Masao Mishima Movies

Follows the jealousies and lives of concubines in the Edo period's inner palace (Ōoku),following Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa's selection of a new favorite...

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely privileged...

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many du...

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

During WWII, Zensaku, middle-aged and deaf in one ear, learns that his son has fallen for the daughter of a war officer responsible for the maiming.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukic...

This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza and being hunted by a man called “Death”...

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman Hayash...

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuri...

Yakuza drama with Meiko Kaji directed by Masahiro Makino

Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and...

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

1962 Japanese movie

A kabuki actor is assassinated during a New Year celebration show, in front of everyone, fortunately the great detective Umon is among the audience. A...

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro mus...

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the successi...