Acting
Shūjirō Kijima
Acting credits
NRA sequel to "Vampire Dead Beauty Carving", featuring the same members from the previous work, including scriptwriter Koji Takada, director Hideaki Onishi, and cinematographer Shigehira Suzuki.
Vampire Monster Mansion
1961
7.0In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments. As his great love Otsu has succumbed to madness. Musashi then sets off to beat the functionaries of a treacherous clan in an arranged duel. 73 against one. Boastful Kojiro watches, secure in the knowledge that only he is a worthy opponent.
Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple
1964
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Vampire Dead Beauty Carving
1961
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Raid on the Road
1960
10.0Early film by Eiichi Kudô.
Bloody Account of Jirocho: Duel at Akiba
1960
6.0A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow, Ayame 's Gantaro, with the turbulent and exciting Wakizashi Hitoshi .
Road Warriors
1960
6.0Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.
Bored Hatamoto: The Daimonji Conspiracy
1959
6.6Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light on Ryunosuke and his motives. Can this brutal killer be brought to justice, or is living his life as a blind wanderer a more terrible fate? His sword skills have not diminished, nor has his desire to kill!
Souls in the Moonlight III
1959
Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a band of pirates who are also hunting the hidden stash.
The South Sea Wolf
1961
8.5Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.
Travels of Hibari and Chiemi: The Tumultuous Journey
1962
NRA variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a young samurai chasing them, participate in a chaotic bloody battle for 4,000 gold coins that were stolen from Nijo Castle.
The Duel at the Satta Pass
1962
NR1962 Japanese movie
Ōedo no taka
1962
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Abekobe dōchū
1962
10.0Ryutaro Otomo as the Edo magistrate Umon Kondo is out to solve a crime that centers around the murder of a jail guard & the escape of a criminal who is later himself killed. His dying words in Umon's arms were, "I didn't kill the guard." The murdered criminal had been a safe-cracker & only his girlfriend knows where he hid a fortune. She is kidnapped, so the plot gets thicker & thicker.
Cases of Umon: The Woman with an Umbrella
1963
NR1961 Japanese movie
Ninjutsu at Osaka Castle
1961
5.5One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant Daisuke Kinba, on the way to hunt wild boars, felt sorry for a small dog that was about to be swallowed by a giant snake like a giant tree, and killed the serpent in a fierce battle and saved the puppy. Yoshimi decided to keep the puppy, naming it Hachibo. Now the Serpent Demon is determined to destroy Takita Castle, while Hachibo defends it with his life. His spirit is split into eight, and eight brave warriors must unite to defeat the demoness snake.
Eight Brave Brothers
1959
NRThe Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in Japan. Tokijiro is a fallen yakuza who is trying to make his mark by heading for Shimizu Port with his partner, Chinen.
Tenamonya Sandogasa
1963
8.0Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.
The Kingdom of Jirocho 2
1963
7.8This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece sword for his lord. However, his efforts are not appreciated and he becomes a man of hatred.
Tange Sazen: Heavenly Clouds, Earthly Dragon
1962
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Kirimaru Kirigakure
1961
5.0A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.
Gentle Breeze
1959