Shôsaku Sugiyama

The woman gambler Ginko risks her life for her brother-in-law.

This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes revenge for the death of its master as well as for the corruption in the feudal system.

As a child, Okin the one-armed one-eyed swordswoman was disfigured by Lord Daizen-dayu, who was after her family's most treasured possession, the famed Drenched Swallow sword. As an adult, she has become a skilled swordswoman and lives a carefree life with her adopted family. One day, Okin saves a girl from a group of yakuza, and in doing so, gets involved in a grand conspiracy involving religious leaders, government officials, the yakuza and Lord Daizen-dayu, the man who killed her father and mutilated her body...

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).

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie low, only to be caught in another war orchestrated by his original boss who has set him up.

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!

Ити впутывается в историю, когда хочет забрать деньги у человека, который задолжал якудзе. Он знакомится с толстым и веселым ронином, который помогает ему. Ити приходится убить должника, но затем он знакомится с сестрой убитого, за честь которой вынужден сражаться с главарем банды. Она влюбляется в Ити, хотя и знает, что он убил ее брата.

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.

A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.

Главному герою предстоит сопроводить 6-ти летнего мальчика по имени Риота к его отцу, художнику Сакити в далёкую деревню Мэйбар. Некий путник, случайно оказавшийся свидетелем разборки между Затойчи и пятью бандитами на проселочной дороге окажется сильнейшим ронином по имени Акацука. Прибыв в Мэйбар, выяснилось что отец ребенка, художник Сакити находиться в плену у местного начальника Гонзо, и без помощи Затойчи ему никогда не освободиться. Вскоре выясняется, что Гонзо с подельниками промышляют фарфоровыми изделиями с запретными изображениями, а ронину Акацуке поручили с этим разобраться. Тут дороги Затойчи и Акацуки пересекаются вновь.

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.

[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.

Один из подчинённых самурая Ханабасы поднимает восстание с целью захватить власть над его землями и убивает самурая и всю его семью, кроме маленьких сына и дочери, которым удаётся сбежать. Жрица, живущая у горы, на которой по легенде обитает злой дух, укрывает детей от преследователей. Спустя десять лет сын самурая решает отомстить за смерть отца. Но когда он сам попадает в беду, его сестра обращается за помощью к свирепому духу горы.

Рожденный от неизвестного отца и благородной матери, он получил презрительное имя — Ханпэй (Пёсий сын). Поступив на службу сёгуну в качестве садовника, он долгое время наблюдал за тренировками одного мастера клинка и перенял его мастерство. Сёгун постепенно сходит с ума. В город проникают шпионы, а внутри клана начинаются распри.

Затойчи при помощи поломников избегает стычки с шайкой наемных убийц, но во время охоты на него погибает женщина. Ее ребенок жив и он обещает отвести его к отцу. Однако, когда он приводит ребенка к отцу, тот от него отказывается и вместе с наемниками старается убить героя.

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!

На перевале Сагато происходит ограбление группы самураев, перевозивших золото. Погибают пятеро самураев и якудза Гэнсити, ставший свидетелем нападения. Труп шестого самурая, Куроки Ханбэя, не обнаруживают, решая что именно он и украл золото. Спустя несколько лет, пересекаются дороги двух молодых людей, разыскивающих Куроки. Один из них — сын убитого якудзы, ищет пропавшего самурая с целью мести. Другой — сын Куроки, желающий снять обвинения со своего отца. Данный фильм результат еще одного плодотворного сотрудничества режиссера Мисуми и актера Итикава. На этот раз, помимо традиционных элементов самурайского кино, режиссер добавил немного детектива и неожиданных поворотов сюжета.

Слепой меченосец Затоiчи получает наказ умирающего старца — проводить девушку по имени Омицу к ее семье, находящейся в Эдо. Ради такой чести суровый воин готов идти на любые лишения. Времена неспокойные — вокруг кишат конкурирующие банды разбойников, которые так и норовят похитить бедное создание с целью выкупа. Когда, наконец, одной из группировок удается это сделать, Затоiчи присоединяется к их соперникам. Но лишь затем, чтобы в итоге сражаться против всех…

Япония, VIII век. История монаха Докё, ставшего фаворитом императрицы Сётоку.

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family treasure of the Aoyama family, but Harima doesn't notice. However, someone surrounding her witnesses the moment Okiku breaks the plate on purpose.

Слепой меченосец Затоичи устал сеять смерть. Он отправляется на покой в родную деревню, но и там не может скрыться от брата убитого им господина Канбея. Дома Затоичи ждет встреча с учителем Банно, который готовиться выдать свою младшую сестру за богатого самурая. Затоичи знакомится с девушкой, и сердце сурового воина пронзает стрела счастливой, но обреченной любви. Параллельно его вовлекают в очередную авантюру, связанную с похищением и разбоем. Ничего не остается, как разбираться.

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here, three wandering samurai who earn their living by killing get to know each other. Soon they learn that government officials will be transporting a large cargo of gold and decide to steal it.

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the road he’ll find his sister and test his blade against his bitter enemy. He also encounters a lost boy searching for his father, a boy he will swear to protect, and find his own lost love, a daughter of the yakuza who draws him into a frenzied and bloody battle between rival yakuza gangs for the control of a frightened town.

Слепого массажиста Затоичи нанял Сукедзоро Ииока, считая, что сражение с его соперником Сигезо Сасагава неизбежно. Затоичи — известный фехтовальщик, и Сукедзоро считает, что он удачно вложил свои деньги. Его противник нанял ронина Мики Хиратэ, не менее известного мастера меча. По стечению обстоятельств между этими двумя фехтовальщиками появляется дружба и взаимное уважение, но в случае войны им придется сразиться друг с другом.

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance.

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Lord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a trip to various provinces with his students Sukesaburo Sasaki and Kakunoshin Atsumi. At an inn in Sunagawa, Mitsukuni exposed and punished an evil judge who had fallen in love with a townsman's wife. However, on the night he stayed at Nihonmatsu Castle, Mitsukuni found out that this incident was a performance organized especially for him…

Жизнеописание основателя школы Сутры Лотоса Нитирэна (1222 — 1282). В этой ленте подчеркивается его роль в истории Японии, как истинного патриота и защитника нации.

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach Boy.

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima the mad lord dreams of conquest and forges a bloody revolt against the Tokugawa shogunate. A mysterious swordsman named Noriyuki Gennojo has crossed Naruto’s waters to uncover the Awa clan’s secrets. He puts his life on the line after finding a testament of Awa’s secrets, written in blood by a dying man. Joining Noriyuki are a female ninja who loves him, and the beautiful daughter of an enemy who’s sworn to kill him. Awa’s defenders willl stop at nothing to prevent the blood-soaked letter from reaching the shogun.

The swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name suggests, all wear hideous devil masks.

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits.

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Yakuza boss Furuya leans more and more on his protege Takao Shoji, though Shoji has become romantically involved with Furuya's mistress, Natsue. Furuya himself has fallen in love, with a nurse after his recent hospital stay. As the gang grows more jealous of the favoritism Furuya shows Shoji, they decide to reveal Shoji's relationship with Natsue. But Furuya's affection for Shoji cannot be easily destroyed, even in the gang war that erupts.

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighting. He goes to work for a gangster named Joji, but when he realizes that Joji is mixed up in the slave trade, Koseki helps the police in their attempts to foil Joji.

Period romantic drama.

Капитан Тайра-но Тадамори возвращается в Киото после разгрома войск врага и достоин приближения к трону. Но придворные не торопятся воздать ему почести, им не хотелось бы видеть в окружении императора офицера невысокого чина.

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she is attacked by Ronin. in Asakusa, However, they come to be surrounded by doubtful Ronin after that. Moreover, Rikitaro is called to stop by Kajima of Edo-Karo of Nihonmatsu-Han. He calls him a young lord and treats Rikitaro as one, because his young lord, Tetsunojo is missing. Kuni-Garo makes a plan to carry out. Kikumaru, the younger brother of the mother difference in him instead of Tetsunojo, Since Rikitaro is just like Tetsunojo, then, they are convinced that it is Tetsunojo of Rikitaro. Rikitaro and Osayo decide to help Kajima and Tetsunojo. Finally they success to crush Kikumarsu's group.

A historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa. Seitarou, who travels from trip to trip, was asked by Fujisuke, who was killed in a mess at the Shinshu Oil Shop's gambling house, to deliver his child Shinkichi to his mother Megumi in the old Iwanjoya in Shiojiri, Shinshu. Megumi was crying day and night, worrying for her child. Masagoro, the boss of the land who had been aiming for the replacement of Iwanjoya, forced Megumi to marry his son Hyokichi. On the way, Seitarou and Shinkichi helped Rohno, who was looking for his fiancee....

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather.

The Great White Tiger Platoon was part of the Aizu clan's last ditch efforts to stop the advance of Imperial troops after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Meant to be a reserve unit as it was made of the young, 16-17 year old sons of Aizu samurai. Their story is one of the great tragedies of the Boshin War (1868-1869) as they were called into action. Getting cut off from the main body of their platoon, a group of 20 from the 2nd squad retreated to Iimori Hill, where they looked down upon fires surrounding Aizu Castle and thinking that the castle has fallen and all is lost, they choose to die as samurai by committing seppuku. A superb rendition of this true story that shows the true honor of the samurai.

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

A tanuki-themed musical.

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking in the castle.

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl. The dead woman's cat licks her blood and becomes a demon, seeking revenge on Okoyo

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako Irie's first bakeneko (ghost cat) movie; it started a Daiei cycle which was very popular at the time in Japan.

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Jewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and want to use his invention to acquire a diamond necklace called the "Tears of Amour."

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931