Directing

Shinji Murayama

Born — Died

1922-07-10 — 2021-02-14

Place of birth

Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Night Bitch poster
NR

A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a rich married man. Their attempts at making easy money can only end tragically.

Night Bitch

1966

Color poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Color

1965

Nocturnal Lights poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nocturnal Lights

1966

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze poster
7.7

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

1968

Secret Club 000 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secret Club 000

1965

Tokyo Untouchable poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tokyo Untouchable

1965

Police Precinct Part 7 poster
NR

The body of a woman was found in a manhole. Is it an affair? The victim is a clerk at a mannequin manufacturing company. At the age of 26, she was a widow with a child, and she went missing after he went to collect her salary from the bank. A colleague at work said the victim was wearing an opal ring, but the bank clerk says she wore a jade ring when he came to withdraw money.

Police Precinct Part 7

1958

Police Precinct Part 17 poster
8.0

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night before, and the evidence, in addition to shoe horns and handkerchiefs, is soap with the name of the tavern. When detectives at Shiogama Station followed the man's tracks, it turned out that he had come from Ueno.

Police Precinct Part 17

1961

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers poster
7.0

After the enactment of the Anti-Prostitution Law, the red-light district in Shinjuku lost its allure. Even the gambling den of the Ryūzaki family was always deserted. Ryūzaki, the boss, declared his retirement in response to the changing times. It was thought that Igarashi, who valued righteousness and principles and had the respect of others, would become the second-in-command. However, he was an annoying presence to Ryūzaki...

Modern Chivarly: Sworn Brothers

1970

Code of Wolves poster
7.5

In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

Code of Wolves

1974

Police Precinct Part 5 poster
NR

The fifth installment of the Metropolitan Police Department story series. This time, detectives from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division are once again in action, full of thrills and speed, in pursuit of the perpetrator of a mysterious murder that suddenly occurred at an auto race track.

Police Precinct Part 5

1957

Police Precinct Part 8 poster
NR

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out and escape. From inside the truck comes the body of the taxi driver.

Police Precinct Part 8

1958

The Journey poster
7.0

After the death of his parents, railway worker Yuichiro Murofushi returns to his hometown and agrees to an arranged marriage at the insistence of his uncle and aunt. However, the arrangement soon falls through due to various circumstances.

The Journey

1967

Police Precinct: Car 108 poster
NR

Patrol car 108 is on the prowl in Tokyo when it comes across a suspicious small truck. When the policeman investigates he is shot and the truck makes its getaway.

Police Precinct: Car 108

1959

The Murderer Must Die poster
NR

A year ago, Tetsuo Yazaki was unemployed and wanted money, attacked a police box in Kobe, robbed a policeman of his pistol, attacked Hamamatsu OS Theater and Nagoya Shinwa Bank, and succeeded in robbing a large amount of money.

The Murderer Must Die

1959

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face poster
NR

A tragic drama - a dismembered torso of a woman rises up on the banks of the Arakawa River. The body is only the torso. Her legs were discovered on the opposite bank. The only clue, a man was trying to throw something in from a car with a license plate number three days ago at Shin-Arakawa Ohashi Bridge...

Police Precinct: The Woman Without A Face

1959

No artwork available
NR

A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunnery runs into debt, she resorts to gambling and challenges the racketeer threatening to sell the place to a game.

The Gambling Nun

1971

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene poster
7.0

A man who uses marriage as bait goes from woman to woman, and then a horrific murder is committed for money. Seven police man chase the vicious criminal who disappeared into the vortex of the big city.

Police Precinct: Nothing Left at the Scene

1959

A Lonely Gamble poster
NR

In post-war Japan, it is difficult for private business to stay afloat. The small atelier has a debt of several million yen. To get a loan, his proprietress is forced to turn to a successful businessman, owner of entertainment establishments and bars. But she has nothing to guarantee the return of the debt, and then she offers herself as collateral. A drama about the contradictory nature of human feelings.

A Lonely Gamble

1965

Love at the Fogged Harbor poster
NR

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko.

Love at the Fogged Harbor

1962

Nerves for Victory poster
6.0

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Nerves for Victory

1966

Blue in Isezaki poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Blue in Isezaki

1968

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman poster
NR

A young woman's letter sent to the newspaper reveals the truth about the murder case two years ago. The first work depicting the fighting spirit of a talented young reporter.

The Big Scoop: The Third Woman

1959

Hunting Opium-Eaters poster
NR

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Hunting Opium-Eaters

1960

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight poster
NR

What starts as a simple request for correction of a newspaper article uncovers a corruption case hidden behind what seemed like an ordinary traffic accident.

The Big Scoop: Challenge at Twilight

1959

Story of Japanese Bad Men poster
NR

Toei yakuza film.

Story of Japanese Bad Men

1971

No artwork available
NR

A young woman leaves her hometown to find work in the city

Secret Turkish Bath

1968

Night Guy poster
NR

Tokyo at night. It has another face, different from the daytime. Gorgeous neon lights and dressed-up women decorate the city at night. And then, there are men who live off of these women. This movie depicts the conflict of sex and desire between a procurer, called a "night arranger," and women who live in the neon city seeking money and pleasure.

Night Guy

1968

Nighttime Youth Series: Iro poster
NR

The "Nighttime Youth Series" vividly depicts the lives of men and women consumed by lust and desire in the nighttime entertainment districts of a neon-lit metropolis. In the second installment, "Iro," Tatsuo Umemiya plays a bartender in a mammoth bar who seduces female customers and extracts money from them, showcasing his charming personality alongside a cast of gorgeous sexy actresses.

Nighttime Youth Series: Iro

1965

Chained Bitch poster
NR

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Chained Bitch

1965

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Jun'ai monogatari kusa no mi

1962

The Navy poster
NR

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his best friend Shinji to join him. As it turns out, however, Takao's poor health prevents him from entering the navy while his friend is chosen instead. As time goes by, Takao becomes a painter and changes his mind about the meaningfulness of war and fighting, while his friend goes the opposite path. Meanwhile Takao's sister falls in love with Shinji.

The Navy

1963

Futaridake no taiyō poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Futaridake no taiyō

1961

Futaridake no taiyō poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Futaridake no taiyō

1961

Three Generations of Yakuza poster
NR

The film depicts the fate of a young yakuza boss and his father, who confront each other, not knowing that they are relatives, and become victims of a brutal war for territory between the clans according to the merciless laws of the yakuza.

Three Generations of Yakuza

1966

Fateful Birthplace poster
NR

A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.

Fateful Birthplace

1961

Yanagase Blues poster
NR

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

Yanagase Blues

1967

Companion to Hell poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Companion to Hell

1972

The Life of Rikisha-Man poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Life of Rikisha-Man

1963

The Gorgeous Geisha poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Gorgeous Geisha

1964