Tiger Tanaka (archive footage)
Maud Adams narrates a tour of the locations of You Only Live Twice.
A documentary on Teruo Ishii, the Japanese "King of Cult"
The modern-day story of a man searching for a friend who has mysteriously disappeared, with a magical tale involving strange creatures, a heartbroken princess, and a pact that can't be broken. Conflicts between faith and skepticism, and between social obligation and personal desire drive the narrative toward a dramatic conclusion where the worlds of the real and the surreal inevitabl
Having lost both his mother and father, an 11-year-old city boy is sent to live with his grandparents in a small seaside village. Feeling responsible for his father's accidental death, he becomes increasingly introverted and finds himself unable to make friends with the local kids. Then an eccentric elderly doctor takes him under his wing, and tells him of an ancient ceremony where a sacred flame must be brought back from a remote island by a lone swimmer.
字廻組の組員・南は兄貴分の尾崎に生涯の忠誠を誓っていたが尾崎の言動がおかしくなった。狂いつつある尾崎に恐怖を感じた字廻は、南に尾崎を殺して死体を名古屋にあるヤクザの処理場で始末するよう命令する。悩みながら名古屋へ出発した南は、事故で尾崎を殺してしまう。ところが、途方に暮れて立ち寄った喫茶店でほんの少し目を離した間に、車中の尾崎の死体が消えてしまう。
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. The two respect and love their leader, Mr. Muto, like a father and the three share a firm bond. But their fate is sealed when the Family is involved in a conflict. Muto is unable to pay his share of funds for the oncoming battle but tells executives of the Family that he would fight at the front line instead. In the wish to protect Muto, Seiji has him arrested by the police. Ignoring the Family executives' mocks of "Muto escaped to prison", Seiji prepares for the battle and attacks like a demon on behalf of his boss...
At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.
Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Tiger Tanaka (archive footage) (uncredited)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ursula Andress and Diamonds Are Forever's Jill St. John), the documentary traced the evolution of the typical James Bond heroine from decorative damsel in distress to gutsy (but still decorative) participant in the action.
Tozaemon Iguchi
幕末の庄内地方。海坂藩の御蔵役を務める井口清兵衛は、夕方に仕事を終えると同僚の酒の誘いも断り真っ直ぐ自宅に帰り、家事と内職にいそしんでいた。認知症を抱える老母と幼い2人の娘の世話、そして労咳で死んだ妻の薬代や葬儀などで嵩んだ借金を返済するためだ。日々の暮らしに追われ、次第に身なりが薄汚れていく清兵衛。同僚の中には、そんな彼を陰で「たそがれ清兵衛」と呼んで小馬鹿にする者もいた。 春、清兵衛は親友の飯沼倫之丞と再会する。倫之丞は妹の朋江が酒乱の夫・甲田豊太郎に度々暴力を振るわれるため、離縁させたことを清兵衛にうちあける。
Sanada
After Kunisada's Yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.
Cat King (voice)
女子高生のハルは、車にひかれそうになっていた猫の国の王子ルーンを助けたことから、その恩返しとして猫の国に招待される。気楽な猫の世界にすっかり魅了され、「このまま猫になるのもいいかも」と思ったハルは、ルーンの妃候補にされ、猫の姿に変化させられてしまう。このままでは人間の世界に戻れないとあわてたハルは、猫の男爵バロンの助けを借り、元の姿に戻るため奮闘する。
Tetsuji Tokura
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Granpa Jinpei Katakuri
The Katakuri family has just opened their guest house in the mountains. Unfortunately their first guest commits suicide and in order to avoid trouble they decide to bury him in the backyard. Things get way more complicated when their second guest, a famous sumo wrestler, dies while having sex with his underage girlfriend and the grave behind the house starts to fill up more and more.
Remake of The Story of a Man Among Men (1984)
天明三年(1783年)。多くの財を築き上げた下総国佐原村の名主・伊能忠敬は隠居の身となり、念願の夢を果たすべく江戸に移った。その夢とは、子午線を測って地球の大きさを割り出すという途方もないもの。幕府天文方の高橋至時から教えを受けた忠敬は歩測を繰り返す中、幕府が蝦夷地の地図を欲しがっている事を知る。
In this contemporary documentary, the cast and the crew share their experiences of making the film.
ある日、三文小説家の小林紋三は、浅草レビューのスター水木蘭子の舞台を見物に行く。しかし彼は、隣の席に座った不気味な男が気になってしょうがない。舞台のあいだ中、うつむいたまま一度も顔を上げようとしないのだ。その帰り道、今度は、頭は大人で身体は子供の“一寸法師”が切り落とされた女の生腕を運んでいるのを目撃する。職業柄、その一寸法師に興味をそそられた紋三は独自調査を始める。その一方で、彼は友人の私立探偵・明智小五郎から水木蘭子の失踪を知る。それを発端として次々と猟奇事件が発生、紋三と明智は事件の解明に乗り出すが…。
Old Master
The eruption of Mt. Fuji in 1707 released hordes of demons from deep inside the earth. Sakuya, the young daughter of a samurai killed fighting these demons, accepts a mission to travel to Mt. Fuji and defeat the evil spirits. Accompanying her on her journey are two veteran warriors who served her father, and Tarō, a young kappa, or river spirit, whom she has adopted as her little brother. Along the way, the two warriors have doubts about Tarō’s loyalties, and the young kappa himself must decide if he will stand with his own species or with the humans who have cared for him.
Tetsuo Hatake
Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly truck driver Sumire and a mysterious mountaineer girl.
Utaemon Baba
Film director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from his boyhood. The two chase each other around, causing a lot of commotion.
Tajiro Kawakami
総会屋への多額の利益供与が発覚し、朝日中央銀行に東京地検特捜部の捜査が入ることになった。経営陣はパニックに陥り、政財界の大物でもある佐々木取締相談役の顔色ばかり窺う有様だった。そんな上層部の態度に奮起したミドル層と呼ばれる男たちは、銀行の悪しき因習を断ち切るべく再建のための戦いを開始する。
Asu Shino
From the king of the Japanese cult movie, Teruo Ishii! A controversial film in which actual cases that rocked modern-day Japan—including the sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo Cult—are dramatized with gruesome detail as their perpetrators stand trial in Hell. An angst-ridden girl, Rika, is carried off to Hell by an old woman she meets in a neighborhood park. There she gets a first-hand look at the excruciating agony of those found guilty—by Lucifer himself—of committing heinous crimes during their time on Earth.
Landlord
売れない漫画家のツベは今日も膨らむ一方の妄想を繰り広げていた。ツベの妄想はいつしか現実との境界が曖昧となり、夢とも現ともつかぬ世界の中、ツベは次々と奇妙な人たちと出会っていく…。
Osone
In 1929 the fossil of a 500,000 year old man is discovered in China. In 1941 the Japanese army confiscates this find, but during the war the remains disappear. Based on these factual events, this movie takes off with a science fiction story involving a space rocket which places a satellite in orbit containing a secret cargo. The satellite crashes on a remote island and footprints are found in the sand leading away from the crash site. A story of how an ancient primitive cave-dwelling family contends with the scientists who want to study them.
Hikaru, an ordinary man, discovers a way to unleash the supernatural powers hidden inside his soul, allowing him to cure others with his newfound “ki” healing power.
Pseudo-documentary sequel.
The tale of Taira Kiyomori who started as a young inexperienced warrior who led the Heike into the battle against the brutal pirates on Setouchi.
During the late Heian era in Japan a famous duel took place between the warrior monk Musashibo Benkei and a slender young man of high rank named Shanao. This was the battle at Gojo Bridge, and while Benkei had taken 999 sword from his vanquished opponents, he was soundly defeated by the young flute-playing samurai. Swearing allegiance to the superior swordsman, Benkei became his loyal vassal and accompanied the young man who went on to fame as Minamoto Yoshitsune, the general who defeated the Taira clan at the Battle of Dan no Ura thus leading the Genji over the Heike as the most powerful clan in the nation. With superb performances by some of Japan's greatest stars, including Satomi Kotaro and Tanba Tetsuro, history comes to life in this action-packed production.
TV movie based on the novel "The Tale of Genji" by Murasaki Shikibu, which tells about the life of Prince Hikaru Genji, who was nicknamed "Shining" by people for his dazzling noble beauty. In 1991, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of TBS' founding, it was released with a total production value of around 1.2 billion yen and aired in two parts.
The early days of the Tokugawa shogunate are brought to light in this exciting historical tale of broken vows and violent swordplay. In an ambush reminiscent of Miike’s 13 Assassins, although pre-dating that incident by 160 years, the heir to the shogun’s seat is brutally cut down by those who hope to install the emperor’s 5th son as military leader of the nation.
Two childhood friends find themselves caught in the midst of an all-out turf war between rival factions in the yakuza-stained region of Kyushu.
Master Zhang
Hard man Ricky is incarcerated in a futuristic prison where ultra-violence is his only means of survival in the corrupt, sadistic system. He must battle his way quite literally 'through' the feared 'gang of four', and undergo multiple tortures before facing the governor in one of the goriest climaxes ever seen.
A woman is being attacked by the yakuza of the Mitsuyoshi group ... A man with a pistol appears dashingly and shoots the yakuza without question now the yakuza want him dead
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest hostages. Realising his position, he invites the press inside and explains why he was driven to his crime.
Denkichi Tsuzaki
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Time Patrol leader
Three cute, sexy ninjas, around the age of 20, have been in training, building their powers for some vague future threat. Their destined mission becomes apparent when a handsome ninja from 400 years past drops from the sky into the hot tub of on of the girls. He comes with news of a grave threat: an evil industrialist has apparently joined forces with UFOs to take over Japan. The only solution, it seems, lies in the special talents of the three girls - notable as much for their martial arts as their skimpy costumes.
After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years.
Ryotaro Sakurazawa
The prestigious private Sakuraryo Gakuen, which has a 90-year tradition, has now lost its glory to the ground, and the back organization of the athletic club, the male “Black Warriors” and the female “Red Warriors”, have made use of them. One girl, Oda Yoko, who has transferred to such a school, sneaks into the principal's room to find out the truth of the death of her best friend, Atsushi Katayama
In between the original 1963 13 ASSASSINS film and the 2010 remake by Miike Takashi, Fuji TV produced a version for TV. Starring Nakadai Tatsuya and Natsuyagi Isao, with strong support from Tanba Tetsuro and Tanaka Ken, this is the ultimate tale of samurai justice carried out in a historical masterpiece. The shogun’s half-brother, Matsudaira Naritsugu has been slated to join the Roju Council of Elders as a senior adviser even though he is criminally insane. His outrageous acts cause one of his top retainers to commit ritual suicide in protest over his lord’s crimes. Alerted to these crimes, Roju Councilor Doi asks Inspector General Shmada Shinzaemon to assassinate Naritsugu before he can be seated on the council. Gathering a band of 13 (including himself), Shimada sets out on a death-defying journey to cut down the lord before he can reach Edo. Can a band of 13 samurai defeat the vile Naritsugu’s 200 man entourage and enact justice against his cruelty?
昭和２０年。戦争による被害が広がる中、内閣は霊能力者・辰宮雪子の能力により連合軍の幹部たちを呪い殺すための計画を進行していた。しかし、人々の怨みを受け復活を果した魔人・加藤保憲が再び帝都を破滅に導くために活動を開始する。
Jinzaburi Shinzaki
国際連盟を脱退し国際的に孤立していた日本は、国内でも政治不安、恐慌や経済不況が蔓延し国民の不満が高まっていた。 こうした状況を憂い憤っていた一部の帝国陸軍青年将校達はひそかに企てていた現政権を取り巻く元老、重臣を粛清し天皇陛下中心の国政を実現すべく昭和維新を実現すべく昭和８年2月２１日ついにそれぞれの部隊を巻き込んで決起するが、国民を正義に導くはずの彼らの行動は次第にその思惑とはかけ離れた方向に陥っていく。
Takeo Sakanishi
関西のヤクザ、坂西組の三代目組長・坂西武雄が倒れて入院、妻の葉月が一万五千人余の組員を抱えて切り盛りしていた。組長代行の舎弟頭・寺田は組の企業化を進めて四代目を狙っている。そんな時、坂西のためなら命もいとわない子飼いの若頭補佐・赤松が出所してきた。赤松には権力志向はないが、一部の幹部に推す者がおり、三代目の死をきっかけに主導権争いが起こった。また、赤松をめぐって葉月とクラブ“ローズタトウ”のママ、野方操は激しく女の情念の火花を散らす。赤松は瀬戸にある坂西の生家に葉月を訪ね、寺田が入れ札で四代目組長に決まったことを報告した。
Hotta Masamori
時の将軍である徳川家光は次男の徳松を溺愛し、長男の竹千代を亡き者にしようとしていた。竹千代は幕府の刺客に襲われるが、腕に覚えのある浪人たちに助けられ事なきを得た。元服式のため江戸城への出仕を命じられた竹千代は、石河刑部ら浪人たちに守られながら江戸城へ向かう。道中、幕府の刺客たちが次々に現れ、浪人たちは命がけで竹千代を守り続けるのだった。
Writer
心霊学と霊界の研究家としても知られる俳優の丹波哲郎のベストセラー「丹波哲郎の大霊界」の映画化作品。 学会へ出席する途中に事故に遭い死亡した物理学者の曽我隆が、霊人キヨに導かれて霊界へ行き、様々な冒険を繰り広げながら、人間界へ転生するチャンスを探る。
General Manager
心霊学と霊界の研究家としても知られる俳優の丹波哲郎のベストセラー「丹波哲郎の大霊界」の映画化作品。 学会へ出席する途中に事故に遭い死亡した物理学者の曽我隆が、霊人キヨに導かれて霊界へ行き、様々な冒険を繰り広げながら、人間界へ転生するチャンスを探る。
Idea
心霊学と霊界の研究家としても知られる俳優の丹波哲郎のベストセラー「丹波哲郎の大霊界」の映画化作品。 学会へ出席する途中に事故に遭い死亡した物理学者の曽我隆が、霊人キヨに導かれて霊界へ行き、様々な冒険を繰り広げながら、人間界へ転生するチャンスを探る。
吉野博士
心霊学と霊界の研究家としても知られる俳優の丹波哲郎のベストセラー「丹波哲郎の大霊界」の映画化作品。 学会へ出席する途中に事故に遭い死亡した物理学者の曽我隆が、霊人キヨに導かれて霊界へ行き、様々な冒険を繰り広げながら、人間界へ転生するチャンスを探る。
Mr. Dota
A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick.
Sadohara
地上げ屋同士の熾烈な攻防戦が吹き荒れるバブル期の東京。オフィスビルの建設ラッシュを機に、政治家・建設業者・商社・銀行が結託して巨額の利益を上げんと欲望を燃え上がらせていた。 そんな中、代議士の漆原は天の道教団の管長・鬼沢に目をつける。鬼沢は宗教を隠れ蓑に風俗業など数々の商売をし、さらにヤクザを操り地上げの嵐を吹き荒らしていた。しかもそれらの商売による収益を宗教法人に入金して課税を免れていた。 「宗教活動以外での所得は課税対象となる」という税法を盾に、やり手査察官・板倉亮子をはじめとする国税局査察部・通称マルサは鬼沢の内偵調査を行う。亮子は大蔵省のエリート官僚・三島を引きつれ鬼沢の身辺調査に入るが、教団信者やヤクザ達の妨害に遭い、調査は難航。ようやく脱税のシッポを掴んだマルサは強制調査に着手し、鬼沢の取調べが行われるが、鬼沢は頑として脱税を認めず、逆ギレして地上げの正当性を主張する。 そんな中、鬼沢の手下が射殺される。査察部は脱税を隠蔽するために鬼沢が「トカゲの尻尾」のように切り捨てたのではないかと疑うが、やがて鬼沢本人が狙撃される事件が発生。危うく難を逃れたが、鬼沢も「トカゲの尻尾」、つまり使い捨てられる駒でしかなかったのだ。 鬼沢の地上げした土地ではビルの着工を前に地鎮祭が行われる。鬼沢を背後で操って自らは手を汚すことなく利益を得た大臣・代議士・企業幹部が談笑する。その姿を少数の同僚とともにフェンス越しに隠れて見つめていた亮子は、やりきれなさに唇を噛む。 一方、鬼沢は自分の墓に巨額の財産を隠していた。最後に笑ったのは鬼沢であった。
Known as the ”Last Samurai” Saigo Takamori was a stout giant of a man with a huge head and a neck like a bear. As the leader of Satsuma’s anti-Western faction, he was instumental in establishing the Sat-Cho Alliance dreamed of by Sakamoto Ryoma. After the fall of the Tokugawa, Saigo rose to major prominence before falling in disfavor. In 1876 Saigo Takamori resigned from his government post and went back to Kagoshima. He founded a local military school and dissatisfied samurai gathered around him in large numbers. In late 1876 it came to an open conflict when samurai rebels raided and occupied ammunition and weapon depots of the central government. The samurai rebels urged and proclaimed Saigo Takamori as their leader. While the Tom Cruise movie fictionalized Saigo’s life story, this is history come to life in the most exciting rendition with an all-star cast that is not to be missed!
大正７年、春。女学校を出たての花村紅緒は、料理・裁縫は苦手だが、竹刀を持てば天下無敵、袴姿で自転車走らすハイカラ娘だった。そんな彼女の前に、伊集院忍という名の帝国陸軍少尉の許婚が現れた。早速、伊集院家で行儀見習いをすることになった紅緒だが、心の中では政略結婚を嫌い反発していた。ある日、紅緒は忍が芸者と親しくしているのを目撃し、ヤケ酒を飲み泥酔、軍人相手の喧嘩をし危ないところを忍に助けてもらうが、事件を雑誌掲載されたことから忍は小倉の部隊へ左遷されてしまう。
Grandpa (voice)
The cockroaches of Saito's apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro's relationship, but of the hive's entire way of life.
Naomi, a corporate heiress from Japan, vacations to Hong Kong with her two colleagues. Bored, she sneaks out to visit the city and befriends a local rock band and, appreciative of the company, later helps the members with their debit issues. Meanwhile, Naomi's colleagues received news that the big boss of their company succumbed to a heart attack and that Naomi must sign a document to prevent the company from being turned over to a corrupt executive. The colleagues try to locate Naomi, just as a relationship develops between her and the band leader.
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very demanding practices which might eventually bring about spiritual purification and realization. Various Zen schools offered students a lengthy path, literally composed of a blank wall and unceasing meditation. Yet another school (Tendai) emphasized complex metaphysics and the study of philosophical systems. Basically, all of them were designed to cater to the few who were able to give up everything else in their lives and focus on liberation, such as scholars and noblemen. In this historical and biographical drama, this is the situation that the young Shinran (1173-1263) discovered when he began exploring Buddhism as an alternative to the violence and ceaseless civil wars that racked Japan at the time.
Isaburo Tamura
A woman faces betrayal, which tests her love.
Keizo Hasegawa
Adventures of a young high school teacher and his oddball students.
Panapora Chief Handa
初監督作品が高く評価された根本昌平は、主演女優の衣笠不二子と結婚した。しかし映画は興行的にはまったく振るわず、その後１本の映画も撮ることなく歳月が過ぎる。ある日、以前CM撮影で訪れた南の島アラニアの酋長から、日本に行くので4月1日に根本家に立ち寄るとのエアメールが届く。
Yakuza boss
栗本薫の同名小説を「上海バンスキング」の田中陽造が脚色し、製作者でもある角川春樹が「愛情物語」に続いて監督した、角川映画十周年記念作品。薬師丸ひろ子や原田知世をはじめ、豪華なゲスト出演が話題になった。 大学のジャズ・サークルに所属する俊一は、本物のジャズの音を求め、大学生活と決別して場末のキャバレー〈スターダスト〉でサックスを吹いている。店の片隅にある指定席で、いつも決まって「レフト・アローン」をリクエストする男がいた。それは菊川組の代貸を務める滝川だった。滝川の暗殺計画をたまたま耳にした俊一が本人に知らせたため、計画を未然に防ぐことができた。こうして俊一は、徐々に組織同志の抗争やキャバレー従業員の人間関係に巻き込まれていくのだった。 allcinema ONLINE
This is the story of the 47 ronin of the Ako clan who rose up to avenge the brutal death of their beloved master Asano Takumi-no-kami after his failed attack on the vile Lord Kira led to his being ordered to commit ritual suicide in a garden on the grounds of the shogun's palace.
A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change. —Jim Beaver
1980年代の日本を代表する2大アイドル、近藤真彦と中森明菜という超大物同士の顔合わせが実現。公開前から大きく注目を集めたが、さぞロマンティックな映画になるかと思いきや（宣伝コピーは「いのちいっぱい恋をします。」だった）、いきなり宇宙の場面で幕を開けるという壮大なスケールに当時の観客たちは驚愕。近藤演じる青年と中森演じる難病の少女の運命的な熱愛を描くが、精神世界という意外な方向に転じていくのもびっくり。日本映画好きの間で語り継がれているのも納得の怪作だ。監督は舛田利雄。
Japanese comedy film.
During the Showa era, a young yakuza survives war and injury and rises to become a clan boss with the help and respect of his sworn brothers.
Ishikura
Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and instead joins the ground crew. It chronicles the entire history of the famous fighter from the first prototype test flights all through the war.
The life and times of Kûkai, a Japanese monk who studies Esoteric Buddhism in the far reaches of India, China and Tibet, then uses their combined influence to establish the Shingon school during the Heian period in early 9th Century AD.
Yagyu Munefuyu
Rumors are circulating that the shogunate is losing control of some feudal domains. Lord Yagyu Munefuyu is assigned to deal with the problem and the rebellious clans will be crushed! Meanwhile, a former vassal of the Kazama clan is shot and killed. Moments later a second man is killed by a mysterious master swordsman. Matsudaira Choshichiro and his companions arrive at the crime scene and find a new type of repeating gun. The carved seal on the gun stock belong to the Saiga; a ninja clan abolished by the shogunate many years ago. The blame for the murders is placed on the Kazama clan. Are they guilty or is this a wise cunning plan by Lord Yagyu to be able to destroy the Kazama clan? Choshichiro sets out to reveal the truth and try to save the doomed Kazama clan! In his way are the Owari, Lord Yagyu and his ninja assassins, and the mysterious master swordsman! Will Choshichiro prevail against impossible odds...?
Murder case.
組長の命令で新人歌手売り出しに狂奔するやくざの姿を描く任侠コメディ！小林信彦原作の同名小説の映画化で横山やすし初主演作。
Set in the Kyushu area of the Edo period. This is a large-length bizarre story that incorporates elements such as mysteries and adventures surrounding hidden gold mines.
Kochi Notable
大正元年、太田勝造は呂鶴と駆け落ちし娘の桃若をもうけるが、呂鶴は追っ手に殺害されてしまう。勝造は桃若を連れて高知の遊郭「陽暉楼」を訪れる。二十年後、桃若は陽暉楼の売れっ子になっていた。勝造は大阪に珠子という女を囲っていたが、珠子は呂鶴に瓜二つの桃若に激しく嫉妬、陽暉楼に身を売ろうとするが女将に断られてしまう。
Yamamoto
The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.
Kanetaka Okamura
「砂の器」の名コンビである松本清張(原作・脚色)と野村芳太郎監督のコンビによる、推理サスペンス・ドラマ。桃井かおりと岩下志麻を主役に迎え、自動車事故で死亡した富山の財閥と、その夫人に着せられた保険金殺人の疑惑を辣腕女弁護士が解明してみせる。富豪の後妻に桃井かおりが扮し、その独特のエロキューションや、悪女と呼ばれる女のふてぶてしさ、可愛らしさを見事に表現。対する女弁護士には岩下志麻が扮し、終始毅然とした“理性の女”ぶりを発揮。そのクールな表情は、時としてホラー映画さながらの冷徹さを見せるほど。 この“理と情”のシンボルとも言えるふたりの女を、野村監督の演出は見事な対比で描いて見せ、事件の概要をも彼女らの言動を通して観客がすんなり理解出来るあたりの手腕はさすが。また桃井の後妻は過去に関する描写にウエイトを置いている一方、岩下の弁護士は離婚歴があり、夫側にいる娘とのやりとりを通してしか、「なぜ、彼女がそういう女になったか?」について言及していない、この描きわけが面白い。観客としては当然、桃井の悪女のほうに感情移入しがちなのだが、その彼女の窮状を救うのが、岩下の冷静な判断力と推理であるあたりの皮肉とカタルシスが、爽快な後味を与えている。ただし判決確定後、ふたりの女が交わす本音のやりとりは、両女優の演技合戦という意味も含めて、世の男性諸氏を恐怖のどん底にたたき落とすほどの壮絶さ。ご注意を。
Hideki Tojo
Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.
Kotiyama is a swindler and extortionist, the head of a whole gang of crooks, usually posing as a poor monk; once he really took vows, but he was kicked out of the monastery long ago. He is enterprising, smart and not too cruel, so his accomplices love him. Posing as an envoy from the abbot of the Kennei Temple, Kotiama plays a show in front of Lord Matsue with an income of 150,000 koku, and extorts money from him. The film is based on the famous play by Kawatake Mokuami.
Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
土佐の侠客である鬼龍院政五郎は、大正10年に松恵という養女を取った。松恵は政五郎の身の回りの世話をしながら成長する。政五郎は末長という男と対立していたが、末長の妻が経営する料亭からさらった娘つるを妾にした。つるは翌年、政五郎の娘を出産。娘は花子と名付けられた。花子が女学生になったころ、政五郎は高校教師の田辺と知り合い意気投合、十六歳になった花子の婿にしようとする。しかし田辺は松恵と愛し合うようになっていた。
Sugibayashi
稲川圭子（小林麻美）は、婚約者の田村樹生（小林薫）のことで神経科医の会沢（高橋悦史）を訪ねた。樹生の三人の兄が次々と蒸発するという謎の事件が続き、そして今度は自分が蒸発してしまうのではないかという強迫観念にとらわれて樹生がノイローゼに陥ってしまったのだ。まるで神隠しにあうかのように忽然と人が消える。その事件を解く鍵として、会沢は樹生に夢の記述を勧める。夢という形で近い将来に起こることを予見する本能が人間にはあるのだという。樹生と圭子はやがて三人の蒸発には奇妙な関連があることに気付くのだが…。
Jisaburo Ozawa
昭和15年、船大工の小田切武市は、ひとり息子の正人が海軍兵学校に合格したと聞き、大喜び。一方、考古学者の本郷は、長男の英一が自分の反対を押し切って海軍少尉となったのに引きかえ、次男の真二が自分と同じ学問の道に進むと聞いて、ほっと胸をなでおろす。翌年、日本はハワイの真珠湾を攻撃して太平洋戦争が勃発。たえず死と隣り合わせにある英一は、恋人の陽子と結婚するが、彼女に指一本触れることなく戦場に舞い戻る。
Gozaburo Saito
Saito Masao reminisces on the days of his youth more than 50 years ago and his forbidden love of his older cousin Tamiko. When he was 15, Tamiko moved in to take care of his sickly mother. The two quickly fell in love with each other but were inevitably forced by their family to live separate lives.
Lord Yamato
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
Muramasa
寛永の時代のある夜、島原の乱で殉死したはずの天草四郎が再び命を取り戻す。彼は自分と同じように不本意な死に追いやられた人々を集め、時の将軍家綱に復讐を開始するが、彼ら魔界衆の前に柳生十兵衛が敢然と立ちふさがった。
The story is set in Bakumatsu and revolves around the Bunta Sugawara character, a yakuza (of course :) but instead of a modern yakuza/gangster, he's a gambler/bakuto). After he kills someone and gets wound, is saved by a blind woman (Mitsuko Baishô), who took care of him. They has a happy time under the protection of the Tomisaburo Wakayama character, an oybun. But of course, happy time doesn't last long. The story is also related to Okada Izo and the Shinsengumi (w/ Kondo Isami played by Makoto Sato)
Tozawa Hakuunsai
伊賀の忍者・百地三太夫の一族が、将監に滅ぼされて10余年後、中国で修行を積んだ三太夫の遺児・鷹丸は残党と再会。豊臣への復讐と一族の復興を誓う！百地三太夫の残党と、秀吉の一味、徳川の忍者・服部半蔵などが絡み合い、壮絶な死闘が繰り広げられる痛快時代劇アクション。真田広之のデビュー作。
Akiji Nishikawa
Gentaro Kodama
日露戦争における激戦地・二百三高地での帝国陸軍の戦いを描いた歴史スペクタクル。
A Young couple find a boad buried under a beach,and are taken to another world where they must face a Deadly cult who want to sacrifice them.
Director
A Young couple find a boad buried under a beach,and are taken to another world where they must face a Deadly cult who want to sacrifice them.
Screenplay
A Young couple find a boad buried under a beach,and are taken to another world where they must face a Deadly cult who want to sacrifice them.
Executive Producer
A Young couple find a boad buried under a beach,and are taken to another world where they must face a Deadly cult who want to sacrifice them.
President Sakakibara
About Soviet and Japanese volley-ball players who are both rivals and friends. The events cover the period from the 1976 Montreal Olympics to the eve of XXII Olympics in Moscow.
Tatsuo Akashi
The 224-minute compilation edition of Battles Without Honor and Humanity compiles these four movies: Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Deadly Fight in Hiroshima, Proxy War, Police Tactics
Kato Kiyomasa
関ヶ原の戦いに敗れた真田幸村は、高野山麓に身を潜めながら、天下統一を成さんとする徳川家康の首をうかがっていた。そんな折、父の昌幸が家康の策にかかり命を落とす。幸村は、打倒家康のため全国から腕利きを集めるべく、戸沢白雲斎のもとを訪ねるが、家康への協力を拒んだために、既に服部半蔵に殺されていた。師を亡くした猿飛佐助が仲間に加わり、白雲斎の残した“草の者”人名帖を頼りに、次々と忍びの者たちが幸村のもとへ集められた。かくして、ここに真田十勇士が結成された！
戦後、東大法学部の学生が設立した金融会社“太陽クラブ”は急成長を遂げたが、メンバーの隅田がヤミ金融容疑で検挙され焼身自殺を図る。残された鶴岡は新たに六甲商事を設立し、企業から次々と金を騙し取った。東京地検の福永検事は鶴岡をマークするが、彼は証拠を残さずに犯罪を繰り返すのだった。
Okitsugu Tanuma
老中・田沼意次が幕政を裏で操り、金権政治による腐敗が世にはびこる徳川10代将軍・家治の時代。市民生活の舞台裏では、金で殺しを請け負う“闇の狩人”たちが暗躍していた。ある事件をきっかけに記憶を失っていた浪人の谷川はひょんなことから闇の狩人の元締めのひとり、五名の下で働くようになる。やがて五名は、元北前藩の悪徳家老・下国左門から、お家再興を願う元藩士たちを亡き者にするよう殺しの依頼を受けるのだが…。
An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?
Yanagisawa
「柳生一族の陰謀」の深作欣二と萬屋錦之介が忠臣蔵に挑んだ大型時代劇。様式美にとらわれないドキュメンタリータッチの作風で描く。 吉良上野介に対し刃傷に及んだ浅野内匠頭が切腹させられ、赤穂はお家断絶となり、領地を召し上げられてしまう。大石内蔵助は家臣たちから誓紙血判を集め、仇討ちの準備を始める。
Army General Mikami
岩手で不審なトラックを追跡したパトカーが銃撃される事件が発生。陸上自衛隊の警務部長・江見は、内閣調査室の利倉とともに捜査を進め、一部の自衛隊員によるクーデター計画《皇帝のいない八月》の存在を知る。同じころ、かつて江見の部下だった藤崎はクーデターに加わる一部隊を率い、博多発東京行きの特急さくら号を乗っ取る。だが政府による鎮圧作戦が始まり、藤崎の隊は孤立。藤崎は最後の手段で乗客たちを殺すと脅す。
Kichibei
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan.
Lawyer Kikuchi
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.
Ernest Noguchi
深作欣二がスターウォーズブームの中製作した便乗映画。ストーリーは里見八犬伝に材を採っていたりと安直な部分もあるが、ビック・モローの起用、原寸大のリアベ号の建造など話題性は充分だった。『スター・ウォーズ』に比べ特撮の出来は見劣りはするものの、合成を使わずに戦闘機の追跡シーンを作り上げた点などが海外では高く評価された。 アンドロメダ星雲の惑星ジルーシアは皇帝ロクセイア12世の率いるガバナス帝国の侵略によって「惑星大要塞」へと改造されてしまっていた。ジルーシア人の大酋長キドは奇跡の救い手の勇者を求め、「聖なるリアベの実」8個を宇宙へと放ち、キドの孫娘エメラリーダと戦士のウロッコ2名に、実を追って勇者を迎えに行くように指示した。だがロクセイアはぬかりなく追撃の宇宙戦艦を発進させる。 リアベの実は、銀河系の地球連邦の植民惑星ミラゼリアで、軍に失望して辞職した元将軍のガルダ、宇宙暴走族の若者シローとアロン、チンピラのジャック、富豪令嬢のメイア5名の元に届く。 若者達は「宇宙ボタル」の採集中に難破したエメラリーダの宇宙船を見つけ、エメラリーダとウロッコを救い出すが、2人から使命を聞かされて戸惑う。ガルダは若者達の様子を見て、実を返却して参加を固辞してしまう。シロー等はメイアには内緒で、他の勇者を紹介すると嘘をつき、息子の嫁探しをしていた老婆にエメラリーダを売ってしまう。老婆とエメラリーダはその後ガバナスの追跡部隊に捕縛されてしまう。 メイアはシロー等の行動を知り大いに怒る。改心した若者達は協力してジルーシア救出の準備を開始する。メイアの宇宙艇をシロー・アロンの小型艇を搭載できるように改修し、ジルーシアへと向かう。その途中でリアベの実を持つガバナス人のハンスが加わる。ハンスはロクセイアに地位を簒奪された、ガバナスの本来の皇位継承者だった。 一方、ガバナスは地球の美しさに魅了され、地球連邦へと無条件降伏を迫る。 その混乱の最中、ガルダと合流したシローたち6名は、惑星要塞の破壊とエメラーリダ救出のため、ガバナスの要塞内へと侵入。残る2名の仲間も集い、8名はロクセイアとの対決に挑む。
Ogasawara Gensinsai
Following the death of the second Tokugawa shogun, it is revealed that he was poisoned by retainers of his son Iemitsu in hopes of gaining him the shogunate despite the stammer and birthmark which undermine his respect. Iemitsu and his brother Tadanaga become bitter rivals for the shogunate, and the land is split into factions, eventually erupting into warfare. Iemitsu's mentor, his fencing instructor Yagyu, is fixated upon securing Iemitsu the shogunate and ends up betraying everyone, even his own family, in pursuit of the goal.
Iinuma
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.
Captain Munekata
Terrorists hijack an oil tanker and threaten to blow it up unless Japan meets their demands.
Colonel Kojima
明治34年 ロシアとの戦争が差し迫っている中、ロシアの厳しい冬の気候での戦闘経験の乏しい日本軍は寒冷地での戦闘訓練の必要を痛切に感じていた。そこで極寒の気候である青森県八甲田山において雪中行軍演習を執り行うことを決定した。雪中行軍において既に実績を持つ青森歩兵第五連隊神田大尉および第三十一連隊徳島大尉に真冬での八甲田山行軍遂行命令が下る。事前の予備調査では少人数で天候にも恵まれていたため特に問題とはならなかったが、これが冬の八甲田山を軽視する方向に進んでいってしまう。八甲田行軍が始まると事前調査とは比べ物にならないほど天候が荒れ始め、気象記録から過去最大級の低気圧が接近しているため演習の中止を進言する神田大尉であったが、演習責任者である彼を差し置いて同行していた上官は演習中止を許さず冬山を軽視したまま極寒地獄の修羅場となる八甲田山へ死の行軍を続けてしまうのであった…
In the early hours of April 13th, a five year old hemophiliac child was kidnapped by someone from Tanemura General Hospital in Tokyo, Setagaya. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Inspector Kitahara, who received the report, goes quickly to the Tanemura home, along with other police to speak to the family of the child. Then, suddenly, the phone rings. The kidnapper wants money.
Arashuk
A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes off at a certain moment to look for his luck in the gold rush in Alaska. But he does not forget them.
Nīto Kouken
越前福井藩きっての臆病者といわれている若侍双子六兵衛が突如、誰も引き受け手のない「上意討ち」を買って出た。相手は藩主が可愛がっていた御側小姓加納平兵衛を意趣あって斬り、退藩した藩のお抱え武芸者仁藤昂軒で、剣術と槍の名人であった。六兵衛には、もちろん剣の腕はあるはずもない。ある夏の日、妹かねのとめるのもきかず六兵衛は、太陽の照りつける北国路を昂軒を追って旅に出た。
Captain Saito
二次防の主力戦闘機選定をめぐり暗躍する商社とそれらと癒着する政財界の暗部を描いた山崎豊子の同名小説を映画化した社会派ドラマ。近畿商事は、総予算一兆円を越すとも言われる二次防主力戦闘機選定をめぐって、他商社との血みどろの攻防を繰り広げていた。やがて、その攻防は当然のように政界への“実弾”攻撃合戦へと発展していく。
Yusaku Matsuda plays an ex-boxer who killed an opponent during a fight. He is brought into a school to deal with a gang of disruptive students led by Hiroshi Tachi.
『人間革命』の続編。創価学会を設立した戸田城聖のその後を描く。一人の人間における偉大な人間革命は、やがて一国の宿命の転換をも成し遂げ、さらに全人類の宿命の転換をも可能にする。
Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.
Rinsei
ジャズ、銃声、GI、闇市･･･殺しと略奪が支配する非情の街、神戸。敗戦後間もないこの無法地帯に、雑草のごとく誕生したギャングの一団があった。横暴を極める極悪人たちを震え上がらせるこの一味が、その日限りのマシンガン、カービン銃、ハジキ、バズーカ砲をブッ放し、非情なまでに暴れまくる！
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.
Captain Munekata
Thriller about hijackers taking control of an oil tanker and threatening to blow it all up in Tokyo Bay.
Sunaga
新幹線の乗客を人質にとった爆弾脅迫事件が発生した。爆弾は走行中の新幹線に仕掛けられており、列車の速度が時速80キロ以下になると爆発するという。巧みなポイント切り替えによって、新幹線は速度を維持したまま南下していく。だが、その終点は間近に迫りつつあった。
Lu Chun I
Based on one of China's enduring epic novels, written in the 14th century, "All Men Are Brothers" continues the patriotic story of righteous warriors battling despotic leaders, featuring mythic characters familiar to every Chinese, and with a cast that has achieved an equally celebrated status among Shaw Brothers devotees.
Shugi
空手ブームに新風を吹き込んだ超人アクション映画「直撃！地獄拳」の第2弾。先祖ゆずりの甲賀忍法を駆使する甲賀、自称世界一の金庫破り・桜、元警視庁刑事・隼たちが宝石“ファラオの星”を巡ってマフィアの殺し屋と対決、果ては大空中戦を繰り広げる、スリルとスピード、パンチと笑いに満ち溢れたダイナミック・アクション巨編！
Detective Imanishi
ある日、国鉄蒲田操車場構内で扼殺死体が発見された。被害者の身許が分らず、捜査は難航した。が、事件を担当した今西、吉村の両刑事の執念の捜査がやがて、ひとりの著名な音楽家・和賀英良を浮かび上がらせる…。
The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.
Himself
A documentary about the 1974 film Prophecies of Nostradamus, released to coincide with the latter's release. It featured several prophets and experts on meteorology and food ecology giving their respective takes on the 1999 apocalypse which Nostradamus predicted. Performers Hiroshi Itsuki, Shizue Abe and Linda Yamamoto appeared as well as the film's stars, Tetsuro Tanba, Yoko Tsukasa, Toshio Kurosawa and Yumi Kaoru.
Dr. Nishiyama
Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late. As the effects of mankind's tampering of the earth - radioactive smog clouds, hideously mutated animals, destruction of the ozone layer - rage out of control, the world leaders hurtle blindly toward the final confrontation. The film sparked controversy in Japan and was subsequently pulled out of circulation, with no official video release of the uncut film.
Nagumo
Agent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich politician's daughter is kidnapped by a ruthless gang. Agent Zero is let out of prison with the mission of going undercover to find the politician's daughter and return her safely. Using her deadly red handcuffs, she disposes of the criminals one by one.
Shimamura Kansai
インテリやくざ・安藤昇、ゴロやくざ・菅原文太、金筋やくざ・小林旭、影の顔役・丹波哲郎の＜BIG4＞が暴力街に集結した！全国制覇を狙う関西広域暴力団が、遂に最後の拠点・東京に進出してきた。銀座のクラブ買収を口火に、関西VS関東の凄まじいやくざ戦争の幕が切って落とされる!!巨匠・五社英雄監督が、アクション映画の醍醐味を存分に盛り込み描いた大スペクタクル暴力巨編！
Prime Minister Yamamoto
深海潜水艦・わだつみのなかで日本海溝の異変に気づいた小野寺と田所博士。二人は政界・財界のトップによる“D計画”のために働くことになり、綿密な調査の上、恐るべき推測に到達する。日本列島が海に沈もうとしているのだ……。小松左京の大ベストセラーの映画化。
Based on the comic Gokuburi Deka.
This biopic of notorious yakuza-turned-actor Noboru Ando focuses on the days leading to his arrest after the shooting of businessman Hideki Yokoi.
Tatsuo Akashi
昭和35年の広島市繁華街、白昼にやくざの杉原が殺される。所詮、ばくちのもつれによる殺しだが杉原は病気療養中の村岡組長の舎弟であり、彼の死で村岡組の跡目が空席となる。組の継承は組長から直盃を下ろされた者のみ資格があり順当にいけば村岡舎弟である打本昇[打本組]のはずだが、杉原の仇を討たないため周囲から推されずにいた。
1973年9月8日、『人間革命』のタイトルで東宝と創価学会系のシナノ企画の共同製作で映画化された
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.
Set loose in a postwar world with no rules, an ex-juvenile delinquent begins building the most powerful gang in Tokyo's glittering Shibuya ward.
Shino
A Ronin with a death wish reluctantly joins the Clan of the Forgotten Eight, a nasty crew of ronin who are wrapped up in a clan war over local prostitution.
Kagemetsuke
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 adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
In the gaudy world of 1930s Shinjuku, a violent youth known as Bakudan Match tangles explosively with prostitutes, politicians and the police.
Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
A professional lone-wolf hitman comes to his blood brother's aid when his boss is brutally murdered by an unknown yakuza faction.
Jade Unicorn, Lu Chun I
『三国志』とならぶ中国の長編古典史劇を、‘香港のクロサワ‘チャン・ツェーが映画化したスペクタクル超大作。ショウ・ブラザースの男性スター総出演に加えて日本から黒沢年男（現・年雄）、丹波哲郎をむかえ、みごと第10回台湾金馬奨優秀作品に選ばれた。
Sergeant Katsuo Togashi
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits continues to deny her a pension. Twenty-six years after the war, she seeks out four survivors of her husband's garrison. Each tells a dramatically different story about her husband's conduct, but she is determined to learn the truth.
Cristóvão Ferreira
17世紀の長崎。キリシタン弾圧が激化する中、2人のポルトガル人宣教師が秘かに来日する。
20年前に渡来した恩師の行方を捜すためである。
キチジローに案内され隠れキリシタンの村にかくまわれるが、金のため役人に密告されてしまう…。
A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind.
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurata as a yakuza supervising a dockworker's union. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, at odds with both the dockworkers' leader (Tomisaburo Wakayama) and sadistic, unprincipled bosses (Fumio Watanabe and Tetsuro Tamba).
Genryu Asakura
After going to prison for killing the boss of the Kanno gang, Seji Iwahashi (Tatsuya Nakadai) gets released early -- only to find that his former gang has merged with the Kannos. But with bitter resentments lingering on both sides, how long will it be before the bloodshed begins anew? Set in 1926 Japan, this serpentine crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha also stars Toshio Kurosawa and Isao Natsuyagi as Iwahashi's closest ally.
Lieutenant General Isamu Cho
国内最大の激戦となった沖縄戦の全貌を圧倒的な迫力で映像化した戦争大作！太平洋戦争で日本が経験した唯一の国内戦として多数の犠牲者を生んだ悲劇の沖縄決戦を、岡本喜八監督が壮大なスケールで描いた戦争大作。１９７１年の沖縄返還協定調印という当時の時局を背景に製作された。敗色濃厚な日本軍は、連合軍を沖縄で食い止めるため、大量の兵力を注ぎ込んだ。しかし連合軍の空爆によって、沖縄第三十二軍はあえなく四散、やがて米軍の上陸をゆるしてしまう・・・。
Chief Inspector
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has broken up, and only a few people still respect him. So he becomes a consultant to another gang who are about to be clobbered by a much larger gang moving in from out of town. Aiba proves a crafty tactician, and does very well at playing gangs off against each other in order to save the smaller gang. His advice is not always taken by those he tries to help, but he is generally proved right.
Kuroki
Everybody's chasing a diamond in Sadao Nakajima's crime/action/drama. It was a based on a novel by Tsusai Sugawara, who was a Japanese writer and political figure campaigning against drugs, prostitution and sexually transmitted diseases.
In 1943 Japan is facing defeat. This makes Shinkichi, a straight, selfless student-patriot, ever more restless. He can no longer stand his soft "behind-the- gun" role of munition factory worker. School-mates one after another are going to the front, where he feels he should be. The last straw is an official report of his father's death in the Battle of Attu in the Aleutian Islands. He rushes to the naval air corps training camp at Tsuchiura along with his close school-mates Naito, Yamada, Saito and Tagawa as Volunteer pilot trainees leaving his mother and sweetheart weeping and helpless.
Soshun Kochiyama
An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo's red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.
Hyoe
Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she loves. The official puts a reward on her head of fifty gold pieces and soon a menagerie of bounty hunters are after her skin. Three of them band together to accomplish this, one an expert swordsman, another a huge judo master and the third is deadly with a chain. To escape, she heads for the fishing town of Itso but soon comes face to face with Sankuro, the swordsman...
A reformed gangster agrees to help a former yakuza member.
An honorable yakuza syndicate deeply rooted in Kyoto fights for survival when a new breed of gangsters threaten their very existence.
Samurai
At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.
Junko Fuji returns as Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebed to their generosity, she stays to work for the village and promises to leave her yakuza ways behind. When a dispute breaks out for the gambling rights to a local festival, the villagers are harrassed by a gang of thugs. When the harrassment turns violent, Oryu must decide wither to keep her promise or protect the villagers.
Nomi-gumi, who plans to control Tama City, has begun to hurt Takase-gumi. Muraki, an executive, was entrusted with the destruction, but he was a brother of Takase-gumi's substitute, Tsukada. Muraki, who missed Tsukada and the old days at Tsukada's wife Shizue's shop, took the future of turning to the enemy painfully.
After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fights Kijima and Ôba gain control of the territory by chasing out the notorious Togawa Group in the name of Sakurada. But Kijima is arrested for assaulting an American soldier. A few years pass. Kijima has served his prison term and the sears of war have been erased from Ginza. Ôba is now president of a company specializing in collection of bad debts, cheque frauds and everything that means money. People call their organization the “Private Police,” and Kijima begins to work for Ôba. Now the Takegami gang waits a chance to seize the Ginza territory.
Authentic action drama of modern gangsters.
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
Rokugo Tatewaki
A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.
Kuroki
A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.
Commander
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land. The old man haunts the landlord from the grave. Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlord's factory.
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
The first in what would become Toei's most successful, longest-running bosozoku film series. It lasted from 1968 till 1972 through sixteen films.
Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki (Horoki Matsukata) quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.
Tetsuya Watari, a modern youth idol, co-stars with Tetsuro Tamba for the first time, and a young man who survives freely is an action giant who swings down the iron arm of justice and anger toward evil
Tetsuji Kasai
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
Lieutenant Colonel Akiyama
Kazuo, a Japanese army intelligence agent, reveals a foreign intelligence network in Japan and then sent to Borneo Island with a special mission.
A 1967 crime film
Bungo, fulfilling his duty as a yakuza, kills a man from a rival gang. Since then, he has escaped the clan's vengeance by staying on the road with his son Kenichi. Tired of running, the two settle in a mountain town. Bungo finds work as a lumberjack for the Iwasaki family and Kenichi becomes a student at the local elementary school. Regrettably, their good fortune doesn't last. The yakuza boss, Tomitaka, wants control of the town's lumber and is willing to destroy the Iwasaki to get it. Natsue, Kenichi's estranged no-good mother, returns wanting to take part in the boy's upbringing. And shortly thereafter, a mysterious stranger arrives in town to lay claim on Bungo's life...
The 11th and final film in the Gang series. Most of the films had different directors and cast, and were only connected by the title and Toei's marketing department. Unlike the early entries, which were jazzy capers, this final entry is a prototype jitsuroku yakuza film. Just back from the war, Noboru Ando leads a gang of war vets turned gangster in the US occupied streets of Tokyo. They get into a conflict with a Chinese gang as well as the military police. Tetsuro Tamba appears as a police chief trying to bring peace to the streets; 1st wave pinky violence star Masumi Tachibana is a girl grieving his dead gangster father.
Police Inspector Kitagawa
Kotaro Takamura
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 family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh heavily on her sanity...
Tiger Tanaka
米ソの宇宙ロケットが、次々と行方不明になるという事件が発生した。事件の背後にスペクターの影を見いだした英国情報部は、真相究明のため、ジェームズ・ボンドを日本に派遣する。日本の情報部局長、タナカの助けを得て、ボンドはスペクターの秘密基地に潜入するが……。ボンドの宿敵、ブロフェルドをD・プレザンスが演じたシリーズ第5作。
Film concerning warring yakuza families.
The second part of the Gamblers series.
「網走番外地」シリーズの名コンビ、高倉健主演、石井輝男監督で贈る第8弾。網走刑務所での5年の刑を終え、行く当てもない旅を続ける橘。ある事情でノサップのサガレン炭鉱に辿り着いた橘は、汽車で出会った少女・チエの父親の代わりに鉱山で働くことに。
Sakai
Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced the disbanding of all yakuza groups in and around Tokyo and most of the former yakuza have moved on to legitimate jobs. Sawaki is disgusted that his yakuza brothers have abandoned their codes of honor and are abusing their newfound power in the legitimate business world to exploit the poor. Sawaki feels partly responsible for making them so powerful and enabling their corruption, so he decides to follow his traditional code of honor to save the residents of a small town where his former lover lives.
A war breaks out on the streets between rivalry Yakuza clans.
J1 (TULIP Japan Branch Chief)
TULIP (The Undercover Line of International Police) is a New York-based international police force in direct opposition to the criminal organization TIGER (The International Group of Espionage and Revolt). Shunsuke Dan is agent Spycatcher J3 of the TULIP Japan Branch. Spycatcher J3 stands against TIGER's machinations.
Shintani Kosaku
Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.
Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.
Lord Tsushima Yagyu
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.
Kosuke Aso
Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an advertising professional.
Based on the autobiography of Noboru Andô .
Third part of Nihon Kyokakuden series is set in Kanto in 1924. Ken Takakura playing a ship's mate befriending fish shop owners harassed by yakuza.
A crime film released in 1965
Sakon Takatani
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
Yutaro Nomura
Osaka, 1907: Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun’s hot-blooded son and suffer the throes of his impossible love for beautiful geisha Hatsue.
網走刑務所に入れられた新入りの受刑者・橘は、自分の組の親分のために傷害事件を起こし、懲役3年の刑を言い渡されたヤクザ。殺人鬼・鬼寅の義兄弟と称して幅を利かせる受刑者・依田や、同じ新入り受刑者である権田と衝突しながらも、真面目に毎日を過ごす。そんな橘が仮釈放を受けられる見込みが立ったころ、妹から母親が難病にかかったとの連絡が届く。一方、刑務所の所内ではベテラン受刑者の間で脱走計画が進行していた。
Mumyo Tsunataro
山田風太郎原作の「くノ一」シリーズの第3弾。物語の骨子を「忠臣蔵」におき、四十七士とこれを阻もうとする上杉方の能登忍者、色仕掛けで赤穂浪士の復讐心を殺ごうと千坂兵部が放った「くノ一」忍者たちが三つ巴となって繰り広げる対決をエロティシズムと笑いで描く。
Warrior (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi")
「黒髪」：妻を捨て、京都から遠い任地へと赴いた武士。そこで彼は、良い家柄の娘と結婚するが、彼女は冷酷な女で、男は今さら、別れた妻のことを思い出すのだった。やがて任期を終え、京都に戻った彼は最初の妻と再会するが…。「雪女」：きこりの巳之吉は、森へ薪を採りに入ったところで吹雪に遭い、山小屋に閉じ込められるはめに。その晩彼は、雪女の姿を目の当たりにし…。ほかに「耳無し抱一の話」「茶碗の中」の計4編。
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 stop at nothing to undermine the vendors and take over the territory. Masakichi will do all he can to protect and support the people. Ryutaro Kijima is senior son to Masakichi, though disowned, he keeps interest in the family from a distance. He will be there for his father and his hot tempered younger brother Katsuo, if they should need his loyal help.
Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from his domain.
The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.
This tragic drama shows a young man fettered by Bushido, the way of the Samurai, who tried to escape the chains of his position, but was being forced to die. When the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled the land, Tatsuno castle in Wakisaka Clan's home of Harima held an established custom, the inspection of the arms warehouse. The Government Inspector Okuno Magodayu found a slight bit of dirt on the point of a spear and mentioned it with disdain. Ezaki Shinpachi heard it and started an argument with him. Magodayu then sent a a letter of challenge to him because he felt insulted by a low-ranking underling without a title. As it turned out Magodayu was killed. Since then, Shinpachi and the Okuno family have had continuous revenge duels. The tension mounts as this story builds to an extremely violent climax, when blood must pay for blood if the clan is to survive!
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 town. Swearing allegiance to his fiancée’s father, a decent boss, he had taken to the road after a gang fight until things cooled down. While honing his sword skills in his travels, everything in the town had changed and he descended into a virtual hell of violence. Opponents were being slaughtered by a former samurai ‘Bodyguard’ played by Tanba Tetsuro at the height of his amazing career. While these two master swordsmen are fated to meet, before that can even happen they must survive one of the longest, bloodiest swordfights in movie history!
Ng
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
Hachiro Kiyokawa
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.
Okawa Hashizo is 'Red Peony' Hanji who is thrown into a prison cell where he gets involved in a plot to steal government gold from the Shogun's vault. A tough fighter, he has to show his ability in order to keep from getting himself killed by the prisoners, too. Co-starring some of the biggest name in movies at the time, including Kataoka Chiezo and Tanba Tetsuro this film is loaded with surprises. From the opening moments when prisoners carry out their own form of justice, killing a crooked ex-constable, it is clear that this is the work of a visionary filmmaker.
Gunjuro Ohba
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. Into the mix comes Oba Gunjuro (Tetsurō Tamba), a mysterious ronin who will do anything for money. This leads to a fitting climax as the forces of hate and love converge while the couple attempt to break through the border!
Producer
丹波哲郎、平幹二朗、長門勇。若き日の大御所３人が暴れまわり、当時大人気となったTVシリーズの映画化。五社英雄の記念すべき初監督作品でもある。時代劇全盛期の迫力ある殺陣は今でもまったく色褪せない。
Sakon Shiba
丹波哲郎、平幹二朗、長門勇。若き日の大御所３人が暴れまわり、当時大人気となったTVシリーズの映画化。五社英雄の記念すべき初監督作品でもある。時代劇全盛期の迫力ある殺陣は今でもまったく色褪せない。
Assassin Nanjo goes on a solitary mission to take revenge on the man who trapped him into a complicated drug deal.
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. When the Pacific War breaks out Yukikaze performs valiantly in the South Pacific, and while on shore leave, Kida meets and falls in love with Yukiko, younger sister of his commander.
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.
Jakoman
北海道の九兵衛一家は出稼ぎの漁夫を集めてぼろ儲けをしていた。そこへかつて九兵衛に船を盗まれ抑留されていたジャコ万がやってくる。さらに嵐の海で行方不明になっていた九兵衛の息子、鉄も舞い戻ってきた。ジャコ万と鉄はことあるごとに衝突していたが、ジャコ万を追いかける女ユキの出現により、状況が少しずつ変わっていく。やがてニシンの大群が現れ、漁夫たちは喜び勇んで浜へ走って行ったが、ジャコ万はひとり、九兵衛の前に立ち塞がるのだった。
『東京ギャング対香港ギャング』（とうきょうギャングたいホンコンギャング）は、1964年公開の日本映画。鶴田浩二主演、石井輝男監督。東映東京撮影所製作、東映配給。併映『宮本武蔵 一乗寺の決斗』（中村錦之助主演、内田吐夢監督）。
Doi Ōkō Toshi
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.
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 which holds the key to a wondrous, hidden treasure. After learning the sword's secret, Tange Sazen sides with the Yagyu Clan, but his motive seems to be more than just pure interest in the treasure...
Gu Shimizu
A modern gang version of Chushingura, chronicling almost scene for scene the Brave 47 Ronin story, transposed from the Genroku Period to the Showa Era.
Futari dake no toride
Goro Kawamoto
手塚徹
A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.
Kazuo Kasami
Toru Tezuka
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.
Goro Kawamoto
Takashi Fujiki stars as a rebel in this drama about life on the Yokohama waterfront by New Wave director Masahiro Shinoda. The rebel works as an errand boy for a shipping company and vents his frustrations by plucking on the guitar. His interpretations of popular trends in music are sometimes right-on, and sometimes not exactly. Bereft of his guitar, the rebel's modes of expression are not as effective in generating interest as the Yokohama docks themselves, a fascinating world in their own right.
Hikokuro Omodaka
彦根藩井伊家の上屋敷に津雲半四郎と名乗る浪人が現れ「切腹のためお庭拝借」と申し出た。生活に困窮した浪人が「切腹する」と言っては、庭や玄関を汚されたくない人々から金品を巻き上げることが流行っており、家老の斎藤勘解由は数ヶ月前にやってきた千々岩求女という浪人の話を始めた。家老が切腹の場を設けてやると言い出すと、求女は狼狽したあげく、竹光で腹を切った上に舌を噛んで絶命した、と。話を聞いた半四郎は、求女は自分の娘婿であることを告げた。
The plot opens with the hero (Tsuruta) leaving prison, having served time through taking the blame for a fellow gang member’s crime. However, his former gang boss seems to have gone to seed, with people now killing each other and dealing in drugs. The hero then teams up with a lone operator (Tamba) who specialises in shaking down gangsters.
Masao Igarashi
A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.
Mizuhara
G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.
Takayama
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
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.
In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that belongs to the Shogun. This is one of the most highly regarded trilogies featuring a youthful Nakamura Kinnosuke in one of his best roles. This was Kinnosuke at the height of his career, with charm, honor and a vicious sword. If you enjoyed the first two films in the series, you can't miss the exciting conclusion. Even without know-ledge of the first two films, this movie stands on its own with great action throughout!
Crime film distributed by Taiho.
1962 Japanese movie
Miyahara
After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other.
Jiro
Tells the true story of Gwen Terasaki, who falls in love with, then marries a Japanese diplomat. When war breaks out they find animosity and trouble from both sides.
Strife between competing lumber mills.
Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.
Yusuke Komiya
Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.
Slasher Tetsuji
横須賀、ドブ板通り。水兵相手のキャバレーが立ち並ぶ一角で売春ハウスを営んでいた一家は、取り締まりで商売が立ち行かなくなり、豚の飼育を始める。そんなある日、幹部から死体処理を頼まれた元客引きの男は、世話をしている豚にその死体を食わせてしまう
Sadamasa Ishikawa
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.
Tanabe
Gang of robbers quarrel about the loot, but when one of them gets killed, his younger brother seeks them out to ice them one by one.
Fumizo Mitsuki
Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying Kunisada's family. A final tragedy leads Kunisada to join with a band of rogues living in the forest in robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, always with an eye toward avenging himself on Magistrate Matsui.
Japanese crime film
The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down and he is taken aboard a ship bound for Shanghai to deliver its merchandise - a ship filled with Female Slaves kidnapped from Japan. Will he abandon the women to pursue his main objective? Or will he fight foes, spies and pirates to save these women against all odds?
Japanese comedy film.
Japanese crime film.
Senba
Japanese crime film.
In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of India. But gradually the tide turns in favour of the Allies and after the atom bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is compelled to accept the Potsdam Declaration and by the order of the Emperor agrees to unconditional surrender. Under the supervision of the occupation forces the International Military Tribunal opens in Tokyo to try the Japanese war leaders. Established in the cause of justice, and to prevent future aggressive wars the trials drag on for two and a half years. And on December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six other war leaders mount the thirteen steps to the gallows at Tokyo's Sugamo prison.
Japanese film, originally released in two parts.
The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.
Early pinku.
Ihei Ôsawa
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.
Keisuke Otori
Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.
Jinjûrô Ômura
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
Rear Admiral Shimamura
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.
An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charming princess and a dashing youngster, performs songs and dances throughout the film until the big decisive battle.
Kurozumi Tenzen
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. Before learning of these plots, Ryutaro discovers himself in a predicament of his own when he rushes to the defence of a local girl who is caught between her boyfriend and a greedy businessman. The situation results in many violent one-on-one skirmishes between Ryutaro and the businessman’s many samurai defendants, one of whom enigmatically refuses to reveal his face or use more than just the one hand. Before long, Ryutaro’s top priority is not protecting Iemitsu as it should be, but rather unearthing the true identity of the mystery samurai.
Japanese comedy film.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.
Japanese comedy film.
Japanese film about motorcycle racing.
Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.
元香川家の農園主任技師の作之助は、病のために御婚約破棄になった朝子に対して深い愛情を抱いていた。平和な農園にも悪夢のような戦争が訪れ、爆弾の落ちる猛火の中、退避する夜に、二人の心はあらゆる自制心を超えた熱い抱擁に固く結ばれたが、翌日に作之助は外地に出征することに。敗戦後、華族の特権は失われ、薄幸に泣く朝子は俗界を去り、法籍に身を置くことになる。それを知った作之助は農園に急ぐが一足違いで会うことができず…。
Morimoto
Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a microcosm for a group portrait of Japan. One by one, the regulars of the bar appear: the pianist who dreams of becoming a composer but has disappeared from the music world after a knifing; a stripper who had planned to be a ballet dancer; an elderly painter trying to make a living at pachinko, and who rues his art having been used for militarist propaganda during the war; a young waitress considering elopement; a colonel turned real estate broker who attempts to rouse the crowd in military song until he realizes the tune has been transformed by marchers in the street into a leftist chant. The "twilight" is more than just a time of day; here, it is a state of being, a suspension between past and present, between the camaraderie of the saloon and the harsh world outside.
Horror film about a killer dwarf.
Japanese war film.
