Seiji Hoshikawa

Writing

Seiji Hoshikawa

Born — Died

1921-10-27 — 2008-07-25

Place of birth

Taito, Tokyo, Japan

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Seiji Hoshikawa was born on October 27, 1921 in Japan. He was a writer, known for Ken ki (1965), Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963) and The Betrayal (1966). He died on July 25, 2008 in Japan.

Known for

Behind the camera

Ore no namida wa amakunai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ore no namida wa amakunai

1960

Zatoichi the Fugitive poster
6.9

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Zatoichi the Fugitive

1963

Musuko poster
NR

A series of mysterious robberies at gas stations across Tokyo and a seasoned detective with no leads—until his runaway son suddenly emerges as a suspect.

Musuko

1959

Tsuma koso waga inochi poster
NR

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

Tsuma koso waga inochi

1957

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight poster
6.8

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her, Zatoichi determines to escort the baby to its father. He gains the reluctant help of a young pick pocket and together they travel to find the baby's father. But they do not reckon on the father's reaction to their arrival, nor on their own growing feelings for the child.

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

1964

Haha sakura poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Haha sakura

1960

The Third Shadow Warrior poster
7.2

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....

The Third Shadow Warrior

1963

Sword Devil poster
6.3

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him to assassinate a man...

Sword Devil

1965

The Betrayal poster
6.5

A naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai principles makes him an oddity among his peers, and a very vulnerable oddity in consequence. He takes the blame for the misdeeds of others, with the understanding that he will be exiled for one year and restored to the clan's good graces after the political situation dies down. As betrayal begins to heap upon betrayal, he realizes he'll have to live out his life as a ronin, if not hunted down and killed.

The Betrayal

1966

Last-Ditch Glory poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Last-Ditch Glory

1961

The School of Spies poster
6.6

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names, families, even lovers to bury themselves in training. Jiro, one of the cadets, successfully seize the secret code of English army to pass the final exam. However, he reaches the crossroad when his fiancee Yukiko turns out to be a spy of the enemy.

The School of Spies

1966

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade poster
5.3

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate will discover his illegal activities. He learns of evidence that will prove his guilt. Meanwhile, his partner is not dead, and, assisted by a master of Shorenji boxing, is looking for revenge and for his loot. The Kaga leader sends the beautiful Chisa to enlist Nemuri's aid. The unexpected happens: the hard-bitten Nemuri falls in love. Can he protect her, topple the criminals, and avoid the boxer's deadly skill?

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade

1963

On the Road Forever poster
NR

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the village is run by criminals who sell the poorest peasants into slavery.

On the Road Forever

1964

White Jeep Patrol poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

White Jeep Patrol

1958

Burning Youth poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Burning Youth

1954

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing poster
6.2

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) into more sword-fighting adventures when he's blamed for the beheading. Meanwhile, the head-chopper's mother is busy knocking off the shogun's lawful heirs to secure the shogunate for her son.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 3: Full Circle Killing

1964

Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl poster
8.0

When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then claims he is her father and they start a farm as father and daughter until fate steps in and he must draw his sword.

Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl

1983

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him poster
8.0

Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

1966

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire poster
6.3

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

1965

Shinsengumi Chronicles poster
6.7

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.

Shinsengumi Chronicles

1963

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan poster
6.4

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan, and while the swords of some angry samurai may not cause Kyoshiro much trouble, the deadly wiles of two women may be more difficult to survive!

Sleepy Eyes of Death 6: Sword of Satan

1965

Easy Money poster
NR

An action-comedy about three men who try to bilk money out of gambling dens.

Easy Money

1970

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair poster
6.4

The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Kyoshiro the homeless masterless wandering samurai has nothing to lose, & no scruples anyway, so can reproach even the powerful with ease. He is thus, for all that he has broad streaks of villainy all his own, a champion of the people by default.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair

1968

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess poster
6.6

The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess

1966

Everything Goes Wrong poster
6.7

Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.

Everything Goes Wrong

1960

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction poster
5.8

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems!

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

1964

Baian Mayoibashi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Baian Mayoibashi

1982

Ex Convict: Sword Storm poster
NR

1969 yakuza movie.

Ex Convict: Sword Storm

1969

零戦黒雲一家 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

零戦黒雲一家

1962

Ashita kara otona da poster
NR

1960 Japanese movie

Ashita kara otona da

1960

Secret Mother poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Secret Mother

1953

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower poster
NR

A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the twilight of Tokyo Tower.

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower

1959

Kage no nai yōfu poster
NR

1960 Japanese movie

Kage no nai yōfu

1960

Pacific Porters poster
10.0

Tetsuji Tachibana was fired as a pilot after Jim gave false testimony in an accident caused by Captain Jim's intoxication. Only Junpei Nambu, the editor-in-chief of “Kokuikai” (Aviation World), was on Tetsuji's side. Tetsuji questions Jim, but Jim refuses to tell him anything, and the atmosphere turns sour. At that moment, Yosuke Sugie, a former classmate of Tetsuji's at the Civil Aviation College, enters the office.

Pacific Porters

1961

Good-for-nothing Guy poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Good-for-nothing Guy

1961

Gambler's Dilemma poster
NR

The love story between a traveling guest and a geisha who inadvertently becomes the leader of her father's yakuza clan, after his death.

Gambler's Dilemma

1969

Secret of the Forbidden Valley poster
7.0

A thrilling historical drama in which a ronin played plays an active role in redeeming the name of a man who was put to death for a crime, despite being innocent.

Secret of the Forbidden Valley

1983

Who Is Gomez? poster
NR

On his way back to Japan after two years in the desert, oil company engineer Sakamoto visits his friend Katori in Hong Kong. Soon after, Sakamoto learns that Katori has disappeared.

Who Is Gomez?

1967

Hakuchū no shinnyūsha poster
NR

A pair of gangsters break into a lead factory, steal gold bars, and terrorize the factory owner’s family for three terrifying hours.

Hakuchū no shinnyūsha

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Dice and Swords poster
7.7

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his daughter Orin (Ruriko Asaoka) and the son of notorious Gyotoku clan, but Orin’s heart belonged to Shinjiro (Yujiro Ishihara), a member of her father’s clan.

Dice and Swords

1968