Yoshi Katō
Kjent for: Acting
Fødselsdag: 1913-01-12
Fødselssted: Tokyo, Japan
Også kjent som: Yoshi Kato, Ёси Като
Tampopo
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, a pair of truck drivers happen onto a decrepit roadside shop selling ramen noodles. The widowed owner,...
Utgivelse : 1985.11.23Popularitet : 17.126
Ninja, A Band of Assassins
Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting...
Utgivelse : 1962.12.01Popularitet : 3.24
Hachiko
The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.
Utgivelse : 1987.08.01Popularitet : 13.12
Blood Vendetta
The film tells about Masayoshi, a noble Yakuza who lives by the laws of honor and humanity, and who is bound by an oath to his brother in a conflict...
Utgivelse : 1971.07.31Popularitet : 1.452
Fateful Birthplace
A sad love story between young Umihiko Kojima and a beautiful girl named Yukiko Shino.
Utgivelse : 1961.09.06Popularitet : 0.937
Hunter in the Dark
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo,...
Utgivelse : 1979.06.17Popularitet : 4.352
Cherry Blossoms in the Air - The Suicide Raiders - Oh, Buddies!
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft...
Utgivelse : 1970.05.16Popularitet : 1.728
Double Suicide
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan....
Utgivelse : 1969.05.24Popularitet : 5.902
Glorious Standard Bearer
Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a profit even at the cost of human lives. A fireman...
Utgivelse : 1957.12.28Popularitet : 0.933
Profound Desires of the Gods
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
Utgivelse : 1968.11.22Popularitet : 5.059
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...
Utgivelse : 1954.11.22Popularitet : 1.341
Love Under the Crucifix
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with...
Utgivelse : 1962.06.03Popularitet : 2.139
Silence
Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and search for their mentor.
Utgivelse : 1971.11.13Popularitet : 4.285
Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny
The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody...
Utgivelse : 1972.10.10Popularitet : 1.781
Himiko
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
Utgivelse : 1974.03.09Popularitet : 4.587
Spectacle of Buds
A weak willed man teams up with a stripper after her stage show partner runs off with another dancer. He is obsessed with her unique inverted nipples...
Utgivelse : 1986.04.26Popularitet : 0.82
Japan Organized Crime Boss
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is...
Utgivelse : 1969.07.08Popularitet : 1.684
The Outsiders
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...
Utgivelse : 1958.11.26Popularitet : 2.855
Mid-August Commotion
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...
Utgivelse : 1962.08.22Popularitet : 0.933
Gang and G-Men Part 2
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
Utgivelse : 1963.02.24Popularitet : 0.729
The Broken Commandment
Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...
Utgivelse : 1962.04.06Popularitet : 1.707
Bloody Territories
A once-powerful yakuza clan disbands as a result of a police crackdown, but one small group refuses to bow to police pressure, and launches a...
Utgivelse : 1969.07.26Popularitet : 4.454
The Shogun's Vault IV: The Gold Mines of Sado
Account magistrate Wakisaka Bizen Mamoru asks Yoshibei, the chief priest of Iriya and Myohoji Temple to explore the Sado Gold Mine. They suspect that...
Utgivelse : 1983.07.14Popularitet : 1.042
I Am A Man of Honor
The sixth film of the “Truck Yaro” series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated...
Utgivelse : 1977.12.24Popularitet : 1.559
Mount Hakkoda
Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with...
Utgivelse : 1977.06.04Popularitet : 4.834
An Ode to Yakuza
Tatematsu Minoru, a yakuza belonging to the Ishikawa group that runs the Shinjuku area, has a beautiful sister named Akane. He dreams of sending her...
Utgivelse : 1970.07.11Popularitet : 3.275
A Fugitive from the Past
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity,...
Utgivelse : 1965.01.15Popularitet : 4.306
Devil's Flute
Famous detective Kindaichi solves a series of mysterious murders in a wealthy family. An excellent blend of intrigue and betrayal, set against the...
Utgivelse : 1979.01.20Popularitet : 6.026
Manchurian Sunset
A film adaptation of the original novel by Kazuo Dan. This exciting film, set in Asia on the eve of violent changes, tells the story of a young man...
Utgivelse : 1956.09.18Popularitet : 1.942
Ryuji's Journey: The Crest of Man
The new head of a powerful family faces danger from an evil rival out for blood.
Utgivelse : 1965.04.03Popularitet : 0.892
A Legend, or Was It?
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.
Utgivelse : 1963.08.11Popularitet : 4.518
Gang vs. G-Men
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Utgivelse : 1962.11.02Popularitet : 2.363
Ballad of Orin
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Utgivelse : 1977.11.19Popularitet : 7.965
A Billionaire
An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.
Utgivelse : 1954.11.22Popularitet : 1.082
River Without a Bridge Part 2
Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)
Utgivelse : 1970.04.25Popularitet : 1.179
Showdown in Blood
Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love...
Utgivelse : 1957.08.28Popularitet : 0.909
The Key
A college professor wants to bring the joys of sex to his frigid wife. He convinces his son in law to sleep with her because the idea arouses him,...
Utgivelse : 1974.05.04Popularitet : 2.215
Life of Hishakaku 3
Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.
Utgivelse : 1964.03.01Popularitet : 2.069
Gambling Den Desire
In a small town on the Kasumigaura coast in the early Showa period, the Masukawa clan from Tokyo is trying to take away the interests of the local...
Utgivelse : 1970.02.21Popularitet : 0.655
Vacuum Zone
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...
Utgivelse : 1952.12.10Popularitet : 1.55
The Inferno
Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave.
Utgivelse : 1979.06.03Popularitet : 4.886
Kagebōshi
On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...
Utgivelse : 1950.01.03Popularitet : 1.7
Married Woman: Another Law of the Night
The film takes place in Yokohama, a night city where you can revel in the neon mood. A bartender who wants to become a singer and a beautiful married...
Utgivelse : 1969.11.15Popularitet : 1.975
八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....
Utgivelse : 1955.01.09Popularitet : 0.826
Black Ninja
Historical action film about the struggle for gold of two feudal clans in the Edo period.
Utgivelse : 1967.09.08Popularitet : 1.234
Prince of Wolves
As the post-war turmoil continued, Take, the boss of the waifs, stole the money of US soldiers and lived with friends. They were like children of...
Utgivelse : 1963.10.04Popularitet : 1.988
Love and Crime
A series of short stories about bizarre crimes committed by females in the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa Eras. Discover 4 famous Japanese murderers:...
Utgivelse : 1969.08.27Popularitet : 5.252
Men and War III: The Final Chapter
Final part of epic drama about war and its effects upon human beings, follows the fortunes of the Godai family through the Sino-Japanese War through...
Utgivelse : 1973.08.11Popularitet : 3.68
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four...
Utgivelse : 1962.09.01Popularitet : 2.675
An Actor's Revenge
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
Utgivelse : 1963.01.13Popularitet : 4.911
The Third Ninja
Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.
Utgivelse : 1964.03.01Popularitet : 2.02
Police Department Story Pt.24: Missing
Two people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol...
Utgivelse : 1964.12.05Popularitet : 1.242
Okinawa
A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.
Utgivelse : 1970.05.26Popularitet : 0.654
The Beast Shall Die
Kunihiko Date (Hiroshi Fujioka), a young criminal genius, puts a perfect crime plan into action to take revenge on the men who once drove his father...
Utgivelse : 1974.06.15Popularitet : 1.719
限りなき情熱
Is it the sin of a woman's heart that casts ripples unexpectedly among peaceful people? In the bustling streets of dazzling colors, where revelry...
Utgivelse : 1951.06.01Popularitet : 0.911
G-men of Japan 4: Special Armed Unit Mobilization
The fourth installment of G-men of Japan
Utgivelse : 1956.07.25Popularitet : 0.815
Kurama Tengu: Acrobat in a lion mask
Two child performers lose their money, but are saved by the masked avenger Kurama Tengu. When the children return the favor in foiling an attempt on...
Utgivelse : 1951.07.12Popularitet : 1.242
Ghost Ship Part 2
Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile, Princess Yuki (Yumiko Hasegawa) and Chacha (Eiko...
Utgivelse : 1957.09.23Popularitet : 2.15
Dear Mr. Prime Minister
Kakumaru (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is an unpopular manzai performer who is too good-natured but has a very bad manners. Moulin, Kakumaru's former partner,...
Utgivelse : 1964.04.29Popularitet : 2.874
Foul Play
Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...
Utgivelse : 1955.01.03Popularitet : 2.575
The Seven Faces of Bannai Tarao, Private Eye
Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.
Utgivelse : 1956.01.03Popularitet : 2.086
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba returns as the reckless son of a private detective takes on the case of a minor league baseball pitcher who...
Utgivelse : 1961.09.13Popularitet : 2.17
Solar Eclipse
When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.
Utgivelse : 1975.09.06Popularitet : 1.703
A Woman in Danger
A girl who comes to Yokohama from Tsuwano stumbles upon the solution to a mysterious series of explosions. However, when she learns this secret, evil...
Utgivelse : 1982.05.18Popularitet : 0.73
The Great White Tower
The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...
Utgivelse : 1966.10.15Popularitet : 3.795
Shadow of Deception
It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who...
Utgivelse : 1971.02.10Popularitet : 5.175
Rebellion of Japan
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair...
Utgivelse : 1967.01.14Popularitet : 2.054
Apostasy
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Utgivelse : 1948.11.30Popularitet : 3.033
The Prickly Mouthed Geisha Part 2
Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.
Utgivelse : 1960.03.01Popularitet : 1.425
Aoba gakuen monogatari
1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto.
Utgivelse : 1981.04.26Popularitet : 2.381
Night Drum
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...
Utgivelse : 1958.04.15Popularitet : 3.915
The Glamorous Ghost
Based on the novel by Naoki Prize-nominated author Taro Takeshita, a thriller full of black humor. A jealous husband murders his adulterous wife,...
Utgivelse : 1964.10.03Popularitet : 1.118
The Boy Detectives Club – The Iron Fiend
Fourth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Utgivelse : 1957.05.28Popularitet : 0.933
Shonen Tanteidan: Kabu to Mushi no Yoki
A man with many disguises uses robotic beetles, man-made monsters and other devices to try and steal atomic power.
Utgivelse : 1957.05.20Popularitet : 1.594
The Terrifying Man-eating Shark Woman
Toshio, who works at an architectural firm, visits a fishing port to reminisce about his love with his girlfriend Kyoko, who died suddenly one year...
Utgivelse : 1980.08.09Popularitet : 2.221
Fencing Master
Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.
Utgivelse : 1950.08.26Popularitet : 0.989
Four Hours of Terror
Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.
Utgivelse : 1959.09.30Popularitet : 1.346
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
Utgivelse : 1957.03.26Popularitet : 0.994
Detective Duel
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...
Utgivelse : 1958.08.06Popularitet : 1.334
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some...
Utgivelse : 1965.05.01Popularitet : 2.33
Immortal Love
The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war...
Utgivelse : 1961.09.16Popularitet : 5.705
Points and Lines
Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...
Utgivelse : 1958.11.11Popularitet : 1.581
Zero Focus
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...
Utgivelse : 1961.03.19Popularitet : 2.655
The Fearless Avenger
Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss...
Utgivelse : 1972.10.10Popularitet : 0.734
The Catch
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions...
Utgivelse : 1961.11.22Popularitet : 3.341
The Yen Family
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together...
Utgivelse : 1988.05.14Popularitet : 2.516
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.
Utgivelse : 1963.04.28Popularitet : 1.769
The Ditch
Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his...
Utgivelse : 1954.07.27Popularitet : 1.708
北上川悲歌
Japanese "kayo" film based on the song by Tsuzuko Sugawara.
Utgivelse : 1961.05.31Popularitet : 0.927
Feisty Edo Girl Nakanori-san
Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.
Utgivelse : 1961.10.22Popularitet : 0.742
No Advice Taken
A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.
Utgivelse : 1958.01.03Popularitet : 1.242
Outlaw Under a Blue Canopy
Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
Utgivelse : 1960.05.10Popularitet : 0.986
World War III Breaks Out
The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is...
Utgivelse : 1960.10.19Popularitet : 2.911
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in...
Utgivelse : 1973.04.28Popularitet : 5.195
The Sentencer
A man challenges a territorial fight between gangs.
Utgivelse : 1962.08.04Popularitet : 1.082
Blind Woman's Curse
Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat...
Utgivelse : 1970.06.20Popularitet : 4.656
Hiroshima
The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
Utgivelse : 1953.10.07Popularitet : 4.278
Hokusai
A documentary about the life and art of wood-block artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Utgivelse : 1953.01.01Popularitet : 4.001
Rice
A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community...
Utgivelse : 1957.03.04Popularitet : 1.606
The Scarlet Camellia
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...
Utgivelse : 1964.11.21Popularitet : 1.216
The Castle of Sand
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
Utgivelse : 1974.10.19Popularitet : 4.338
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin....
Utgivelse : 1972.01.15Popularitet : 6.832
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.
Utgivelse : 1972.08.12Popularitet : 1.472
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4
Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.
Utgivelse : 1967.07.08Popularitet : 2.75
Revenge
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The...
Utgivelse : 1964.11.01Popularitet : 2.658
Broken Swords
The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...
Utgivelse : 1969.05.30Popularitet : 2.052
Wind, Woman and Road
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmers transporting gold to the governor think they...
Utgivelse : 1958.04.14Popularitet : 1.7
Tokyo Bay
An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...
Utgivelse : 1962.05.27Popularitet : 1.675
Hometown
Deep in the mountains of Japan a dam is scheduled to be built, thus forcing a relocation of the farmers. One of them is 78-year-old Denzo, whose son...
Utgivelse : 1983.09.15Popularitet : 1.246
The Sister Gamblers
Third film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Utgivelse : 1967.11.15Popularitet : 0.885
The Black Hood
A horse-riding samurai fights villains.
Utgivelse : 1981.12.03Popularitet : 1.29
Main Line to Terror
Akiyama is an intern, disgusted with the noise pollution caused by the bullet trains and the heart attacks that noise has been causing in older...
Utgivelse : 1975.11.06Popularitet : 2.027
Life of Hishakaku
After eloping with a prostitute named Otoyo, Hishakaku takes refuge in the Kogane family’s turf. Indebted to Boss Kogane for his kindness,...
Utgivelse : 1963.03.16Popularitet : 2.455
Internal Sleuth
When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.
Utgivelse : 1973.04.21Popularitet : 1.42
Man with the Funky Hat
Ichiro (Chiba) is a scrappy little sport in a big car and funny hat always looking for some fun and some extra cash on the side. He and his friends...
Utgivelse : 1961.08.05Popularitet : 1.441
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...
Utgivelse : 1963.04.28Popularitet : 4.395
Miyamoto Musashi
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then...
Utgivelse : 1973.07.13Popularitet : 1.895
The Sunshine Girl
A young factory worker struggles to figure out what she wants to do with her life.
Utgivelse : 1963.04.18Popularitet : 1.481
Portrait of Chieko
Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her...
Utgivelse : 1967.06.22Popularitet : 1.289
The Fall of Ako Castle
This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the...
Utgivelse : 1978.10.28Popularitet : 3.287
The Woman Gambler
Second film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.
Utgivelse : 1967.07.14Popularitet : 0.92
The End of a Day
Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...
Utgivelse : 1954.02.03Popularitet : 2.737
Village of Eight Gravestones
The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of...
Utgivelse : 1977.10.29Popularitet : 3.72
Just for You
Yumi Ishikawa (Mari Atsumi) is nineteen and a popular geisha. Orphaned when a child, Yumi she was raised by Shizuko, the madame of a geisha house....
Utgivelse : 1970.12.25Popularitet : 1.255
The All-Out Game
When Daisaku Hotta (Kosaburo Onogawa), the cheer leader of Tonan High School, hears that Rikiya Kudo (Saburo Shindo), the captain of the Judo team...
Utgivelse : 1970.09.12Popularitet : 0.956
Sex Revolution
Story exposes free-sex among highschool students.
Utgivelse : 1970.07.01Popularitet : 0.902
Seven Masks of Revenge
The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome...
Utgivelse : 1955.07.12Popularitet : 1.292
Darkness at Noon
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.
Utgivelse : 1956.03.26Popularitet : 1.618
Tokyo Detective Girl
Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.
Utgivelse : 1959.09.23Popularitet : 1.136
Incidental Murders
The daughter of the wealthy Soga family is kidnapped and her fiance is murdered. But the kidnappers, Tatsu and Sanko are unaware that Tatsuko is the...
Utgivelse : 1961.01.22Popularitet : 1.789
Patience Has An End
Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.
Utgivelse : 1971.06.25Popularitet : 2.059
Fight, Zatoichi, Fight
Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake her for Zatoichi and kill her,...
Utgivelse : 1964.11.17Popularitet : 3.609
The Man of Seven Faces
Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.
Utgivelse : 1960.04.26Popularitet : 0.929
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
Utgivelse : 1975.05.31Popularitet : 6.124
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.
Utgivelse : 1948.09.26Popularitet : 2.87
A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land
Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...
Utgivelse : 1953.02.20Popularitet : 2.414
Dragon Princess
A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the...
Utgivelse : 1976.01.31Popularitet : 1.706
Rainbow Over Paris
A young composer falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy company president and flies to Paris when he learns she is studying music...
Utgivelse : 1970.03.18Popularitet : 1.649
Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial...
Utgivelse : 1964.01.09Popularitet : 2.406
Great Jailbreak
A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and...
Utgivelse : 1975.04.05Popularitet : 2.341
Blood For Blood
The Akiba and Shimura crime families run the streets of “K City”. With the construction of new buildings and new factories underway, the...
Utgivelse : 1971.06.10Popularitet : 1.475
Tale of Army Brutality
Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during...
Utgivelse : 1963.06.14Popularitet : 2.411
Love Me Tenderly, Love Me Wildly
Yuichi prides himself on the fact that he is a family man but contrary to his conception of an ideal family life, at age 24, his wife has already run...
Utgivelse : 1979.04.28Popularitet : 2.469
Seven Gamblers
Hanjiro, a one eyed vagrant arrives in Okinoshima to save the town from a violent Yakuza group with the help of six handicapped guys.
Utgivelse : 1966.07.09Popularitet : 2.472
The River Fuefuki
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge...
Utgivelse : 1960.10.19Popularitet : 1.719
The Christian Revolt
In the year 1637 in Shimabara of Tokugawa-era Japan, oppressed peasant Christians revolt against the shogunate with the aid of a charismatic...
Utgivelse : 1962.03.21Popularitet : 2.505
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
After World War II, when Okinawa was under control of the United States, the local yakuza prospered. But when Okinawa is returned to Japan, the...
Utgivelse : 1978.06.03Popularitet : 1.443
The Wanderers
Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill...
Utgivelse : 1973.04.07Popularitet : 2.02
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one...
Utgivelse : 1973.08.11Popularitet : 5.405
The Story of Pure Love
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...
Utgivelse : 1957.10.15Popularitet : 1.925
Intentions of Murder
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect...
Utgivelse : 1964.06.28Popularitet : 3.486
May Love Be Restored
A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.
Utgivelse : 1980.04.29Popularitet : 5.641
Sleepy Eyes Of Death 14: Fylfot Swordplay
Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.
Utgivelse : 1969.12.20Popularitet : 1.504
Mahiru no wana
On his way to Tokyo one night, a truck driver picks up a country girl and has his way with her amidst a forest. A few days later he loses his job...
Utgivelse : 1960.12.18Popularitet : 0.512
A Chain of Islands
When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...
Utgivelse : 1965.05.26Popularitet : 1.605
The Betrayal
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...
Utgivelse : 1966.07.02Popularitet : 2.337
Without Complaint
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Utgivelse : 1975.02.01Popularitet : 0.888
The Dragon Crest
A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.
Utgivelse : 1963.11.10Popularitet : 1.688
Fight of the Gamblers
Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...
Utgivelse : 1963.12.25Popularitet : 0.75
The Navy
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...
Utgivelse : 1963.08.13Popularitet : 0.855
The Mad Fox
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes...
Utgivelse : 1962.05.01Popularitet : 2.256
Moonlight Mask: The Monster Gorilla
Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.
Utgivelse : 1959.04.01Popularitet : 1.031
The Shootout
A run-in with the police once again puts three former reformatory inmates on the wrong side of the law. Their situation becomes increasingly...
Utgivelse : 1982.09.15Popularitet : 1.032
Tower of Lilies
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...
Utgivelse : 1953.01.09Popularitet : 1.214
The Great Duel
In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home...
Utgivelse : 1964.09.05Popularitet : 0.954
The Sand City in Manchuria
When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.
Utgivelse : 1960.08.24Popularitet : 2.049
The Gambling Monk
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand...
Utgivelse : 1963.10.13Popularitet : 1.615
Gamblers and Racketeers
Komatsu Takioka is boss of a Yakuza group rival to Masakichi Kijima boss of the Kikuya group which supports the town vendors unlike Takioka, who will...
Utgivelse : 1964.12.24Popularitet : 1.73
Virgin Blues
A young woman fails her university entrance exam and starts shoplifting.
Utgivelse : 1974.11.22Popularitet : 2.128
The Sword Knows
In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.
Utgivelse : 1958.09.03Popularitet : 2.121
Mother Country
In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married...
Utgivelse : 1962.04.29Popularitet : 1.72
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure...
Utgivelse : 1965.01.03Popularitet : 1.379
The Demon
When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children...
Utgivelse : 1978.10.07Popularitet : 10.27
My Voiceless Friends
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.
Utgivelse : 1972.04.29Popularitet : 1.318
A Woman Called En
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is...
Utgivelse : 1971.05.29Popularitet : 2.23
Vengeance Is Mine
A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.
Utgivelse : 1979.04.21Popularitet : 6.683
The Great Road
The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .
Utgivelse : 1960.03.08Popularitet : 0.725
Lord Mito
One of Japan’s most popular historical characters, former Vice-Shogun Tokugawa Mitsukuni, whose travels around the nation are legendary has...
Utgivelse : 1978.12.23Popularitet : 1.977
Gambler
The main character Tachibana Isaburo is released from prison and discovers that his boss is dead. He is offered to become the leader of the group,...
Utgivelse : 1964.07.11Popularitet : 1.002
A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status....
Utgivelse : 1963.05.29Popularitet : 2.028
Case of a Young Lord 4: Bridal Robe in Blood
A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...
Utgivelse : 1957.03.04Popularitet : 2.841
The Eleventh Hour
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...
Utgivelse : 1957.11.24Popularitet : 2.064
Castle of Revenge
The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...
Utgivelse : 1952.04.24Popularitet : 1.248
Tomoshibi
Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is...
Utgivelse : 1954.06.22Popularitet : 3.347
To Your Majesty, The Emperor 2
Based on Muneta Hiroshi's military novel. The main character, Yamaguchi Zensuke, is a military dog soldier. He joins the army and winds up sent...
Utgivelse : 1964.01.01Popularitet : 2.082
Police Precinct: The Pickpocket Killer
After discovering a slaughtered corpse, the investigating team of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department began canvassing the area around the crime...
Utgivelse : 1957.12.22Popularitet : 1.348
At the End of the Clouds
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
Utgivelse : 1953.06.09Popularitet : 1.712
A Bird of Africa
A group of kids find interest in birdwatching.
Utgivelse : 1975.09.14Popularitet : 1.1
Won't Stand for Dying
The son of the murdered Yakuza, Kenji, at the request of his mother, worked in a stable company. However, soon the girl Kenji Amy, who was in favor...
Utgivelse : 1960.05.10Popularitet : 0.901