A coward boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic pill.
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.
A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.
Такакура Синго, молодой самурай из не особо знатного рода, возвращается домой после трёхлетних странствий и обучений. Сразу же после прибытия ему приходится принять участие в поединке с мастером Содзи Кахэи, победившем сильнейших бойцов клана Коморо. Одержав победу, Синго наживает себе врага в лице самурая Икэбэ, чей сын Гидзуро проиграл схватку с Кахэи.
