Kazuo Yamada

Bob Harris y Charlotte son dos norteamericanos que se encuentran en Tokio. Bob es una estrella de cine de mediana edad que ha venido a rodar un anuncio. Charlotte es una mujer joven que acompaña a todas partes a su marido, un fanático del trabajo. Incapaces de dormir, los caminos de Bob y Charlotte se cruzan por casualidad y no tardará en nacer entre ellos una sorprendente amistad. Se aventuran juntos en la vida nocturna de Tokio, comparten inolvidables experiencias con los habitantes de la ciudad y terminan descubriendo una nueva manera de ver la vida.

A group of warriors decide to unite to help the oppressed masses. Disguised as ordinary people, they are dedicated to fighting evil till the end.

In the Edo period, a nameless ronin accepts an assignment to go to a mountain pass and wait. Near the pass he stops at an inn where a collection of characters gather, including a gang set on stealing shogunate gold that's soon to come over the pass. When the Ronin's assignment becomes clear, to help the gang, he's ordered to kill the inn's residents, including a woman he's rescued from an abusive husband. He's reluctant to murder innocent people; then he learns that the gold shipment is a trap and he's part of a double cross. How he sorts through these divided loyalties tests of his samurai honor, and perhaps of his love for a woman.

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a new age. But not all are content...The Shinsengumi, a small army of samurai, farmers and peasants, band together to do battle against the tide of history. Their leader, Isami Kondo is a man who rises from farmer to fighter to head the fierce Shinsengumi brigade. Using a stern hand and a heart of gold, he rallies his men in defense of the tottering Shogunate. But bloodshed and treachery lurk around every corner.

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces Takeda to kill the lord of neighboring Suwa and take his wife as a concubine. He then convinces the widow, Princess Yu, to accept this arrangement and to bear Takeda a son. He pledges them his life. He then spends years using treachery, poetic sensibility, military and political strategy to expand Takeda's realm, advance the claim of Yu's son as the heir, and prepare for an ultimate battle with the forces of Echigo. Has Kansuke overreached? Are his dreams, blinded by love, too big?

Mientras Japón cierra un pacto político con la Alemania nazi y la Italia fascista, el almirante Isoroku Yamamoto es nombrado comandante supremo de la flota japonesa. Con Japón abocado inexorablemente a la guerra, Yamamoto, a pesar de sus dudas, cree que la única posibilidad de victoria reside en destruir la flota americana por sorpresa en Pearl Harbor. El ataque es un éxito, pero no consiguen destruir la flota de portaviones americanos. Por eso Yamamoto se ve obligado a llevar a la flota japonesa al combate, con muy pocas esperanzas de victoria...

A killer-for-hire gets mixed up with a cast of wacky characters involved in a gold smuggling route from Beirut to Tokyo.

En una isla tropical, unos científicos dirigen experimentos meteorológicos y se encuentran con enormes mantis y una gigantesca araña que está atacando al hijo de Godzilla. El gran monstruo volverá para defender a su hijo...

Toshiro Mifune interpreta a Isaburo Sasahara, un espadachín envejecido que vive una vida tranquila hasta que el señor de su clan ordena que su hijo se case con la amante del señor, quien recientemente ha disgustado al gobernante. A regañadientes, padre e hijo acogen a la mujer y, para sorpresa de la familia, la joven pareja se enamora. Pero el señor pronto revierte su decisión y exige el regreso de la amante. Contra todas las expectativas, Isaburo y su hijo se niegan, arriesgando la destrucción de toda su familia. Samurai Rebellion, del director Masaki Kobayashi, es la apasionante historia de un hombre pacífico que finalmente decide oponerse a la injusticia.

Una misteriosa isla ha sido colonizada por una extraña organización terrorista de tintes comunistas llamada Red Bamboo, que ha esclavizado a la población indígena y que se dedica a la fabricación de bombas atómicas. En esta isla vive la langosta gigante Ebirah, que se encarga de devorar a todos aquellos que intentan escapar del lugar, hasta que un rayo despierta a Godzilla, dormido casualmente en el interior de una gruta de la isla.

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees the success Goemon has achieved, he attempts to recruit him to fight in a conflict between Asakura and another clan. Goemon refuses, and Lord Asakura sets out to destroy him.

Woody Allen parte de una película japonesa de espías ("Kagi No Kagi") en la que sustituye el guión original y los diálogos por otros completamente diferentes. El resultado es una película que cuenta las aventuras del agente Phil Moskowitz, que participa en una arriesgada misión para conseguir la receta de “la mejor ensalada de huevo del mundo”. Moskowitz, con la ayuda de las hermosas Suki Yaki y Teri Yaki, debe impedir que esa receta única caiga en las manos del malvado Shepherd Wong.

Japanese war movie.

Un soldado de fortuna viaja a lugares exóticos donde encuentra encanto y romance en la corte de un rey malvado.

Kitami es solicitada por el director de inteligencia, Suritai, para robar una gran cantidad de dinero de la guerrilla contra el gobierno que financian las bandas de Gegen. Sin embargo, una vez Kitami se infiltra en una nave Gegen disfrazada, descubre que no hay dinero en la caja fuerte, sólo un cifrado en un pedazo de papel.

In the third installment in the "Kokusai himitsu keisatsu" series, agent Jiro Kitami investigates the mysterious disappearance of a prominent scientist. Edited into Woody Allen's "What's Up, Tiger Lily?" along with the 4th film in the series, "Key of Keys".

Set at the end of the Siege of Osaka this film follows the exploits of several members of the defeated Toyotomi clan as they cope with the post battle chaos and the persecution of the Shogun's army. Five samurai decide on different fates when it becomes clear that their side is being destroyed. One wants to attack the enemy head on in a final honorable death. Another decides to commit hari-kiri but wants to find a glorious view to do it. His close friend, the "coward", just wants to run and give up the life of a samurai. The final two set their own castle on fire to garner favors from the enemy and therefore avert their own death during the massacre of all defeated soldiers as

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the law is unfair. His brother keeps his opinions about the law to himself. The swordsman vents his frustration by cutting off the thumbs of an enemy. The fighter is then banished. To live, he becomes a thief. To restore the family's lost honor, the other brother is forced to challenge the fighter to a duel.

The fifth film of the desperado outpost series directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

El Teniente Coronel Senda se resiste a la idea de enviar a los pilotos de los cazas en misiones suicidas. El cree que lo que necesita el ejército japonés para volver a dominar la guerra es que la fuerza aérea reúna a los mejores pilotos en un solo escuadrón para realizar ataques quirúrgicos a los americanos. Despreciados por los Kamikazes, que llaman a los pilotos "no-suicidas" cobardes, la unidad se redime a sí misma cosechando victoria tras victoria. Pero el éxito lleva a los jefes militares a esperar demasiado de la unidad, lo que llevará a un desenlace fatal.

Esta impresionante historia épica ha sido a veces etiquetada como la versión japonesa de "Lo Que El Viento Se Llevó". Chusha Ichikawa personifica a un señor feudal poderoso y despiadado que lucha contra el virtuoso y joven noble, Yuzo Kayama. Ichikawa encuentra una victoria parcial cuando engaña a Kayama y lo convence de hacerse el Hara Kiri. La venganza será realizada por los cuarenta y siete samuráis de Kayama. Basada en una leyenda japonesa venerable, la historia de Chushingura ha sido filmada en varias ocasiones, pero sólo la versión de 1941 (47 Ronin) estuvo a la altura de la versión de 1962, del gran director Hiroshi Inagaki.

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by Toyotomi to overcome the seat of power, Osaka Castle. Mohei's daredevil skills will be put to severe tests.

Koji Kitami pilota uno de los bombarderos de la fuerza aérea japonesa. Él participó en el bombardeo de la base naval americana de Pearl Harbor en 1941, por lo que cuando vuelve a su ciudad natal todos le reciben con honores y orgullo. Esos hechos junto a las victorias japonesas en la guerra hacen que Kitami entre en un estado de exaltación por el honor japonés, algo que no le hará mucho bien cuando la flota nipona es derrotada en la batalla de Midway.

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned to investigate the death of the wife of gangster Tetsuo Maruyama of the Kozuka gang, probably at the hands of one of the Oka gang. During a gang gunfight, Maruyama is rescued by Detective Fujioka and the two become friends. But Maruyama insists on avenging his wife's murder, even if it means conflict with his new friend.

Edmund Rostand's play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. But she sees him only as a friend, so he helps another man to woo her by giving him the poetry of his own heart.

Matsugoro, un pobre conductor de carro en el Japón del periodo Meiji, devuelve a un niño perdido, Toshio, a su casa. Sus padres se muestran con él muy agradecidos. Tras la muerte del padre, la madre, Yoshiko, muy preocupada por su hijo, le pide a Matsugoro que le ayude a educarlo. Él acepta encantado. Con el paso del tiempo le coge mucho cariño, al niño y a la madre. Pero Toshio crece, y se marcha a estudiar a la universidad de Tokio, y Matsugoro se siente abandonado y triste...

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Takezo abandona su condición de samurai errante para vivir tranquila y humildemente con su amada Otsu, rechazando trabajar como maestro samurai para el líder del clan más poderoso del Japón. No obstante, Takezo accede a luchar con el joven y habilidoso guerrero Sasaki Kojiro. El combate final tendrá lugar en la isla Ganryu.

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match in which Maki has an interest in one of the fighters. After a terrible brawl, the two gangsters discover that they have both been played for suckers by their bosses. They join forces to turn the tables on the bosses.

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

This is a film about a Naval Air Corps Director who hates the war. Director Honda uses this film to ask the question "What is war?", showing the human bonds between Japan and America, Japanese military tactics which had little regard for life, and the attitude of Japanese military personnel who treated their actions as if they were just doing a job. This film contains few battle scenes, concentrating instead on the love stories of young officers and female members of the community in this lonely air base.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

The rise of the famed gambler.

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

Ambientada en la postguerra japonesa tras la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Con la estructura del thriller americano y los convencionalismos japoneses, narra la historia de un joven detective al que roban su pistola. Agobiado por un sentimiento de deshonor más que de pérdida, emprende, con un veterano compañero, una frenética e incansable búsqueda que lo lleva a los bajos fondos de Tokyo.