Masao Mishima

AKA: Масао Мисима, ماسائو میشیما
1.2021

1906-01-02

Niigata, Japan

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {197}

Ieharu

1967-11-01 3.5

Shogun and His Mistress 2

In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes other concubines to become very jealous and mean. When the Shogun passes away, his concubines are forc ...
Genre :

1961-01-03 0

20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 1

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged background. ...
Genre :Action, History, Drama

1961-07-09 0

20 Duels of Young Shingo - Part 2

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

1963-07-13 0

20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many duels he fought were intended to bring justice to th ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

Narrator (voice)

1968-06-08 7.8

Hymn to a Tired Man

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming. ...
Genre :Drama

Jo Onodera

1949-09-13 8.024

Late Spring

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daug ...
Genre :Drama

1964-06-20 0

Blind Monk Swordsman

This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death” who has his own dark past. The prototype for the ...
Genre :

1954-09-21 0

Turbid Youth

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayashi and seeked their own careers in the film industr ...
Genre :Drama

Himori

1961-01-21 7.098

Pigs and Battleships

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Kuroki Shochô

1959-01-15 8.1

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military se ...
Genre :War, Drama, History

1969-08-09 0

Tale of the Last Japanese Yakuza

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action

Actor

1935-03-21 6.2

The Actress and the Poet

Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemin ...
Genre :Comedy

Ryosuke Fukuhara

1952-06-12 6.8

Mother

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family. ...
Genre :Drama

1962-02-21 0

Teppo Yasu no Shogai

1962 Japanese movie ...
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1962-01-28 0

The Eve of the Chinese Festival

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. Along with his quirky assistant they set on the tra ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1952-03-14 0

Riverside Fish Market Empire

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki ...
Genre :

1962-01-03 0

The Actress and the Three Rascals

Genre :Comedy

Lord Matsudaira

1957-04-02 6

The Lord Takes a Bride

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro must use his phenomenal sword skills to overcome the ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy

Maruyama

1961-10-07 0

Mannen Taro and His Feminine Colleagues

Genre :Drama

1959-07-12 8.1

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the succession of the Takamatsu clan. The usurpers try by ever ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

1956-07-12 0

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto film #20 ...
Genre :Action, History

Village Leader (voice)

1968-07-24 6.311

Horus: Prince of the Sun

Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautifu ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Animation, Fantasy

Nanashino Gonbei

1966-08-12 7.056

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Adventure

Tamura

1966-07-29 0

Watashi, chigatteiru kashira

Genre :Drama, Comedy

1959-03-03 5.6

One-Eyed Wolf

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it leads to a potential conspiracy to kill the Shogun. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Vitalis(voice)

1970-03-17 4.5

Little Remi and Famous Dog Capi

Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer. ...
Genre :Animation

Funayado Tokubei

1971-09-11 6.2

Inn of Evil

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the hea ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Kensaku Kitajima

1960-07-05 6.8

Good-for-Nothing

Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a "good-for-nothing" from a poor background falls in love wi ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1965-05-15 0

A Charming Devil

Movie adaptation of the TV series. ...
Genre :

Shobei Iwase

1962-03-14 7.1

Black Lizard

The cunning detective Akeichi must foil a kidnapping plot orchestrated by the notorious jewel thief known as Black Lizard. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Kurata

1936-06-01 6

Man of the House

This film is based on a real Meiji era performer -- and tells of Tochuken's partnership with his wife (played by Chikako Hosokawa) who played shamisen for his songs/recitations), his affair with a gei ...
Genre :Drama, History

Madame's husband

1936-11-01 6.7

Morning's Tree-Lined Street

As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolita ...
Genre :Drama

1954-09-14 0

Jinsei Gekijo Yokubo hen: sanshu kirako

1954 Theater of Life adaptation. ...
Genre :

1960-09-17 0

Umi no jōji ni kakero

1960 action film. ...
Genre :Drama, Action

Takeno

1938-09-29 6.3

Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other. ...
Genre :Drama

1957-02-12 0

Lofty Ambitions

Genre :

Koyanagi, the lawyer

1937-07-01 6.5

Avalanche

The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his wife. ...
Genre :Drama

1965-01-31 0

Nami kage

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film. ...
Genre :

Munekata Ominokami

1952-03-27 0

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu

Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a group of young warriors who want to bring down the Shogunate... ...
Genre :Action, Drama

赤羽根主膳

1953-01-22 0

江戸いろは祭

Hatamoto Akabane Tanaka once ruined his life with alcohol in his youth, leaving behind his wife and son, Hanji, to embark on a journey. He killed a man on the Shikoku route, but later returned to Edo, ...
Genre :

大野柳斉

1954-04-07 0

Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a warning message called the "Thief's Summons" before strik ...
Genre :

1967-08-05 7

The Greatest Challenge of All

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem. ...
Genre :

1968-07-27 0

Record of a Girls' High School Doctor: Pregnancy

Genre :

1971-04-15 0

幻の殺意

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel. ...
Genre :

Yutaka Tachibana

1959-07-28 0

Yuganda tsuki

Genre :Crime, Drama, Action

1958-02-25 0

直八子供旅

Genre :

1955-07-05 0

ふり袖侠艶録

Genre :

1956-10-08 0

The Forest Is Alive

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months" ...
Genre :Family, Fantasy

1959-03-24 0

Kaze no uchi so to

Genre :Drama

1950-11-03 0

Les Miserables I: God and the Devil

Genre :Drama, History

Shinzo

1948-10-18 0

The Grand Master

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of becoming the Shogi Grand Master Champion, everything is a ...
Genre :Drama

1950-11-14 0

Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom

Genre :Drama, History

1962-11-11 0

Jigoku no kagebōshi

1962 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Aramaki

1950-01-04 0

Escape from Prison

Genre :Drama

1959-04-08 0

I Will Challenge

Akira, a student who is professionally engaged in boxing, aspires to follow in the footsteps of his late father and become a champion when, during training, he becomes embroiled in a murder case. His ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1951-06-15 0

G-men of Japan 3: Fearless Counterattack

A man with two identical faces challenges the wicked and lawless escaped prisoner to an unsuitable battle, intertwining with the chilling image of the emergency line. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Action

1960-08-07 8.3

Lord Mito: All Star Version

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later, another fire broke out, this time in Komagome, burning ...
Genre :

1955-06-05 0

Six Assassins

Genre :Drama

Tango Inaba

1962-09-15 8.4

Harakiri

Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver ...
Genre :Action, Drama, History

Oniyasha

1957-09-23 0

Ghost Ship Part 1

As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru were lost except for Shinkei, who alone made his wa ...
Genre :Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

1951-07-12 0

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 the hero's life, they find themselves in need of pr ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1955-08-21 0

Tsukiyo no kasa

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling ...
Genre :

1963-10-13 0

The Coin Thrower Zenigata

The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit money. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Kenzo Iguchi

1949-07-19 6.3

The Blue Mountains: Part I

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo. ...
Genre :Drama

Oniyasha

1957-09-23 0

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 Maruyama) are kidnapped by pirates, so after dedic ...
Genre :Fantasy, Adventure, Horror

Tasuzô Fujimura

1951-04-14 6.1

Ginza Cosmetics

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son. ...
Genre :Drama

Bad boy at Rokku

1935-03-01 6.4

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars... ...
Genre :Drama

1961-08-13 0

Himalayan Wanderer

One after another, expedition teams were being attacked in the Himalayas. With the unprecedented boom in snow men, the public began to make a fuss about the fact that the monster that attacked them mu ...
Genre :

Tonosuke Kondo

1951-11-22 5

Five Men of Edo

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of these ruthless samruai was ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1967-04-15 7.3

Two Wives

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama that threatens to engulf them. The sexual anxiety between the interwoven couples tautens ...
Genre :Drama

1948-12-28 0

Yūkyō no mure

1948 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Haruo Kuboki

1955-01-03 6

Foul Play

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was killed in the middle of a game. ...
Genre :Mystery

Chief Ishiwari

1955-02-03 6.5

Policeman's Diary

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of thei ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1955-07-03 6.8

The Wolves

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1962-03-21 0

All Rascals

Ishihama is planning a casino robbery with his wife and mother-in-law. They meet a man named Tsuneda who is planning the same robbery and agree to work together. ...
Genre :Crime

1952-12-10 7

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 about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison se ...
Genre :Drama

Takuetsu

1965-07-25 6.2

Illusion of Blood

The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband. ...
Genre :Horror

1958-03-18 0

Firefly Light

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small inn in the Kyoto suburb of Fushimi. She does not ha ...
Genre :Drama

1955-09-18 0

Santōshain to onna hisho

Japanese film. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1958-04-30 0

Romance Freestyle

The love between young college students Toki and the handsome Takaga is tested when Takaya's parents, who despise Toki's family's geisha house business, intervenes in their relationship. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1965-09-04 0

The Ghost of the One Eyed Man

Japanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi. ...
Genre :Horror

1950-10-14 1

The Rainbow-Colored Flower

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for m ...
Genre :Drama

1965-09-04 0

The Spy

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment. ...
Genre :Thriller

1968-06-29 7

The Time of Reckoning

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces ...
Genre :Drama

Tanno-san

1938-08-21 6.8

Composition Class

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much publicized essay ends up causing the family problem ...
Genre :Drama

1963-01-03 0

Beyond the Green Hills

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled f ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

1958-11-11 6

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 truth behind an apparent double suicide. ...
Genre :Crime

1963-12-28 7

Shinobi no Mono 3: Resurrection

[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattor ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1959-10-18 5

The Human Wall

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home. ...
Genre :Drama

1949-04-12 0

Flirtation in Spring

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan. ...
Genre :Romance

1959-03-29 5.7

Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan. ...
Genre :Drama

1959-05-12 0

Tokyo no Kodoku

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love. ...
Genre :Drama

Onishi

1950-02-26 6.5

Street of Violence

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1950-05-06 0

I Saw a Phantom Fish

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish. ...
Genre :

1956-03-01 5.3

Swordsman of the Two Sword Style

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island. ...
Genre :Action

1963-11-17 0

Tange Sazen

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu Clan tries to raise funds by obtaining a sword whi ...
Genre :

1963-12-01 7

Duel of Blood and Sand

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brig ...
Genre :Action

Buddhist Priest

1965-08-25 6.4

Born Under Crossed Stars

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a Japanese spirit of manliness he wins the day. ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1960-01-27 6

The Second Bullet is Marked

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Yahei

1960-09-20 0

Volunteering for Villainy

Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town. ...
Genre :Drama

Managing Director Furuya

1954-06-24 0

The Street Without Sun

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could ...
Genre :Drama

1955-02-12 0

Mysterious Dwarf

The daughter of a wealthy family goes missing at the same time a mysterious dwarf is running around town scattering body parts in public areas. ...
Genre :Horror

1958-12-02 6.6

Roughneck From Asama

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of raiders, Itaro of Asama was missing. With the courag ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1968-08-28 0

The Final Winner?

In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher. ...
Genre :Romance

Kagiya Jinbee

1956-09-19 5.8

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. ...
Genre :Action, Horror

Ogawa Kobei

1964-11-01 7.5

Revenge

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Action

1957-04-15 7

Tales of Young Genji Kuro

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family. ...
Genre :Action

1971-06-05 0

Love and Death

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the circumstances, they try to not act on their attraction. How ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Professor Hirayama

1963-01-06 5.8

Sing, Young People!

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star. ...
Genre :Comedy

Yagyu Tsushima-no-kami

1958-03-18 5.8

Secret of The Golden Spell

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the treachery of a master plotting to take control over a sword figh ...
Genre :Drama, Action

1958-06-10 0

Beyond the Seasonal Wind

Japanese drama film. ...
Genre :Romance

1969-08-13 6.6

Killer's Mission

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a cowardly Ronin who becomes his assistant, as well as ...
Genre :Action

1966-06-12 0

Nothing But Bones

The harrowing joruney of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts. ...
Genre :Drama

1963-03-24 6.1

Castle of Owls

Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the 'Taiko' becomes the target of an assassination attempt to be carried out by the Iga Cl ...
Genre :Action, Drama

Yoshida

1970-02-26 7.4

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a prett ...
Genre :Comedy

1958-06-29 0

Feline Spirit

Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima clan, Hizen-no-kami. The mother of the murdered Matashichiro, Akishino, cursing the Nabeshima family, ...
Genre :Horror

Enomoto Takeaki

1954-11-22 7

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 devoted his life to protecting the shogun and fighting on the side of the ...
Genre :History

1962-11-02 0

Tengu Priest

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death. ...
Genre :

Onikura Mutsu Nokami (voice)

1961-07-19 6.1

The Orphan Brother

After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cru ...
Genre :History, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure

1955-07-12 0

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 Town. Next day the man is found brutally murdered an ...
Genre :Mystery

1956-08-29 0

Ancient Coins

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version. ...
Genre :History, Adventure

1957-04-30 6

Rebellion

In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival. ...
Genre :Drama

1958-01-15 0

Man of Thirteen Eyes

Japanese mystery film. ...
Genre :Mystery

Jikai Kitami

1962-01-21 6.9

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's lascivious head priest Kikuchi. She is drawn to a melanc ...
Genre :Drama

1963-12-07 0

A Life of Intimidation

Japanese action film. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Drama

1968-01-13 7

Dice and Swords

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 ter ...
Genre :Action

1960-04-26 0

Hibari’s Favorite 2

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents. ...
Genre :Drama

1953-02-20 0

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 known as a master of documentary films, and followed h ...
Genre :Drama

Misa's father

1946-02-14 0

The Brick Factory Girl

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness ...
Genre :Drama

Nobuyuki Tobita

1969-06-14 0

Art of Assassination

A beautiful hostess of a small restaurant moonlights as a well-trained assassin tasked with taking the life of a wealthy businessman... ...
Genre :Action, Crime

1958-09-23 0

His Scarlet Cloak

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is ...
Genre :Comedy

Toshio Namikawa

1959-01-28 0

The Bastards of Lawless Town

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film. ...
Genre :

1959-05-05 6

No Stronger Swords

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style called ”Otonashi” (The Silent Form) and the proper wa ...
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Sanzaemon Yanase

1967-05-27 8.214

Samurai Rebellion

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her b ...
Genre :Drama, History, Action

1961-04-09 4.3

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji

The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal l ...
Genre :Drama, History

1949-01-25 0

A Woman's Life

Genre :Drama

Ryuichi Terasawa

1963-09-07 0

The Black Trademark

Ide of the Kokusai Rayon Company visits a supermarket and finds cheap shirts being passed off as his company's products. But a closer look reveals that the last letter of "Kokusai" has been changed to ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1952-05-01 0

Devil’s Statue

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends. ...
Genre :Drama, History

Doman

1959-12-13 0

Evil Man of Edo

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less samurai who founded a school for underprivileged childr ...
Genre :History, Drama, Comedy

1966-01-26 0

The Actress vs. the Greedy Sharks

Framed by his enemies, Manbe finds himself imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. His only hope lies with his daughter Yuki who takes it upon herself to clear his name. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

1963-02-17 7

Pressure of Guilt

Genre :Mystery

1962-05-27 0

The President's Son

Genre :Drama

1963-11-20 7

Ukyunosuke on Patrol

This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent story with expert fighting. Sena Denemon is the rarest ...
Genre :Action, History

1960-10-26 0

Wait for Tomorrow

Kohei Misugi works in a vegetable market, but his ambition is to be a photographer. He is given his first opportunity to demonstrate his talent by the Sakura Film Company which offers him an assignmen ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1964-03-12 6

Ukyunosuke's Reverse Ichimonji Cut

In this exciting sequel to the popular samurai-ninja movie Ukyunosuke On Patrol, his mission to avenge his father's death continues. His discovery of a mysterious note written by his father, Inspector ...
Genre :Action, History

1953-10-07 7.6

Hiroshima

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city. ...
Genre :Drama, History

1957-11-10 0

Travel Romances

Romantic comedy. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music

1962-01-31 7

Knightly Advice

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Dr. Yamauchi

1955-03-18 6.8

Burden of Love

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after the other. - Nikkatsu ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1960-09-03 8.6

Hero of the Red Light District

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshi ...
Genre :Drama, History

1959-09-30 0

The Medicine Case

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox. ...
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Arai Toragoro

1962-10-12 6

Mark of Blood

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil. ...
Genre :Crime, Adventure

1966-03-23 8

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

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 ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1965-01-03 8.2

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 years of tribulations until he can return. ...
Genre :Drama

Heisuke Gakuyaban

1947-12-29 0

Actress

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the ...
Genre :Drama

1944-12-07 0

Battle Troop

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their torpedo techniques. Mikami is posted as a staff offi ...
Genre :War

Satomi Hoshi-Morito

1956-03-01 5.3

Swordsman of the Two Sword Style

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island. ...
Genre :Action

1960-12-27 9

Case of a Young Lord 8

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's Council of Elders. Young Lord decides to take on the ...
Genre :Action, Drama

1959-07-12 6

Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

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1959-02-24 5.4

The Forbidden Castle

From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri Kyoshiro" series (Son of the Black Mass), "Destiny’s Son" etc. comes the complex story exploring the ...
Genre :Drama

1951-12-22 0

Satsuma-bikyaku

Genre :

Nagashima

1952-01-17 0

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

Genre :Drama

1957-03-13 0

Lords of Oppression

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...
Genre :Drama

1957-03-27 0

Lords of Oppression 2

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...
Genre :Drama

Ehei Ikuta

1957-06-25 0

Temple of Revenge

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo Sozaemon in a martial arts tournament and as a result lost ...
Genre :Drama

1964-05-23 0

Shingo's Final Duel

After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful life with his mother far away from the seat of governm ...
Genre :History, Action

1955-03-30 0

Golden Valley

A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shinano region, which is guarded by a descendant of the Heike clan. ...
Genre :Drama

1959-03-25 0

Turbulent Highways

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1962-02-14 0

A Warrior Generation

Genre :

1962-11-11 0

Revenge for His Lover

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men. ...
Genre :

1937-03-03 0

Mother's Melody

Genre :Drama

1965-05-16 0

The Last Judgment

The last judgment. ...
Genre :Drama

1955-11-16 6

Policeman's Diary, Part 2

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station. ...
Genre :Drama

1964-06-11 0

The Frolic of the Beasts

The wife Yuko Kusumon operating a pottery store was a chastal wife without complaints even though her husband is cheated with her heart. Koji Umeya, who was working part-time at a shop, was able to se ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Kazushichi Kineya

1950-03-05 0

The Motherland Far Far Away

Genre :Drama

1966-01-01 0

Young Boss: Invitation to Fight

Genre :Crime

1936-11-12 0

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Hikoroku Laughs a lot ...
Genre :Comedy

1959-02-18 7.3

Lucky Dragon No. 5

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Ato ...
Genre :Drama

1964-04-18 0

The Man Disappears Yesterday

Tired of everyday life, the 8th Shogun Yoshimune flees Edo Castle and asks Ooka Echizen to become his personal assistant. In a rice shop, Yoshimune meets a simple ronin Ohashi Kenshiro, and receives p ...
Genre :Drama

1958-04-22 0

Love River

Genre :Drama

1960-01-16 0

The Cards Will Tell

A 1960 crime film ...
Genre :Crime

1962-07-29 0

Case of Umon: Red Lizard

Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard. ...
Genre :

Narrator

1968-06-08 7.8

Hymn to a Tired Man

Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son's fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming. ...
Genre :Drama

1959-10-18 0

53 Stages of the Road

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto. ...
Genre :Drama

1959-01-03 5

Tange Sazen: Mystery of the Twin Dragons

In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden treasures. This is the most exciting film in the ser ...
Genre :

1959-03-17 0

Jōen

1959 Japanese movie ...
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1964-09-16 0

間諜

Genre :

1954-06-08 7.7

Five Sisters

The story of five sisters. ...
Genre :Drama

1961-04-21 0

Amazon mushuku seiki no dai maō

Chiezo's two-guns-at-all-costs film, directed by Ozawa Shigehiro (Kengo Tengu Matsuri) from a screenplay by Matsuura Kenro (The Dice Magistrate). Shot by Nishikawa Shoei (I Am the Magician of Hell). ...
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1952-08-07 0

Four Asakusa Sisters

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa. ...
Genre :Drama

1957-05-28 0

Two Daimyos

Yata, a boatman from Edo who is manipulated by the conspiracy of the Dewa Rokugo clan, is the spitting image of the young lord Yoshimitsu. The two young lords, the real one and the fake one, leave Edo ...
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1971-05-22 0

Challenge at Dawn

Set in Kawasaki in 1925, Challenge at Dawn is based on the Tsurumi Riot Incident, which actually ocurred in Yokohama that year and was sparked by corruption and yakuza involvement in the construction ...
Genre :History

1957-05-12 0

Kurama Tengu: The Tale of a Government Thief

The third film in the "Kurama Tengu" series starring Azuma Chiyonosuke, based on the original work by Osaragi Jiro. The staff remains the same as in the previous film, "Kurama Tengu Kakubei Shishi" (1 ...
Genre :

1970-12-01 10

World of Two

One night, Jiro and Reiko fell in love at first sight, and on the seventh day he proposed to her, and three months later they were married. However, the difference in upbringing between Jiro, who was ...
Genre :Family, Drama

1968-10-15 0

Family of Three

The drama features two families, the all-male Shibata family and the all-female Inaba family, and depicts the interactions between the two families with many amusing and heartwarming episodes. ...
Genre :Family, Drama

1971-12-07 0

Taiyō no Namida

The day before he leaves on a business trip to Europe, Shoji meets an old man named Ogawa while visiting his younger brother in the hospital. Ogawa lies to Shoji that he has a son and asks him to do s ...
Genre :Drama, Family

1967-02-21 0

Kotoshi no Koi

This cheerful romantic comedy hints at conflicts in a changing society through the friendship between two underachieving teenage boys and the accidental bringing together of their respective siblings. ...
Genre :Drama, Family, Comedy