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5.9Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.
Orgies of Edo
1969
NRComedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning the favors of a hostess and ends up feeling the breasts and hips of all the girls in his father's office.
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
NRA woman's desperate attempt to prove her husband's innocence after he has been sentenced to death for the murder of his mistress. She tracks down four men in the victim's life, one of whom she suspects may be the real murderer, and systematically destroys them. In the end, her obsession becomes madness and she has ruined her own life along with her victims' lives to save her philandering husband.
Night Trap
1967
5.7After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Horrors of Malformed Men
1969
NRGhost comedy film.
Travel with Ghost
1961
7.0This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
Wolves of the City: Checkmate
1970
Film credits
1980s · 2 titles
7.0A comedy directed by Mitsumasa Saito about a pair of clumsy detectives who solve a case they become involved in by chance. Shosuke Ikashima and Ryuji Kabaya, who repeatedly screw things up, encounter a real robbery during a bank robbery simulation training...
The Detective Journey
1980
NRKarasudo, who charges 16 mon for his fortune-telling skill, asks for nothing when it comes to swordplay. His merciless blade is stained with the blood of his enemies when he uncovers a sinister plot and finds that his martial arts skill must be called into action. An unusual and highly entertaining story, about a man not to be trifled with.
The Edo Fortune-Teller
1982
1970s · 5 titles
NRComedy about a young man who causes pandemonium by raiding a bar patronized by his father, winning the favors of a hostess and ends up feeling the breasts and hips of all the girls in his father's office.
Go As Messy As Messy Can Be
1971
7.0This is the sixth film in the series. There were seventeen Wolves of the City films between 1968 & 1974, in the main aimed at shock-value & “pinku” soft-core with sex, nudity, violence, gunplay, & a lot of mainly pointless foolishness when the biker gang coopts racist or nazi imagery, inventing a non-existent youth culture void of morality…
Wolves of the City: Checkmate
1970
9.0Interesting fights between the "Capone Group" and "Jumbo Group".
The Swindlers
1970
4.7After the bankruptcy of her foster-father's condom factory, Tamae sets out to make a living on her own and ends up working as a geisha at a hot spring resort. After rising in popularity, a climactic sex battle is held to decide who gets to lay claim to her.
The Revelation of a Geisha
1970
NR16th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
Woman Gambling Expert: Stakes of a Game of Chance
1970
1960s · 24 titles
5.9Three stories of moral sickness set during Japan’s prosperous Genroku era are told in this bloody follow-up to the sexploitation classic Shogun’s Joy of Torture, the politically incorrect moral lessons paint a trio of tales of tragic heroines caught up in violence, sadomasochism, incest and torture.
Orgies of Edo
1969
NRA woman's desperate attempt to prove her husband's innocence after he has been sentenced to death for the murder of his mistress. She tracks down four men in the victim's life, one of whom she suspects may be the real murderer, and systematically destroys them. In the end, her obsession becomes madness and she has ruined her own life along with her victims' lives to save her philandering husband.
Night Trap
1967
5.7After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appears to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Horrors of Malformed Men
1969
NRGhost comedy film.
Travel with Ghost
1961
9.0Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
1960
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Knightly Advice
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
春日和
1967
6.5The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.
Song of Love
1967
9.0Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.
Women and Miso Soup
1968
NRMr. Mito, a former president of an instant food company, with two young men’s help, solves the quality problems and wins a big ramen contract with a large Chinese company.
Tales of President Mito
1962
NRA sequel to Ohana han.
Ohana han: Dai ni bu
1966
NRLife of a bachelor gynecologist in a hospital for women.
Women's Doctor
1964
7.5After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.
Young Boss
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Young Master Yakuza: Edoite Goblin
1963
6.0Atsumi Kiyoshi, famous for his role in Torasan, stars as Aoki Goichi, a veteran train conductor who dedicates himself in providing quality service to his passengers. With his many years of experience, he never fails to find solutions for any troubles that occur along the way. A comedic drama revolving around the lives of those who ride the express train.
Express Train
1967
NROnna no Toba, is the first film in long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin, an honest dealer in the criminal underworld of yakuza-run gambling, as she sets out to become Japan's number one dealer.
A Woman's Gamble
1966
Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.
Hibari's Tale of Pathos
1962
NRKoharu, a flamboyant geisha, unexpectedly wins a trip to Sado Island in a TV contest. She is accompanied by three people. Koharu had been dreaming of a handsome young man, but when she gets into the first-class car, she meets Tashiro, a pretentious young man with rimless glasses, Sugimura, who has a mean look in his eyes, and Ryuta, a young man she had a scuffle with in a boxing match the other day and hated. After countless misunderstandings, Koharu vows to defeat Tomoe-gumi's leader, Yamada's gang...
The Prickly-Mouthed Geisha Goes to Sado
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
A Laughable Journey
1964
NR1961 Japanese movie
Wakai nakama
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kono sora no aru kagiri
1964
NRA touching drama about a love triangle between a young architect, Koroku, and two women, Ranko and Teruko. Ranko comes from a wealthy family and is offering to repay Koroku’s family debts in exchange for marriage, but Koroku is in love with his landlord’s daughter, Teruko. Things are further complicated when the wicked Tsugawa takes interest in both women, for his own marriage.
365 Nights
1962
NRYumemi, the president of Shirayuri Tours, visits Kagoshima in an attempt to save the contract with Satsuma Inn. After learning about the abrupt cancellation of the contract with the family-run Satsuma Inn in Kagoshima, Yumemi, launches her own investigation into the matter. Amidst her efforts to resume her company’s contract with the inn, Yumemi finds herself personally involved in the inn’s family affairs and with their guests in a surprising discover of love and friendship.
Song of Kagoshima
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Adorable Schemers
1961
1950s · 5 titles
7.0Comedy about three soldiers, two female reporters, six prostitutes, and the wife of an officer, all stranded on a South Seas island at the end of World War II.
Temptation on Glamour Island
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Speed Crazy
1959
7.0Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, there was a rumor that a ghost playing a flute appeared in the town of Edo. Sanshiro Tachibana, a member of the Kitamachi Magistrate Doshin, asked Denshichi to investigate these incident.
Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake
1957
NR1958 Mito Kōmon film.
The Beloved Imposters
1958
NRDetective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's daughter Teruhime and the activities of a dangerous group dressed as skulls and their female leader.
Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman
1958
