Asao Matsumoto

Movies

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between two rival Yakuza clans, his reputation as a deadly defender of the innocent is put to the ultimate test in a series of sword-slashing showdowns.
Japan's Violent Gangs: The Boss and the Killers
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
Phantom Monster Agon
Detective Yamato
A re-edit of the 1968 Agon miniseries. Released by Toho Video in the 1980s
Ultraman: Monster Movie Feature
Matsui
The film consists of re-edited material from the original television series Ultraman. Episodes 1, 8, 26, and 27 were used for the film. They were narrated by Hikari Urano as an "Ultraman Documentary". Allegedly only one new scene was shot, and that some parts of the movie where shot in black and white for unknown reasons. The movie screened at the same time as the Toho movie King Kong Escapes.
Zoku seiun yakuza - ikari no otoko
The Mother  Tree
Namihei Isogai
A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.
A Wicked Woman
Naminosuke Takahashi
In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.
Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War
Traitors of the Blue Castle
Juzaburo Shimada
Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.
Woman Diver's Terror
Chie, who's chosen as 'Ms. Woman Diver', and her friend Yuki, have been missing for several days after they left for Tokyo to be interviewed by a magazine. Later, Yuki is found dead in the sea. Yoshi, Chie's sister, along with sailor Shunsuke, try to find Chie. Soon they learn about a conspiracy with diamonds in a ship sunk in the sea.
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Shikeishû no shôri
1957 crime film directed by Toshio Shimura for Shintoho.
Shin ono ga tsumi
Kato
20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
思い出月夜
Japanese romance film.
Santōshain to onna hisho
Japanese film.
Muntinlupa no yo wa fukete