Akio Kobori

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

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Cast: Takahiro Tamura

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kenji Sahara

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship called the Sueyoshi, led by a man known...

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The rise of the famed gambler.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akio Kobori

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Tatsuo Terashima

Judo expert Saburô Watari fights his judo master, Tsujido, while simultaneously in conflict with a karate expert.

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall....

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

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Cast: Ken Uehara

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

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Cast: Ken Uehara

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

1958 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

When a young soldier is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution, his commander, Col....

Genre: War

Cast: Ken Takakura

Japanese film.

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Cast: Yatarō Kitagami

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

The mysterious Koga Ninja crushes the villains who are trying to take over the inheritance of the Omi castle owner using various means! A sword and...

Genre: History

Cast: Matasaburô Niwa

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Period romantic drama.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Rivalry between two young gangster groups who seek to extend their influence.

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Cast: Tetsuya Watari

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isamu Nagato

Ishimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido where he made his mark in history through...

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

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Cast: Akio Kobori

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

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Cast: Akio Kobori

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Cast: Akio Kobori

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

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Cast: Akio Kobori

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

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Cast: Akio Kobori

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

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Cast: Hisaya Morishige

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Cast: Masao Wakahara

This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.

Genre: War

Cast: Koji Nakata

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

1953 jidaigeki directed by Nobuo Nakagawa of Jigoku and Ghost of Yotsuya fame.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomoshirô Otani

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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...

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Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Action

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after another, casting fear over the entire city. Popular...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc -...

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Keye Luke

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint,...

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa