Shōzō Nanbu Movies

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followe...

In the first two films we learn the character's origins, including his childhood and how he learned his fighting skills. Later, he must face his frien...

The magical swordsman battles a gang of cutthroats, who are led by a peg-legged villain.

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

An adaptation of the famous 16th century novel, Journey to the West.

1962 Japanese movie

At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store and lives a carefree life, running a tem...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to marry...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in...

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting...

1962 Japanese movie

In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka Shōko, at a high school. As Yasuko confronts her pa...

Suzunosuke must finish his battle with the Skull Mask Gang—while facing a cave man as well.

Large star-shaped aliens travel to earth in hopes of warning them about an oncoming catastrophe. To prevent panic about their appearance, one alien ta...

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her in spi...