Known for
7.2Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
NRA heartwarming comedy about Osaka’s slowest taxi driver who searches all over the city for the missing daughter of a former general who has just returned from military service.
Unchan monogatari
1956
7.4Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972
No synopsis available yet.
Ōtotsu gankutsuō
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Kakushigo sōdō
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Mayoigo hiroi ko
1956
Film credits
1970s · 4 titles
7.2Ogami Itto is challenged by a quintet of warriors, each armed with one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assignment.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
1973
7.4Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must eliminate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
1972
7.6The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child. Rescued and adopted by a master swordsman, he has grown into a master swordsman and a very kind gentleman. The time is around 1868 the year that the nails were finally put into the coffin containing the feudal system that nurtured and sustained the samurai. Sugi is confused and unsure about what is happening but his teacher wants him out of the chaos of the multiple power struggles between the various clans.
The Last Samurai
1974
7.0The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.
The Woman Gambler's Iron Rule
1971
1960s · 15 titles
7.1Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
Samurai from Nowhere
1964
7.0Asakichi 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, is kidnapped by a rival clan and sold to a a house of pleasure, Asakichi and Sada set out to rescue her.
Tough Guy
1961
7.0Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!
Prison Break
1969
NRA country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.
A Country Boss
1962
6.4When a Babylonian vampire comes to old Japan, an army of Japanese demons and ghosts gather and battle him.
Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare
1968
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Bad Reputation: Two Notorious Men in Tokyo
1963
7.0First movie of the Inu series directed by Tokuzō Tanaka
Homeless Dog
1964
8.0No synopsis available yet.
駿河遊侠伝 度胸がらす
1965
8.0Ronin 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 all heroes, cannot stay.
Bloody Shuriken
1965
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Three Magicians
1960
NRNo synopsis available yet.
手錠無用
1969
7.0The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society.
The Funeral Racket
1968
7.0No synopsis available yet.
New Bad Reputation Continues
1962
First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
1960
9.0An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke Ashiya. Raizo Ichikawa as the famous yakuza boss Jirocho.
The Confusing Journey of Jirocho
1963
1950s · 36 titles
NRA heartwarming comedy about Osaka’s slowest taxi driver who searches all over the city for the missing daughter of a former general who has just returned from military service.
Unchan monogatari
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Ōtotsu gankutsuō
1957
No synopsis available yet.
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Kakushigo sōdō
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Mayoigo hiroi ko
1956
6.2In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.
Undercurrent
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Okesa karasu
1958
NRA rival diner opens next door, the model student third son fails his college entrance exams, and the good-natured dad finds himself in a whirlwind of trouble as internal and external crises come one after another.
Otōsan wa ohitoyoshi: Yūtō rakudaisei
1956
No synopsis available yet.
Ōedo ninki otoko
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Kaette kita yūrei
1955
NRPeriod comedy with fantasy elements.
Ishimatsu Travels with Ghosts
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Stray Cat
1958
6.0A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it and directing duties turned over to Yoshimura Kozaburo.
An Osaka Story
1957
NRAfter finding a winning lottery ticket, the daughter and wife convince their father who’s been acting like a millionaire that it’s all just a one-night dream, hoping to cure his gambling habit.
Ichiya no hyakuman chōja
1957
NRFirst sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
1956
10.0The 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
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Travel Chronicles of Yaji and Kita
1956
6.5From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits, driven by his burning ambition to become a samurai and to find a warlord worth pledging his sword to. This is the story of his rise, and the thunderous battle he pinned his hopes on. The challenge that had already ruined and bloodied the armies of higher-ranking samurai than Hiyoshi. The battle that brought him rank, fame and fortune and transformed him into Hashiba Hideyoshi, right-hand man to the ruthless Lord Oda Nobunaga, and would drive him on to conquer Japan.
Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi
1958
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tenament Party for Edo-ites
1958
NRThird film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3
1954
7.0When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.
Room for Let
1959
NRShinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the maid Oyasu. Shinzō and Oyasu set up a household near a soba shop in Fukagawa, but Shinzō struggled financially, turning to gambling and fighting, while Oyasu worked as a tea server in a theater, constantly harassed by a small-time gangster, Rikichi, for cigarette money. The only ones concerned about Shinzō and Oyasu were Shinzō’s sister, Omitu, and her dance teacher, Oyoshi. Later, Shinzō managed to get a job at another lumber dealer, but after a conflict with the detective Hansuke, who was also infatuated with Oyasu, Shinzō accidentally dropped lumber into the river and was fired. Unaware that Oyasu had borrowed money from a bar to repay the lumber dealer, Shinzō left to earn money in the Mito clan's crew quarters and ended up rescuing Rikichi from a dice game trouble.
大当り男一代
1956
NRIn 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
No synopsis available yet.
Big Laugh Festival of the Edo-ites
1959
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Life of a Uniquely Interesting Man: Katsura Harudanji
1956
9.0Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5
1954
NRA frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the guise of a good-natured fruit vendor and his wife.
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
1955
10.0Chuji 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
NRIsshin 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
NRA foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo Sukehichi during a ceremonial match. Though Gonpachi was promised a promotion to samurai status due to his skills, Sukehichi's father Sukezaemon's intervention out of jealousy prevented this. In anger, Gonpachi killed Sukezaemon and, without realizing it, also mistakenly killed Tomoe, his lover's brother Tsushimo Uemon. Following this, he fled to Kyoto, seeking shelter at the "Murasa" inn operated by Uemon's aunt.
Beautiful Gonpati
1954
NROne 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
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
NR1958 Mito Kōmon film.
The Beloved Imposters
1958
7.0A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro Imai (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)). Starring Achako Hanabishi (Segedei Momoshiki Goten), Tamao Nakamura (Akado Suzunosuke (1957)), Seinen Hayashi (Nijunin no Kenka-jou) and Sumire Harukaze (Harukaze Sumire). Also Rumiko Komachi, Shunji Sakai, Yoshio Tabata and Mieko Suzuki.
The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood
1957
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Princess Hibari's First Dream Journey
1952
NROkazaki 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
NRSecond sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
1956
