk of the Harbour
1962 Japanese movie
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Otoko no Uta
Zoku aizen katsura
新 鞍馬天狗 五條坂の決闘
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
Flower in a Storm
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Turning Point
Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.
Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have...
New Tale of Zatoichi
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...
A Japanese Tragedy
Princess and I
Irezumi
A small group of men stigmatized for killing the gang leader tries to survive the group and take revenge on the man who killed them, while being...
Shura ga Yuku 2
A 1959 Yoshiaki Bansho adaptation of an Osaragi Jiro story.
Bridge
Hoodlum Soldier: Looting and Pillaging
This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform...
Escape from Hell
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous...
Samurai Vendetta
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a...
Bloody Territories
A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.
I Will Buy You
A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.
Sincere Heart
First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Homeless Dog
Ginpei, in an act of desperation to get money for his gravely ill mother, was laughed at and ended up fighting with the companions of the castle...
The Missing Heir
In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a healing trip with his companion, a bamboo craftsman with a...
Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by...
お役者小僧 江戸千両幟
Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō...
荒木又右衛門
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...
Ejima and Ikushima
駿河遊侠傳 賭場荒し
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.
Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...
大江戸出世双六
Nakamura Yukinojō, Edo's most popular actor, discovered that his parent's enemy, Ohara Genba, had changed his name to Isshiki Kurōnosuke...
涙の花道
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
Rampaging Dog
Layabout teen Shoken is dissatisfied with his nagging single mother and bullies at school. He and his friends decide to form a cool rock band, but a...
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Tōkyō sanosa musume
Ano hashi no hotori de dai 2-bu
Former boxer Goro Kawasaki was attacked by the organizer of the fights for knocking out his opponent because he could not stand the fight. He is...
Confronting Fear
白磁の人
Tekka Wakashū
In Harari-cho, a small and quiet bayside town by the sea, the firemen have not seen a fire for nearly twenty years. Each day passes eventlessly......
119
A 1970 crime film.
Women Smell of Night
Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...
New Tokyo March
1963 Toei war / action film.
Element of Surprise
About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but...
Nowhere Man
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...
The Great White Tower
Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes...
With Wife, Children, and Friends
A young man runs a scam selling pigeons that always return to his home. He falls under the wing of Kyoko, an older student whose heart is touched...
Street of Love and Hope
Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...
Firefly Light
Set around Ginza’s neon billboard boom, the movie is a drama of romance, corporate intrigue and tragic crime. A reporter (Ken Utsui)...
Typhoon Reporter
Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
In this four part mystery-adventure, detective Kogoro Akechi and the members of the Boy Detectives Club must capture the Bronze Monster, a giant...
The Bronze Monster
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.
The Rose on His Arm
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...
The Fencing Master
A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.
Birth of a Fighter
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...
Equinox Flower
Japanese “kayo” film based on the song by "Namida koi" by Aki Yashiro.
Love Lost in Tears
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.
Yotsuya Ghost Story
Poor Yoko knows she is getting played and used by a playboy, but she loves him with all her heart and soul.
A Woman’s Road
1970 Toei movie.
King of the Night Life
Love's Family Tree
A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.
Shisha to no kekkon
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
Internal Sleuth
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...
The Gambler's Code
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...
I Lived, But...
Zatoichi comes upon the town of Tonda, overrun by gangsters. Using one of his favorite techniques, Zatoichi proceeds to win 8 ryo in a rigged...
Zatoichi's Cane Sword
The great Bunta stars as a gangster who is sent to jail for the sake of his gang, but when he’s released he finds everything completely changed...
Outlaw Killers: Three Mad Dog Brothers
Goro has always been a lone wolf. When he arrives at an industrial city in Keihin, there is certain restlessness in the air. The Iriezaki family and...
Outlaw: Kill!
A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.
The Unbalanced Wheel
Zatoichi makes friends with a dangerous chess player, while fending off angry yakuza and bloodthirsty relatives out for revenge, and trying to save a...
Zatoichi and the Chess Expert
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
The Strangers Upstairs
Tokyo hoodlums travel to Osaka and enter into rivalry with the local gangsters.
Wolves of the City, Operation "Rat"
Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like...
Bloody Shuriken
The hoodlum group tries to help a little printing factory against gangsters.
Wolves of the City, Money Hunters
[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all...
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to...
Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial...
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
The Notorious Man's Return
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan,...
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan
This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
The Blind Menace
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts...
Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One...
Woman Gambler
Japanese comedy film.
Hadashi no hanayome
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring...
Assassination
Asakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss. When Kotoito, the geisha Asakichi is in love with,...
Tough Guy
Katsuji takes revenge on evil Tamaru who forcefully took control of the fishery business run by Katsuji’s friend.
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to...
The Master Spearman
The disbandment of the Tanno clan left gang member Tetsu to stray from the crime family's fold. He roamed the streets as a one man band, wearing a...
Melody of Rebellion
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.
The Silk Hat Boss 2
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding...
The Snow Woman
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the...
An Autumn Afternoon
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that...
Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane
Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.
Always in My Heart Part 2
Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945....
Always in My Heart
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...
Maria of the Ant Village
Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth...
Love and Duty
The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.
Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Tokyo Twilight
When a rebellious roughneck enlists in the Navy and goes on a rampage against his superiors, he is sent to the Yokosuka Naval Prison.
Yokosuka Navy Prison
Hearts A-Flutter
A woman diver in great peril is rescued by Shinji, a fisherman. But his deed is belittled by Takiko, another diver, as a rash act. Her attitude,...
Red Pants
Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.
Carmen's Innocent Love
Prisoner Katsuji must fend for himself and his prison mates in the fierce battle involving a family feud.
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: High Stakes at Abashiri
The Big Ambition
A Woman's Life
8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.
The Drifting Gambler
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate.
Paper Crane Palanquin
A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...
Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.
Early Spring
It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...
Will to Live
Lord Tadanao
Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.
I, the Executioner
Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn between the organization and his old friends.
Fill the Cup with Blood
Bad Reputation Returns
Five Star Private
Nomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive, was entrusted with the destruction, but he was a...
Lone Rebel
Jolly Barbers
The last judgment.
The Last Judgment
Edo no kaoyaku
Bad Reputation: Cherry Blossoms
Haru no Wakakusa
15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
Nuregami botan
A Drop of Grease
The Battle Begins at Night
Territory of the Night
The Last Loyalty Offering