Kazuo Ikehiro

The body of Kou Fujisaki, who fell to her death, is discovered in front of an old building in West Shinjuku. Chief Sakamoto notifies Ushio, who arrives at the scene. Ushio thinks that this must be a murder, but according to Yamaji, who was at the scene before him, an eyewitness testified that Kou had jumped off the roof of the building, killing herself. Kou is someone who has lingered in Ushio's memory - as a suspect...

The body of Kazuyoshi Kawagishi, a construction company worker, is discovered stabbed to death in Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo. Detective Masanao Ushio of Shinjuku West PD begins an investigation and finds that the murdered Kawagishi was an honest person who didn't have any troubles. Kawagishi worked for a company in Kofu City in Yamanashi, leaving behind his wife and daughter on Awaji Island in Hyogo. He seems to have started working as a laborer 3 years ago, having fallen on hard times when the company went bankrupt. Saeko Kawamura, Ushio's reporter friend, calls him wanting to talk about the case. According to Saeko, Kawagishi was one of the survivors of the "bus hijack arson case" that happened three years ago. In the bus hijack arson case, a man who was hallucinating under the influence of dangerous drugs set fire to an intercity bus going to Shinjuku and departing from Kofu Station...

Masanao Ushio and other detectives from Shinjuku West PD discover the strangled dead body of a woman in an empty building in West Shinjuku in Tokyo. According to her husband Takeshi, the murdered Chieko Akiba was a top salesperson at the insurance company where she worked, but quit her job three months ago and planned to open a beauty salon after buying the building which happens to be the crime scene. The call history on her mobile phone reveals the victim answered a call at 8:16 PM and is presumed to have been murdered immediately afterwards. However, Ushio is surprised to hear who was on the other side of the call: Kyoko Yamano, a woman who accompanied Ushio under an umbrella on a rainy night one year ago and whose husband was killed by someone that very night...

911 receives a call from a young woman reporting the death of an acquaintance at a hotel, and Detectives Ushio and Ogami of Shinjuku West Police Station rush to the scene!! The caller is eventually identified as Megumi, a woman whom Detective Ushio's wife Sumie had met by chance, but Megumi too has been killed...

Этот фильм о жизни сестёр Ёрико, Сатоко и Макико. Одна из сестёр Сидзуко кончает жизнь самоубийством из-за мужчины. Как-то раз Ёрико встречает бывшего любовника сестры Кумакура на могиле покойной сестры и решает, во чтобы-то ни стало, отомстить ему. Другая сестра Сатоко втайне от своего молодого человека встречается с другим и беременеет от него. Младшая сестра Макико учиться в университете, но попадает в полицию за употребление марихуаны. Ёрико становится хозяйкой одного бара. Как-то раз в нём появляется Кумакура и через какое-то время просит её провести время с его деловым партнёром, чтобы помочь продать ему залежалый товар. Ёрико всё передаёт партнёру и Кумакукра, чьи дела и так идут очень плохо, становится полным банкротом и кончает жизнь самоубийством. Ёрико проявляет интерес к молодому дизайнеру и когда она узнает о самоубийстве Кумакура, они сближаются. Но через несколько дней выясняется, что Кумакура это его отец.

Reprising his role from the popular TV series "Koya no Suronin" (The Lowly Ronin), Mifune Toshiro stars in this full-length, stand-alone made for TV movie. The wandering ronin is reminiscent of his most famous role as the samurai without a name in Kurosawa's "Yojimbo" and "Sanjuro". He travels about Japan, and while he may seek happiness, violence and tragedy always cross his path. This time, he reluctantly agrees when a girl hires him to kill a local offical who has unfairly taxed her villagers. But he soon discoves that not all is at it appears when he finds a direct link to his past.

У странствующего мстителя Дзёкичи появляется компаньон — наёмный убийца и мастер метания ножей по кличке «Мельница». Очень скоро «Мельница» признаётся, что его наняли потенциальные жертвы Дзёкичи. Однако два одиноких аутсайдера-истребителя находят между собой много общего, потому взаимная симпатия связывает героев. Дзёкичи, всё более и более уподобляющийся своим врагам в жестокости, пытается даже уберечь спутника от повторения своего пути.

У странствующего мстителя Дзёкичи появляется компаньон — наёмный убийца и мастер метания ножей по кличке «Мельница». Очень скоро «Мельница» признаётся, что его наняли потенциальные жертвы Дзёкичи. Однако два одиноких аутсайдера-истребителя находят между собой много общего, потому взаимная симпатия связывает героев. Дзёкичи, всё более и более уподобляющийся своим врагам в жестокости, пытается даже уберечь спутника от повторения своего пути.

Дзёкичи продолжает свой поход мести. Ему удаётся выследить второго злодея, Чогоро, и напасть на того. Незадача в том, что нападает на своего недруга герой во время встречи боссов якудза (Чогоро был там особым гостем). Атака приводит к безрадостным результатам — Чогоро остаётся в живых, а вот Дзёкичи чудом избегает смерти. К тому же якудза объявляют его человеком вне своего мира. Дзёкичи остаётся в полном одиночестве. Но не прекращает поход.

Дзёкичи продолжает свой поход мести. Ему удаётся выследить второго злодея, Чогоро, и напасть на того. Незадача в том, что нападает на своего недруга герой во время встречи боссов якудза (Чогоро был там особым гостем). Атака приводит к безрадостным результатам — Чогоро остаётся в живых, а вот Дзёкичи чудом избегает смерти. К тому же якудза объявляют его человеком вне своего мира. Дзёкичи остаётся в полном одиночестве. Но не прекращает поход.

Дзёкичи — странствующий наёмник, имеющий славу непревзойдённого и жестокого бойца. После очередной стычки раненому Дзёкичи помогает вылечиться живущая в уединении бывшая проститутка Окину. Дзёкичи помогает Окину бежать от похотливых бандитов, которые начинают на беглецов охоту. Дзёкичи же и Окину скрываются где-то в деревенской местности, бывший якудза не без успеха пробует себя в кузнечном деле, однако предпочитая уединённый образ жизни. Вскоре у пары появляется сын, но через несколько лет якудза всё же находят отшельника Дзёкичи. В отсутствие хозяина бандиты расправляются с Окину и маленьким Котаро. Дзёкичи узнаёт, что помимо двух давних недругов в расправе участвовал знаменитый Кунисада Тюдзи и, достав верную катану, а заодно преобразовав искалеченную руку в смертельное оружие, отправляется мстить.

Soft-Boiled Goro is a 1970 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro

At school, Fumio is good in everything. His cheerful, out-going personality makes him a great favorite with teachers and classmates alike. He is in perfect health and there does not seem to be a single shadow to cloud his life. Then, one day, he feels a sudden pain in his shoulder. His parents take him to a doctor who tells them that their son has bone cancer and must be hospitalized. The parents cannot believe their ears, for Fumio had always been the picture of abounding health. The whole family with the exception of Fumio is cast into the depths of despair. They wonder why it had to happen to their Fumio and their happy family. The father who recovers first and decides to fight cancer to save his son's life.

Wicked woman Ogin is a concubine of a powerful feudal lord Tayu. At first Ogin gains power by poisoning lawful wife of Tayu. To gain more power Ogin let her lover Isogai Iori, kill whoever interrupts her. Film it is based on Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's novel "Kyofu Jidai".

Getting an opportunity to meet with another half-Caucasian swordsman, Kyoshiro finds himself involved in a series of dangerous encounters.

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira. Remake of Hakuôki AKA Samurai Vendetta (1959).

Just when you think Kyoshiro's life can't get any stranger, someone starts running around raping and murdering, and leaving notes proudly proclaiming that he did it. Tracking down the real culprit willtake him along a twisted trail that involves the Shogun's harem, hidden christians, and positively pregnant politics!

Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!

It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who may be the heir to a fortune get what is rightfully hers. Matsuo Kayo, who first rose to international stardom as ‘the supreme ninja’ in “Shogun Assassin” gives an outstanding performance in this clever and exciting caper tale set in the samurai era. Ryuzen agrees to help her, but is he just in it for himself, and is she really who she claims to be? When they come up against Boss Tobei it’s a virtual free-for-all as everyone struggles to walk away with a fortune in gold!

One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she often goes out to see the world, being of the opinion that nuns should not lead cloistered lives but should see something of modern life. She makes the acquaintance of a young girl named lkuko (Kayo Mikimoto) and saves her from the advances of a gangster named Goro (lchiro Nakatani). In the meantime she turns down several propositions and, in revenge, one of her admirers denounces her to the Mother Superior (Kuniko Miyake). This lady is of liberal views, however, and refuses to do anything about it. Then Shunko is visited by Goro's gang boss who wants lkuko back and says he will blackmail Shunko unless she agrees.

Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his brilliant talent in gambling. One late fall at an inn in Kiso Fukushima, Isazo befriends a young boy whose mother turns out to be his old love Yoshino, with whom he was not unable to consummate a marriage due to the class differences between them.

The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to overthrow him. It was the beginning of the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Three men attack a gunpowder maker in a farmhouse, the first chopping off his arm with his sickle-&-chain weapon, the second blinding him with sword, the third giving the killing blow. His son Kojiro Kosume escapes the attackers as everything he has known up to then explodes into conflagration. He grows up & enters the start of the Tokugawa Era, intent on avenging his father.

Затоичи отправляется в паломничество, стремясь смыть грехи кровавого прошлого. Герою предстоит столкнуться с происками кровожадного босса якудза, трусостью людей, не желающих противостоять злу… и встретить любовь.

Otama, daughter of a poor candy vendor, becomes the mistress of a man whom she believes to be a widower and owner of a prosperous dry goods store. The man is in fact married with children, and is a despised loan shark who takes money from the poor without qualms. Totally enraptured with Otama, this usurer establishes her and her father in separate houses and generously gives them gifts including silk taken as interest from Oshige, a poor cloth dealer who does business with the sewing teacher, Otama's neighbor. Otama's satisfaction with her situation gradually crumbles as she discovers the truth about her benefactor.

In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.

The further adventures of Takeshi Nanjo, the Young Boss.

After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mist Saizo, Last of The Ninja'. Staying one step ahead of the Shogun’s forces, “Mist” Saizo tries to save the Sanada Clan, and avenge the death of his lord by assassinating the first Tokugawa Shogun. Following the first four films in this remarkable series, more previously unknown Ninja skills are shown to the world for the first time. The action heats up as Saizo single-handedly attacks the Shogun’s Palace!

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems!

Слепой меченосец Затоiчи обещает помочь пожилому перевозчику на реке, чей маленький бизнес находится под угрозой со стороны головорезов из местной группировки. Когда-то дочь старика вылечила сурового воина от ран, и его сердце не устояло. К тому же, обидчики старика и девушки — это те же люди, что в свое время чуть не отправили Затоiчи на то свет. В результате отзывчивость, чувство долга и, как всегда, самоотреченная любовь заставляет вынуть меч из ножен…

Слепой меченосец Затоiчи направляется в одну из деревень провинции Итакура, дабы принести почести Кичицу — одному из своих достойнейших противников, которого он прикончил пару лет назад. Между тем, в деревне стряслась беда: пропал сундук денег, собранных жителями для уплаты налогов. Подозрение падает на Затоiчи и уважаемого им самурая Чуджи. Суровый воин просто обязан приступить к спасению репутаций. На этом пути он будет иметь дело с сестрой покойного Кичицу, с командой Чуджи, с коррумпированным губернатором провинции и его сторонниками…

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.

The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consumated....

В этой истории много неожиданных поворотов сюжета и поединков на мечах. После того, как коррумпированные чиновники насилуют девушку, в которую влюблен Маса, он мстит за неё, убивая офицера, в следствии чего становится изгнанником.

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!

Фильм повествует о жизни японского купечества в довоенной Осаке, только апокалипсис войны способен сломать жесткую семейную иерархию этой социальной группы.