Yoshio Nishikawa

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.

미·일 전쟁을 피하고자 했지만 이를 더이상 피할 수 없게 되자 진주만 기습 전격전을 기획해 전쟁을 일찍 종결 짓고 일본의 승리와 종전을 얻어내고자 했던 야마모토 이소로쿠 제독의 용단과 고뇌.

Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi (Tatsuya Nakadai). Oscar winning Hiroshi Inagaki directs this epic motion picture based on Genzo Murakami’s fascinating story. Despite his humble birth, the orphan Sasaki Kojiro (Onoe Kikunosuke) is determined to become the foremost swordsman in all Japan, a title that traditionally belongs to a nobleman. At fencing school, young Kojiro receives the contempt of his classmates because of his superior swordsmanship. When rumors of the upcoming civil war between Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans spread, Kojiro leaves the school and sets out, seizing every opportunity to realize his dream.

In Hong Kong an International Secret Police (ISP) Agent is murdered while investigating ZZZ, a group bent on assassinating the Prime Minister of Buddhabal. ISP Agents Carter and Kitami are assigned to the case. When the Prime Minister arrives in Tokyo for a friendship visit, Carter and Kitami are on hand to protect him. On hand, too, are assorted ZZZ blackguards. Several attempts on the Prime Minister's life fail, until finally the ZZZ introduces a new device designed to eliminate not only the Prime Minister but the ISP Agents as well: THE KILLING BOTTLE, then, is a pocket-sized container filled with a substance that can expand to thousands of times its size and throttle its victim, then disappear leaving only the corpse.

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.

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.

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His commander, Captain Sakuma, is vicious and dictatorial. Sakuma places Kosugi in charge of training for combat what once was the military band. Kosugi must somehow prepare his inept soldiers for the rigors of combat.

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

아코낭인 사건 이라고도 하는 이 사건은 도쿠가와 막부의 제 5대 쇼군 도쿠가와 쓰나요시가 집권하고 있던 1701년 에도성에서 일어났다. 칙사 접대를 담당한 아코성의 성주 아사노 다쿠미노카미가 의전 담당인 기라 고즈케노스케를 칼로 쳤으나 미처 죽이지 못하였지만, 그날로 할복을 하고, 가옥과 성이 몰수된다. 도쿠가와 막부의 조치에 불만을 지닌 아코성 가신인 오이시 구라노스케 이하 낭인 46, 총 47명이 그 다음해 12월에 기라의 저택을 급습하여 그를 죽인 후, 그 목을 아사노가 묻혀있는 센가쿠지(泉岳寺)로 들고가 복수를 완성하고, 1703년 3월 도쿠가와 막부의 결정에 따라 46명 할복했던 실제 사건을 그린 영화이다.

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

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

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.

인력거인으로 '불사신 마츠', '무호마츠'로 불리우던 마츠고로(미후네 토시로)가 오랜만에 고향인 오쿠라에 돌아왔다. 노일 전쟁의 승리에 열광하던 즈음, 나무에서 떨어져 다리를 다친 소년 토시오를 구한 것이 연이 되어 마츠고로는 소년의 아버지 요시오카 대위(아쿠다가와 히로시)의 집에 드나들게 된다. 대위는 무지하긴 하지만 호탕하고 너그러운 마츠고로를 신뢰한다. 대위가 가족을 마츠고로에게 부탁하고 죽자 마츠고로는 일심으로 토시오와 미망인(다카미네 히데코)에게 전력을 다한다. 고교 진학을 위해 토시오가 오쿠라를 떠나자 마츠고로는 눈에 띄게 늙고 술에 빠지게 된다. 어느 여름 기온 축제의 날 귀성한 토시오를 위해 마츠고로는 기쁜 나머지 축제 수레 위에 올라가 일생 일대의 기온의 북을 친다. 몇일 후 요시오카 부인 앞에서 마츠고로는 '전 마음이 더러워요!' 라고 오랫동안 키워왔던 부인을 향한 사모의 마음을 고백하고 운다. 어느 눈이 내리는 날, 교정의 한 켠에 미소를 머금은 채 마츠고로의 사체가 발견된다. 남겨진 짐 속에는 요시오카 집에서 받은 축하 선물과 모자 명의의 저금 통장이 있었다. (2003년 한국시네마테크협의회 - 일본영화의 황금기 1950년대 거장 15인전)

The fourth entry in the Company President Series

Film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

The rise of the famed gambler.

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.