Akio Miyabe

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

Scaoileadh : 1965.01.06
Coitianta : 15.095

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

Scaoileadh : 1967.02.04
Coitianta : 3.067

Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....

Scaoileadh : 1966.02.25
Coitianta : 8.287

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...

Scaoileadh : 1957.07.14
Coitianta : 4.845

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful...

Scaoileadh : 1988.11.26
Coitianta : 0.948

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

Scaoileadh : 1959.11.20
Coitianta : 17.112

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

Scaoileadh : 1964.04.12
Coitianta : 2.506

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and...

Scaoileadh : 1981.11.07
Coitianta : 1.849

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

Scaoileadh : 1967.08.03
Coitianta : 5.3

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the...

Scaoileadh : 1964.08.01
Coitianta : 1.702

The second-generation president and his brother-in-law of the Toba clan, a don of the music world, are kidnapped. Singer Chiaki and pianist Yonosuke...

Scaoileadh : 1994.09.17
Coitianta : 0.96