Ren Yamamoto

Aru Islands in resort development. Was a succession happening the abandoned corpses in there are holes in body. Ligia exotica appeared on an isolated island of mutants is taking the panic and horror.

A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.

嵐で船が難波し、無人島に漂着した男が、十二年の歳月を経て、再び人間社会に生還するまでを描く。吉村昭の同名の原作の映画化。

Suicide has long been used as a form of social protest in Japan. In this film, set in 1703, samurai culture is being transformed by the emergence of a new merchant class. Elements of the social contract are beginning to unravel, and some unscrupulous people took undue advantage of these changes before the social order was re-created. In this story, a rich merchant gives his clerk an I.O.U. instead of wages. When the impoverished clerk presents the paper to the merchant at the agreed upon time asking for payment, the man flies into a rage and pretends he never wrote it and claims the clerk is trying to defraud him. Then he sets his henchmen on the clerk to administer a beating.

13歳にして売春宿に売られた少女が、苛酷な運命に耐えたくましく生きつづける姿を描く。四国の山奥で祖母とふたりで暮らしていた少女りん。13歳のとき、祖母が死に、瀬戸内海の小さな島に売春婦として売られる。やがて初潮を迎えたりんは客をとらされる。以来、りんは狂ったように働きつづけた。

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a pickpocket, who switches sides whenever it suits his needs, leads to complications that could cost Sentaro his life as they infiltrate enemy lines.

Theatrical version of episode 25 of Ultraman Taro TV series.

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・・・。

昭和天皇や閣僚たちが御前会議において降伏を決定した1945年（昭和20年）8月14日の正午から、国民に対してラジオ（日本放送協会）の玉音放送を通じてポツダム宣言の受諾を知らせる8月15日正午までの24時間を描いている。

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.

ひとつの細胞から生まれた兄弟怪獣、海の怪獣・ガイラと山の怪獣・サンダ。それぞれ善と悪の属性を持ち、性格の異なる2匹はやがて都市で死闘を演じることに。

Osami, a soldier-of-fortune from Japan, joins with priest Ensai in a quest for the ashes of the great Buddha. Their journey takes them to a kingdom in the Middle East, where they find intrigue and romance in the court of an evil king.

第二次大戦末期、ドイツから極秘裏に運ばれた一つの秘密兵器があった。それは人造人間“フランケンシュタインの不死の心臓”である。日本軍はこの心臓をもとに、人間兵器を造ろうとしたのだ。だがそれは、広島の原爆によって研究途上で失われてしまう。そして十数年後、その心臓から再生した少年が登場したのだった……。

1943年5月、北太平洋上のアッツ島で、米軍の猛攻に遭った日本軍が玉砕。同じアリューシャン列島にあるキスカ島の守備隊員約5200名は、これによって孤立。大本営の海軍部では、彼らを見殺しにするのもやむなし、との意見が大勢を占める中、司令長官の川島中将は、彼らを何としてでも救えと、大村少将に隠密の撤退作戦を任命。大村少将は、濃霧をついて敵の包囲をかいくぐり、キスカ島に艦隊を接近させる機会をうかがう。

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of Hikone, tairō of the Tokugawa shogunate and responsible for their misfortune.

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

ゴジラシリーズ第4作。嵐によってインファント島から巨大な卵が日本に漂着した。成虫モスラと小美人は、卵の所有権を主張する興行師に返還を願うが聞き入れられない。小美人たちが帰途に着いたころ、ゴジラが復活し名古屋を壊滅状態に陥れる。そして卵をも破壊しようとしたとき、成虫モスラが現れた。ゴジラを相手に善戦するも、ついに力尽きて倒れるモスラ。だが、卵からは双子の幼虫モスラが孵り、ゴジラに攻撃を始めたのだった……。

何をやっても面白くない。退屈な日々を過ごす洋酒メーカー勤務のサラリーマン江分利満は、酒の席で編集者と意気投合し、雑誌に小説を書くことになった。編集者は彼のくだ巻きの見事さに感心したのだった。満は自分の人生を振り返り、自分をモデルとした小説を書いて雑誌に発表。「江分利満氏の優雅な生活」と題された作品は評判を呼び、ついには直木賞を受賞。祝いの席上で、満はまたまたくだを巻いてしまう。

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 story tells of a group of samurai who were left leaderless (becoming ronin) after their daimyo (feudal lord) was forced to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) for assaulting a court official named Kira Yoshinaka, whose title was Kōzuke no suke. The ronin avenged their master's honor after patiently waiting and planning for over a year to kill Kira. In turn, the ronin were themselves forced to commit seppuku for committing the crime of murder.

Soldiers on the front lines in China during World War II are besieged by guerrilla attacks and attempt to destroy an enemy fort.

ゴジラシリーズ第3作。TTVの桜井と藤田は、TV番組の視聴率アップのため、“巨大なる魔神”を追って南海のファロ島を訪れた。その頃、北極海調査を行なっていた原潜シーホークは発光する奇怪な氷山と遭遇、その中からは休眠していたと思われるゴジラが現れた。桜井たちは強力な麻酔作用のある木の実と原住民の協力を得て、“魔神”ことキングコングの捕獲に成功する。しかし海上輸送の途中で目覚めたコングは単身で日本に上陸すると、同じく上陸していたゴジラに立ち向かっていった。

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

日本の貨物船がロリシカ国の水爆実験場があるインファント島の近くで沈没した事故を取材するため、新聞記者の福田とカメラマンのミチは島へ。そこで福田たちは先住民たちを調査する中条と知り合う。ジャングルで一行は、小美人という身長約30cmの双子の妖精と出会うが、日ロ合同調査隊のロリシカ人ネルソンは後日、島を再訪し、小美人を捕らえて見世物にする。やがて島の守護神である怪獣モスラの幼虫が日本近海に現われ……。

An early Okamoto yakuza film, though it's not in the Underworld series (along with The Last Gunfight and The Big Boss) despite being alternatively known as "Death of the Boss." While Okamoto did not write this film and took on the project because he was assigned and "just doing [his] job" according to an interview with Chris Desjardins in Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film, he did express a general excitement about working in action cinema (which shows through in this film's energy.)

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.

“東宝変身人間シリーズ”第3作。 生体実験の犠牲で、身体をガス化できる特殊能力を持ってしまった男と、彼の愛する美しい女、春日流家元・藤千代との悲恋を描いたSFスリラー。強盗殺人を捜査する岡本警部補たちは、容疑者として日本舞踊の家元・藤千代に目を付けた。だが、彼女は無実であると主張する男が現れる。彼・水野こそ、自在に身体を気体化できる能力を以て、強盗を働いていた真犯人だった。

太平洋戦争の真っ最中、中国大陸の北支戦線。日本軍からやっかいもの扱いされ危険な前線に駆り出されてばかりの左文字隊は、霧の中で八路軍にばったり遭遇し四方を囲まれてしまう。だが左文字隊長と八路軍の梁隊長は、お互い元気なときに正々堂々と戦おうと平和的に別れた。左文字隊は北原少尉とともに消えた日本軍旗の捜索を命じられるのだったが…。

一人の男が銃剣で刺殺されるという事件が起こった。犯人を追いつめたものの、男の姿は密室から忽然と消えうせていた。事件を追う桐岡記者は、物質転送を研究する仁木博士が、犠牲者と犯人・須藤を繋ぐカギであることを知る。犠牲者を含む大西たちは、14年前、須藤と仁木博士を生き埋めにしていたのだった……。

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 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.

第二次世界大戦末期の北支戦線。クズ兵士ばかりを集め危険な任務に当たらせる“独立愚連隊”と呼ばれる部隊に、従軍記者の荒木がやってくる。交戦中に中国人慰安婦と心中したという、見習士官のことを調べに来たという。実は荒木の正体は大久保元軍曹であり、彼こそ見習士官の実の兄であり、弟の死の真相を知るため戦地に赴いたのだった。死んだ慰安婦の妹から紙片を渡された大久保は、弟が上官の不正を部隊長に告発しようとして、その上官から逆に殺されたことを知る。

Lord Taro must deliver a money chest but is robbed by brigands led by Jibu. One of Jibu's men, Rokuro, steals the money from Jibu, but after meeting and befriending Taro, Rokuro decides to return the money to Taro. But Taro's unscrupulous brother Jiro falsely accuse Taro of the theft, and Taro reactively joins the outlaw band and encourages them to steal from the nobles and give to the poor.

The altered American release of Godzilla Raids Again. Originally meant to be known as the The Volcano Monsters, the film was eventually released as "Gigantis."

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.

An Ishiro Honda film.

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life, hoping to become a successful singer instead. Ryuta loves his brother, but Mineo's possible defection presents problems for the gang, and Ryuta realizes he must kill his brother if he wants to survive.

Nuclear tests create a radioactive man who can turn people into slime.

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is divided among the three scrolls, all of which must be possessed for the secrets to be understood. When Princess Yuhime steals the scrolls, Tasaburo, a samurai with magical powers, and his brother Senshiro are sent to retrieve them.

九州の阿蘇山にある炭坑で、坑道に巣くう巨大なヤゴ・メガヌロンの幼虫による犠牲者が発生した。事件を調査する河村は、その怪物をもしのぐ、巨大な怪鳥の姿を目撃する。その怪鳥・ラドンこそ、各地で相次ぐ災害の元凶だったのだ。その音速を超える飛翔速度はソニックブームを起こし、街はまたたくまに壊滅していく。そして、自衛隊の圧倒的な火力によってラドンを追いつめたかに思われたとき、もう一体のラドンが現れたのだった……。

With one of the busiest film industries in the world, Japan was able to submit several films into competition at the 1957 Berlin Film Festival. One of the best of these was Arashi, directed by Hiroshi Inagaki of Rickshaw Man fame. Anticipating Hollywood's Table for Five by nearly a quarter of a century, the film concerns the efforts by a recently widowed high-school teacher to raise his four children alone. Chihu Ryu is terrific as the central character, while Izumi Yukimura is even better as Ryu's eldest daughter. For reasons unknown, Arashi is often omitted from "official" lists of Inagaki's films.

日本の「ゴジラ」(1954年)に、ハリウッドで追加撮影されたシーンを加えて再編集されたハリウッド上映版。 アメリカの新聞記者スティーブ・マーティン（レイモンド・バー）は、カイロへの取材に向かう途中に立ち寄った日本の東京で、ゴジラの上陸に遭遇する。スティーブの回想によって、ゴジラに蹂躙東京の惨状が描かれる。

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader. He's also challenged to fight by the supremely confident and skillful Sasaki Kojiro. Takezo agrees to fight Kojiro in a year's time but rejects Shogun's patronage, choosing instead to live on the edge of a village, raising vegetables. He's followed there by Otsu and later by Akemi, both in love with him. The year ends as Takezo assists the villagers against a band of brigands. He seeks Otsu's forgiveness and accepts her love, then sets off across the water to Ganryu Island for his final contest.

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.

An Ishiro Honda film.

ゴジラシリーズ第2作。岩戸島に遭難した飛行士によって、ゴジラとアンキロサウルス、通称アンギラスの闘いが目撃された。対策本部はゴジラを監視下に置き、本土上陸を阻止しようとする。しかし、脱走した囚人が起こしたコンビナートの火災が、ゴジラを大阪に誘導してしまう。そしてゴジラを追って、アンギラスも姿を現わした。世紀の闘争の末、アンギラスは倒れゴジラは海へ去ったが、大阪の街は廃虚と化す……。

原水爆実験の影響で、大戸島の伝説の怪獣ゴジラが復活し、東京に上陸。帝都は蹂躙され廃墟と化した。ゴジラ抹殺の手段はあるのか・・・。戦後の日本映画界に特撮怪獣映画というジャンルを築いた、記念すべきゴジラ映画第1作。核の恐怖を描いた、本多猪四郎の真摯な本編ドラマと、円谷英二のリアリズム溢れる特撮演出が絶妙のコンビネーションを見せ、「ゴジラ」の名を一躍世界に轟かせた傑作。

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

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

麦の刈入れが終わる頃。とある農村では野武士たちの襲来を前に恐怖におののいていた。百姓だけで闘っても勝ち目はないが、麦を盗られれば飢え死にしてしまう。百姓たちは野盗から村を守るため侍を雇うことを決断する。やがて、百姓たちは食べるのもままならない浪人たち7人を見つけ出し、彼らとともに野武士に対抗すべく立ち上がる……。

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

三流どこの補習学校教師野呂は、税務署吏員金森風吉の家に間借りしている。独身者だ。久かたぶりに銀座へ出て目をまわし、トラックに轢かれそこなった。当分右腕が利かず、学生泡田に代って黒板に字をかいてもらうが、かき賃一時間百円也を請求され、びっくりする。学校経営者の土建屋から夜間担任に格下げされ、無体な時間外勤務を強いられても文句ひとついえぬ野呂が、心ひそかに想うのは金森の娘－－銀行事務員のカン子であった。カン子は無類のガンコ娘で、同僚とはりあい恋人とはりあい、張りのない野呂なんか念頭にもない。野呂と金森は散歩中、戦記物で売りだし今は時めく代議士の五津元大佐に会釈された、というので大感激、警官の甲賀をまじえ外食券食堂で五津礼讃の一くさりをはじめる。途中から一枚加わった学生泡田と甲賀が、話のはしばしに互いの身分を知り、掴みあいとなる。つられて食堂中が大格闘、野呂は丼をもってにげだした。この顛末にもこりず、野呂は学生ちの誘いにのってメーデーに参加宮城前の紛糾にまきこまれて拘置される。同じ署内に選挙違反で検挙された五津もいたが、前後して裟婆に出てからは、五津は「牢獄記」出版でまたまた大ヒット、野呂は学校もクビ、しごと探しに必死である。漸く金森の妻らんの世話でミシン会社荷造り係の口がみつかり、今や入社詮衡へでかけよう、というまぎわ、カン子自殺未遂の報がくる。恋人との結婚を反対されてカンシャクをおこしたのである。が、無我夢中の野呂は「人でなし！」と呼ばうらんの声を背に、とっととわき目もふらず詮衡場へかけつけた。...

An Ishiro Honda film.

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa's wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked and killed by a bear that cannot hibernate. To resolve the situation, Shimakawa goes against all odds and turns to Ginshiro, the most hated hunter in the village, for help. While Shimakawa was away from the village, Yura and his friends were holding a funeral, the bear attacked again...