
Known for
NRThe chronicles of the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - May 17th, 1189). He was a late Heian and early Kamakura general of the Minamoto clan of Japan. Yoshitsune was the ninth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. His older brother Minamoto no Yoritomo founded the Kamakura shogunate.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune
1966
5.9The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
A Slope in the Sun
1958
7.4Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
Port Arthur
1980
6.1Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
1973
NREisuke Narita, a painter, visits a hot spring town in Tohoku, and for some reason, he is reminded of the events of ten years ago.
Lovers
1956
7.2A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
Film credits
1970s · 2 titles
6.1Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop. However, Nami has doubts about ever trusting a man.
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song
1973
7.5Tarao’s services are called upon to solve the mysterious death of bride-to-be, Mariko, who was found dead with an eerie mask of a devil.
The Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
1978
1960s · 39 titles
NR1962 Japanese movie
Black Dice
1962
NRIt's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion.
Sun and Stars
1962
7.0Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.
Zatoichi and the Fugitives
1968
NR1962 Japanese movie
A Rampage Full of Dreams
1962
6.5Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't.
Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards!
1963
NRA master rifleman challenges a family of yakuza who have stolen his favorite gun.
Hell Festival
1963
NR1962 Japanese movie
Last Round
1962
6.6Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.
Blackmail Is My Life
1968
NR15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series
The Woman Gambler's Trump Card
1969
NRA song-based action drama featuring hit songs by Hiroshi Inoue about a daughter who cries over an innocent crime and a young man who bravely stands up for the truth to help her.
Flowers in the rain
1960
6.3Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this beautiful young woman, sitting quietly in a suburban train, is the only woman able to beat the best professional players in Japan; or that she is wearing the tattoo of the man that loved her and died for her...
Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
1966
6.5When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” (Jo Shishido) executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry showcases some of the most peculiar killing tactics to ever hit Japanese cinema!
Murder Unincorporated
1965
NRA 1960 crime film
The Cards Will Tell
1960
NRThe wandering gambler (Akira Kobayashi) once again picks up the dice he forswore in order to take revenge of the gangsters who exploit good citizens. The second installment in The Gambler series.
Call My Black Dice
1964
NROne summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...
The Gambling Monk
1963
6.5Katsuji 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
1969
NRJoe, a master diver, explodes his fighting spirit and friendship across raging seas and scorching deserts in this gorgeous and entertaining epic.
Gambler in the Sea
1961
NRA 1961 crime film.
Whistling in the Darkness
1961
6.5This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. Lean, mean, and stylish as always, this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernism. Also released under the title "Go To Hell, Hoodlums!", this is a melodrama as colorful, shocking, and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan's master filmmaker.
Fighting Delinquents
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains
1961
6.6On summer vacation, university student Shintaro gets involved with a magic troupe as they travel from festival to festival.
The Wind-of-Youth Group Crosses the Mountain Pass
1961
8.0No synopsis available yet.
Mexico Drifter
1962
NRA life insurance agent has a drinking problem causing him to lose his company a fortune. He heads to another town to sell insurance, but to his surprise, the elderly are all healthy thanks to a special local sake. Along the way, he meets an eye-patch-wearing killer, which only confounds his misadventures.
Cat Changed Into Tiger
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tomo o okuru uta
1966
NRWhen Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind this scheme.
Notorious Bastard
1963
NRAgainst the bosses of the underworld that dominate Yokohama, Kobe, and Hong Kong, ace Joe, who plays an invincible gunman, shows off his transcendent gunplay! The third installment of the business series.
Joe of Aces: Give and Take
1961
NRIn this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving hot-blooded men. However, their slight clumsiness is a flaw, but they are extremely strong in fights, and there's no one who can match them. They are head over heels for Osen-san. They are both desperately unwilling to yield even if the other is a brother.
Shin yūkyōden
1966
NR1961 Japanese movie
For This We Fight
1961
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Foggy Night Blues
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Lone Wolf
1960
NRA motorcycle daredevil is murdered by a gang that wants to take over the circus to become the cover for their drug operation, but his replacement (Akira Kobayashi) has other ideas.
Night of Bloody Hell
1962
NR1962 Japanese movie
The Man With Starry Eyes
1962
NRA sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards!
Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women
1963
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou
1963
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Keiji monogatari Tōkyō no meiro
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Famous Wanderer
1961
NRA film about two men who join the fight against a gang selling weapons.
Thanks for the Tears
1965
NR1962 Japanese movie
Traces of Lead
1962
NRBastard tablets that hunt down the crooks behind the gambling world of horse racing, bicycle racing, and car racing.
Inochi Shirazu no Rokudenashi
1965
1950s · 17 titles
5.9The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she receives attention from her two older brothers, Yukichi and Shinji. Meanwhile, the exact parentage of Shinji comes to light.
A Slope in the Sun
1958
NREisuke Narita, a painter, visits a hot spring town in Tohoku, and for some reason, he is reminded of the events of ten years ago.
Lovers
1956
7.2A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
The Thick-Walled Room
1956
6.5Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
Red Pier
1958
8.0Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.
The Baby Carriage
1956
NR1958 Newspaper Association Sweepstakes Winning Broadcast Drama Movie. A heartwarming and moving story that bloomed behind the competition between two newspaper reporters, one young and the other old, who followed the whereabouts of the distressed aircraft. It is an adaptation of the prize-winning broadcast drama recruited by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Week in 1958. The original author was Tsuneyuki Mori.
JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei
1959
8.3In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her family. She grows close to their youngest son Katsumi, experiencing things that will change her view on life.
The Maid's Kid
1955
NRMaki, a porter at the Sakura Hotel, finds a body in Room No. 2 and picks up a piece of paper on which is written "one-third of the key", also the part of a key. From a newspaper he learns that the dead man is an official who has been detained as a suspect in a bribery case involving 150,000,000 yen and that another suspect named Matsunaga is still in custody. Maki realizes that if he can obtain the other two-thirds of the key, he will be a multi-millionaire.
A Turning to Hell
1959
NRA tense action game that skillfully intertwines the human love between a criminal, his sister and his lover, and the desperate pursuit of a detective who is trying to catch a fleeing young criminal.
Wounded Beast
1959
7.5A jazz bandleader, falsely accused of murdering his girlfriend, tries to stay one step ahead of the police as he dives into Tokyo's sin-city in search of the real killer.
Passport to Darkness
1959
NRFilm by Buichi Saitô
Hana no unga
1956
NREric, an American, arrives at an international tourist hotel and loses his self-defense Colt. It was Kudaira, a beggar, who discovered it, and immediately sold it to Matsuko - another pauper. Soon, the weapon that moves from hand to hand, becomes a tool of many crimes.
Gun Number Zero
1959
NRWhen Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in Japan changed steadily by the failure of Sai pan from the GA Talca translation.
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953
NRA man meets the spirit of a murdered gangster after he spills alcohol over his grave.
Drunken Ghost
1958
NRThe story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their destinies against their parents' wishes. Neither war nor years of separation could kill this love. It was only cut short by Kayuki's tragic death.
Zesshou
1958
NRA good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers
The juvenile
1955
NRThree young men face off against corrupt officials and Yakuza in order to complete a reclamation project of the coastal embankment, who try to derail the project every step of the way until a tsunami hits, putting everyone in danger.
Light The Explosives
1959
