Directing

Seiichi Fukuda

Born — Died

1916-08-16 — 1996-05-11

Place of birth

Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

39 titles

Known for

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat poster
10.0

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said that he was a member of the board, tetsugoro Funabashi, kumiyumi no Kami ichibei, and his son, masakichi, and others, and in the middle of the night, he killed all the members with poison in the night of the storm, threw Masayoshi, who was a fellow of the city, and masakichi, who escaped from the death of poison, into the sea and sank the boat to eliminate evidence.

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat

1957

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess poster
NR

A samurai detective film.

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess

1954

The Young Avenger poster
9.0

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 approaching, for the first time in five years. His late father's brother, Sutezo, who took off his waraji, runs a small prostitute with only one child, Sutematsu. In addition, only Shigezaburo, who left a mark in the middle wind, was ill-mannered by Inomatsu. Akitaro was accompanied by a daughter named Omitsu on the way to here, but she was Ura's younger sister who works at Fujikura's house, and the villagers worked on the fifty cars to meet her critically ill father.

The Young Avenger

1957

Samurai Desperadoes poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Samurai Desperadoes

1960

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki poster
NR

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

1958

No artwork available
NR

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

1959

Behind the camera

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat poster
10.0

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to extract five gold coins to the Shogun family in Edo, and put it into Ryujin Maru. However, Tajima, who was the chief retainer of the shogunate, said that he was a member of the board, tetsugoro Funabashi, kumiyumi no Kami ichibei, and his son, masakichi, and others, and in the middle of the night, he killed all the members with poison in the night of the storm, threw Masayoshi, who was a fellow of the city, and masakichi, who escaped from the death of poison, into the sea and sank the boat to eliminate evidence.

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat

1957

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess poster
NR

A samurai detective film.

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Case of the Golden Goddess

1954

The Young Avenger poster
9.0

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 approaching, for the first time in five years. His late father's brother, Sutezo, who took off his waraji, runs a small prostitute with only one child, Sutematsu. In addition, only Shigezaburo, who left a mark in the middle wind, was ill-mannered by Inomatsu. Akitaro was accompanied by a daughter named Omitsu on the way to here, but she was Ura's younger sister who works at Fujikura's house, and the villagers worked on the fifty cars to meet her critically ill father.

The Young Avenger

1957

Samurai Desperadoes poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Samurai Desperadoes

1960

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki poster
NR

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Shindara kami-sama no maki

1958

No artwork available
NR

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki

1959

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki poster
NR

Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki

1958

Madame O poster
5.1

After being brutally gang-raped, a young girl grows into a woman with a double life: She's a well-to-do doctor by day and, by night, a revenge-driven streetwalker who uses sex as a weapon. That all changes when she finally falls in love and begins a new life with her husband -- only to discover that he has a troubling secret of his own.

Madame O

1967

Adult Men and Women Cheat: Plastic Surgery Virgin poster
1.0

Pinku film from 1967.

Adult Men and Women Cheat: Plastic Surgery Virgin

1967

No artwork available
3.7

Pinku from 1968.

White Pleasure

1968

Story of Second Class Private, Sequel poster
NR

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Story of Second Class Private, Sequel

1956

The Adventures of Chuji poster
10.0

Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majestic Mount Akagi.

The Adventures of Chuji

1957

The Bride and the Treasure poster
NR

Den Shichi of Kurodomon-chō, the best detective in Edo, captured members of a thief gang called "Kitsutsuki," but let three, including the rōnin Daikoku Yajūrō, Tengai Omachi, and Kasumi no Seiji, escape. Among the captured who were exiled, Genta and Kakuroku broke out and returned to Edo to reorganize the Kitsutsuki gang, starting to wreak havoc in the city. Due to the brutal methods used, Den Shichi suspected Yajūrō and Omachi had rejoined the gang. One day, a child who saw a hairdresser resembling Den Shichi, named Kiyoshi, reported to him. Kiyoshi, trusted by the moneychanger Yamano-ya, frequented by Den Shichi's wife Oshun, was rumored to be in love with Yamano-ya's daughter Oiku. In fact, Kiyoshi was Kasumi no Seiji, now living an honest life.

The Bride and the Treasure

1956

Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider poster
NR

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 nose like a lion's snout, at a time when the town is under a tight security network due to a nearby gunpowder depot explosion. Staying at Tsuruya, Den Shichi and his group are investigated by officials whose behavior seems somewhat odd. That night, a man looking like a craftsman is murdered, and gunpowder residue is found at the scene, prompting Den Shichi to suspect that something is amiss.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider

1955

大江戸出世双六 poster
NR

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she accidentally broke a plate gifted by Lord Ieyasu. Tired of the strict samurai service, Tasuke moved to the Genbei tenements and opened a fish shop. This tenement housed various characters, including the landlord's daughter Osen who had a crush on Tasuke, the midwife Okan, the blind masseur Oyone and her husband, the carpenter-loving couple Yoshigorō and Ohama, the rōnin Takeuchi Yogoemon, and the siblings Ochika and Shin'nosuke who cared for their sick mother.

大江戸出世双六

1955

The Wanderer poster
8.0

After killing the deceiver, the Masa gambler comes to Ina. There is a horse market in Ina, and the landowner Tamegoro, plans to steal the proceeds from the sale. Tamegoro steals money and blames the Masa for this crime. Masa has to go on the run, because now he is wanted for a crime that he did not commit...

The Wanderer

1957

花笠太鼓 poster
NR

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a delivery boy for the caterer "Yaoyorozu." His brother, Chōjirō, who disliked being a plasterer, ran away from home and became a subordinate of the yakuza Yamashita no Gonsuke. On a delivery, Sanshirō catches a vagrant child, Erippē, stealing a flower hairpin from Ochiyo, the daughter of the wealthy merchant Narumiyaya Bunzaimon. Impressed by Sanshirō's character, Bunzaimon considers him as a potential son-in-law for Ochiyo, who admires Sanshirō.

花笠太鼓

1956

Edo Kid poster
NR

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 the actor Nakamura Utaemon, but Ko-en was taken by the Hatamoto, Ono Issai. Gotaro, who fell off a cliff, was saved by the Dutch-trained doctor, Shibarai Ryokai, and his daughter Oume. While traveling to Edo, they met Utaemon in Mishima, who was suffering from a serious eye disease. Ryokai’s treatment saved Utaemon from blindness, and a strong friendship was formed among the three.

Edo Kid

1955

The Beloved Imposters poster
NR

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

The Beloved Imposters

1958

Boneless poster
4.5

Yuko has a rendezvous with her old boyfriend who has just returned to Tokyo. Blackmailers with evidence of this transgression force Yuko to work as a call girl to pay them. Yuko becomes the client of a foreigner who is in the employ of her husband, a prominent businessman.

Boneless

1967

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin poster
NR

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same night, Maruiya Genbē also received a visit from the woman's palanquin, and nearby, a man named Manbē was murdered. The detective Hayanawa Gohē concluded the murder was the work of a fox spirit, but another detective, Den Shichi, skeptical of this theory, noticed footprints on the tatami and decided to investigate further.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

1956

No artwork available
NR

Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻

1957

Private Second Class poster
NR

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.

Private Second Class

1955

No artwork available
NR

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest

1959

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1966.

Marriage Scams

1966

The Three Magicians poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Three Magicians

1960

続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻 poster
NR

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻

1956

Vice Doctor poster
10.0

Pinku from 1966.

Vice Doctor

1966

Hear My Mother's Cry poster
NR

Inspired by the issue of rescuing former Japanese soldiers reportedly still surviving on Lubang Island.

Hear My Mother's Cry

1959

No artwork available
NR

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines

1960

Female Bodies Are Dissapearing poster
9.0

Sadistic twist on the "Mad Scientist" tale.

Female Bodies Are Dissapearing

1967

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1967.

Mistakes

1967

Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman poster
NR

Detective 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

Third Investigation Order poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Third Investigation Order

1961

Denshichi Torimonocho:  The Curse of the Silver Snake poster
7.0

Kofu 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

Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kigeki: Kane no naru ki ni koi ga saku

1961

No artwork available
NR

Pinku from 1967.

Yojōhan: Urabanashi

1967

The Missing Heir poster
NR

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 patrol Matsunomura Genba, including Onimatsu. He was later reconciled by the family elder Ishikawa Yoriimo, who also gave him some money. Returning home happily, Ginpei found that his mother had already passed away. Okin, the daughter of a soba shop owner, comforted the heartbroken Ginpei, who in gratitude became affiliated with the Ishikawa household. Ginpei, a ruffian but ordinarily a quiet and honest man, became favored by Yoriimo's wife Chiyo and their child Harunosuke, and he began to accompany Yoriimo to the castle. Inside the castle, the family elder Otsuki Gyobu was in cahoots with Yoshitada's favorite concubine, Osada no Kata, and together with the treacherous Genba, they were plotting to establish Osada no Kata's child, Seinosuke, as the heir.

The Missing Heir

1955

おれん情欲絵巻 必殺女斬り poster
NR

Directed by Seiichi Fukuda

おれん情欲絵巻 必殺女斬り

1969