Etsuko Shihomi

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend's daughter, who becomes romantically involved with an aspiring artist.

Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.

A young jazz musician's desire to advance in his career runs afoul of organized crime in this thriller from Haruki Kadokawa. After a saxophonist starts playing at a particular nightspot, a thug from the Yakuza adopts him as a special friend for no greater reason than he plays one of his favorite songs well. As the dangerous life of the gangster intertwines with that of the musician, it brings harm to the musician's girlfriend, who is raped. This changes the young saxophonist's attitude about his patron, but his Yakuza "friend" is still too embroiled in his own problems to worry about anything else.

The story of beautiful Christian nun, Kyoko who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky yakuza gangster, Haruhiko who is the next-in-line to takeover the ragtag "Tenryu Gumi" gang and the other bumbling police detective Kumashiro. The Tenryu Gumi is a collection of misfits and other troublemakers but are relatively peaceful due to their Christian beliefs. Their bitter rivals are the more traditional "Kuroiwa Gumi", a much more sadistic and violent group led by godfather Kuroiwa.

Four girls and their manager aiming for stardom!

Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee decides enough is enough, and puts a bounty on his luscious locks. Meanwhile other sinister forces are working in the shadows to put Kotaro to use for their own ends.

사토미가의 시즈공주(静姫)는 성을 공격한 괴무장들의 손아귀로 부터 달아나던 중 일행을 잃고 산 중을 헤매다 신베이(犬江親兵衛)라는 남자를 만난다. 그러나 신베이가 남장한 공주가 실은 여자라는 사실을 알아차리고 달려들자 그것을 피해 달아나다 이누야마 도세츠(犬山道節)와 이누무라 다이카쿠(犬村大角) 를 만나 성을 공격한 자들이 타마즈사(玉梓)의 부하들이며 사토미가에 걸린 저주와 팔견사의 존재에 대해 듣게 된다. 두 사람은 공주에게 자신들과 함께 다른 동료들을 찾기를 청하고 곧 세 사람은 길을 떠나게 된다. 한편 신베이는 자신이 만났던 남장여인이 사토미가의 공주라는 것을 알고 그녀를 타마즈사에게 넘겨 사무라이가 될 생각으로 공주 일행을 뒤 쫒는다. 이후 두명의 동료를 만난 일행은 적의 습격을 무찌르고 나머지 4명의 팔견사를 찾기 위해 여행을 하는데 그 때 그들을 기다리고 있던 신베이에 의해 공주가 납치 당한다. 공주와 신베이는 계속 티격태격하지만 타마즈사의 부하들이 마을을 습격하고 아이들을 잔인하게 죽이는 것을 보고 그들의 무덤을 만들어주는 것을 계기로 조금 가까워지게 된다. 그러나 그들을 잡아 적에게 넘기려는 마을 주민들의 공격을 피해 도망친 동굴안에서 헤어졌던 동료와 다른 2명의 팔견사를 만나게 되면서 신베이는 그들에게 쫒겨나게 되는데……

Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather’s mistress, who is a school director. He is asked to help out on struggles against other schools, as he is master of the ninja mystical arts. As time passes he will make lots of friends as well as enemies, and fall in love with Mai.

Ginshiro, threatened by poor repute and upcoming star Tachibana, forces his friend Yasu to marry Konatsu, Ginshiro's pregnant mistress; Yasu becomes a stuntman to make ends meet.

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji’s real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji’s quickly finds his sister Chihiro who is now blind and lives with their uncle. Joji one evening accidently over hears his uncle who has ties to the criminal underworld discussing his various illegal operations. Joji ‘s eavesdropping is discovered by his uncle who offers him a chance to join the organization. Joji promptly turns his uncle’s offer down which immediately puts his life in danger.

완전히 다른 성격을 가진 두 남녀 고등학생이 신사의 계단에서 굴러떨어진 뒤 몸이 뒤바뀌고 만다. 뒤늦게 이 사실을 안 두 사람은 크게 당황하지만 어떻게든 바뀐 몸에 적응하려 한다. 우스꽝스러운 사건이 잇달아 벌어지는 가운데 두 사람은 서로를 배려하는 법을 알아가며 조금씩 가까워진다.

The Moon Mask Rider is a tokusatsu movie produced by Purumie International/Herald Enterprises and distributed by Nippon Herald Pictures, was released theatrically on March 14, 1981. Considered Japan's answer to the American box-office fiasco, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (released the same year), this updated version of the Moonlight Mask legend bombed at the Japanese box-office. Daisuke Kuwahara (who, like Klinton Spilsbury , disappeared from doing films) plays George Owara (Moon Mask Rider's new alter-ego), and the rest of the cast made up of veteran action starlets: Sue Shihomi, Daijiro Harada and Takayuki Godai.

토요토미 히데요시의 장군 시라누이(소니 치바)에 의해 막부의 리더 모모치가문은 몰살당한다. 구사일생으로 중국으로 도망친 어린 아들 타카마루(사나다 히로유키)는 몇 년간 쿵푸를 수련하고 복수를 위해 일본으로 돌아온다. 아버지의 유품인 칼 속에 숨겨진 금의 지도를 탐내는 쇼군 히데요시의 오른팔이자 실권자인 시라누이와 유명한 닌자 가문의 지도자 핫토리 한조 또한 타카마루를 쫓는다. 귀환해서 닌자 사부에게 인법을 배우는 타카마루, 옛 모모치 가문의 추종자들과 중국에서 온 소녀 아이린, 어릴 적 여자 친구이자 핫토리 한조의 여동생 오츠와 힘을 합쳐 쇼군에 대항한다

유명한 코스케 긴이치 시리즈에 대한 오바야시의 견해는 부분적으로 이누가미 가족으로 가장 잘 알려진 이치카와 콘의 수많은 영화 각색 덕분에 인기를 얻었다. Kindichi Koske는 일본에서 가장 유명한 탐정이다. 긴키치는 누가 귀중한 조각상을 참수하고 그것의 머리를 가지고 달아났는지 알아내기 위해 새로운 사건을 얻는다.

평화로운 제루시아 행성은 야만스러운 가바나스 제국의 침략에 의해 완전히 폐허가 된 상태. 간신히 살아남은 사람들의 앞날은 위태롭기만 하다. 현명한 지도자는 8개의 성스러운 리아베 씨앗을 우주에 뿌린다. 이 씨앗들은 우주를 떠돌며 자신의 주인으로 합당한 영웅들을 선택해야 한다. 과연 제루시아 행성의 운명은 어떻게 될 것인가. (2003년 제7회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)

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.

Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student, however one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but it advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye. Her coach knows of a mysterious doctor 'Blackjack' who lives in a secluded house, who might be able to help. 'Blackjack' agrees to do the operation, but for a 'substantial reward'! Her sight is regained, but now she starts to see a mysterious man that is invisible to those around her....

Duke Togo (codename: Golgo 13) is a ruthless assassin who's accepted a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate. His mission is to "rub out" Hong Kong's underworld kingpin. His main obstacle is the relentless Detective 'Smitty' Smith, determined to stop Togo no matter the cost. The result is an explosive adventure through the seamy, violent streets of Hong Kong.

This mid-1970s martial arts classic stars Sonny Chiba as Mu Yun Tek, a young man trained in the Thai fighting style since childhood to one day avenge his parents' death. When a fellow student kills their teacher, Mu Yun's thirst for vengeance grows. The brutal action never stops as Mu Yun teams up with an Interpol agent (Tadashi Yamashita) to find the culprit, who insists that their former master was a drug dealer who had to be destroyed.

A man working in a fish market is crazy about festivals.

Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based.

Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.

Mr. Soh, a righteous man with a cold stare and fists of steel, returns to a lawless post-war Japan in 1946. He protects the weak, defends the poor and knocks some good sense into friends and enemies alike. Rapists and gangsters get the worst of it, as Mr. Soh builds up his school on the island of Shikoku.

A karate master played by Sonny Chiba is attacked and left crippled and blinded in one eye. He trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) with the intention of her avenging not only himself but a murdered friend.

It is about the life of Ueshiba - the founder of aikido. We can see how he decided to develop aikido and how he did it. We can see why he developed aikido and where he has learned martial arts.

When Koryu's childhood friend Shurei is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails stranger to join her for a dangerous rescue mission.

Sonny Chiba plays Kyokushin Karate founder Masutatsu Oyama, who unexpectedly arrives at a karate tournament in rags, but wins the tournament. After turning down the chance to fight at future tournaments he returns to his simple village life. He reluctantly returns to karate for a final showdown against the students of a rival school.

약 1,500명의 승객을 태운 하카타(博多=후쿠오카)행 "히카리 109호"는 9시 48분 정각에 도쿄역(東京駅) 19번 홈을 떠난다. 열차가 도쿄역에서 약 50여km 떨어진 사가미하라(相模原)에 이르렀을 때 국철(国鉄)※본사의 공안본부로 109호열차에 폭탄을 장치했다는 전화가 걸려온다. 특수장치가 내장된 이 폭탄은 열차의 속도가 80km 이하로 떨어지면 폭발한다고 하면서, 그 증거로 삿포로(札幌) 근교의 화물열차를 폭파해 보인다. 이 완벽한 폭파계획은 불황으로 도산한 정밀기계공장의 경영자였던 "오키타 테츠오(沖田哲男)" 일파에 의한 것으로, "오키타"는 국철본사에 5,000만 달러를 요구하는데...

Shihomi Etsuko plays a race car driver who also lends out her services to the Japanese Secret Service. Although there really isn't much of a "chase" to be seen, Shihomi does pursue a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese yakuza types. While the story is pure 70's exploitation and gritty crime drama, the best reason to see it is for the Martial Arts Action of Etsuko Shihomi. The action is over-the-top and at times hilarious (i.e. Shihomi battling the lead criminal atop a moving gondola or Shihomi battling a whip-wielding Catholic Nun).

Maki is the leader of a female gang who fights for justice, but she ends up being framed and sent to a sadistic woman's prison. Will Maki be able to escape and take revenge?

When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.

Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese prostitutes. Koryu's older sister, working as a jewelry designer, is secretly, if unhappily, involved with the gangsters.

Terry Sugury is hired to recover one of two tapes containing a formula for making heroin for a price of 200 dollars a pound. But he gets double crossed. So he wants the tape back.

일본인과 홍콩인을 부모로 가진 이홍룡은 3개월 전 도쿄에서 수수께끼의 실종을 한 오빠에 대해 알아보려고 일본을 방문했다. 오빠는 홍콩 경찰의 마약 전담반으로 일본의 마약 조직을 수사 중이었던 것이다. 홍룡은 권법의 은사로, 오빠가 신세를 지고 있던 소림사 권법도장 후지타 토오루를 찾았다. 그리고 여자 권법의 달인 하야카와 에미를 소개받았다. 그녀는 홍룡을 동정하고, 언제라도 힘이 되겠다고 약속한다. 홍룡은 조직에서 마약 환자로 몰린 홍콩의 여자 마약 G멘 팬 신으로부터 조직의 비밀의 일부를 알게 되는데...

Terry is a tough mercenary and a master of martial arts. When an important business magnate dies, leaving billions to his daughter, the Mafia and Yakuza try to hire Terry to kidnap the daughter. When they refuse to meet his exorbitant price, then try to kill him to conceal their secret plans, he promptly offers his services to protect her. Much ultra-violent martial-arts fighting action, as expected, ensues. This also includes a subplot of a family's blood-feud with Terry over a disputed debt.

Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.

Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Chiba returns to his home in Japan, where he holds a press conference announcing his intention to wipe out the nation's drug industry. He also offers his services as a bodyguard to anyone who is willing to come forward and provide information about the drug lords' activities. He is soon approached by a mysterious woman claiming to have important information and asking for Chiba's protection. She seems to be legitimate, but is she really what she appears to be?