Shōbun Inoue

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kōji Wada

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Yoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro, his brother, is sending him to the university. But...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuya Watari

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Akira Kobayashi

A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

When Tornado Joe is wrongly accused of distributing counterfeit banknotes, he gets on a mission to clear his name and challenge the mastermind behind...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jō Shishido

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Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Frankie Sakai

Two newlyweds decide to build their dream home, and hire an old friend named Yanagisawa to design it. Unfortunately, Yanagisawa isn’t licensed...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Toshiaki Karasawa

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.

Genre: Action

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Masako Izumi

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Osamu Takizawa

1962 Japanese movie

Genre: Crime

Cast: Kyōji Aoyama

Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

Genre: History

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His...

Genre: Action

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hideaki Nitani

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Yuji Odaka

The wandering swordsman, Ino Heihachiro, defeats Ichima, the youngest of the famed swordsmanship trio, the Nikis, but sustains an injury. In the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Momoe Yamaguchi

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

Joe, Okita, and Serizawa hear of the armed robbery of a truck carrying one billion eighty million yen's worth of Mint paper. Knowing that the thugs...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jō Shishido

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Nakamura Kanzaburō XVII

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūsaku Matsuda

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kinzō Shin

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Keiko Matsuzaka

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Izumi Ashikawa

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

In 1936, under the war clouds over the Manchurian border, 60-year-old Shozaburo Oshima is concerned about the future of his only son, Ryuji, who has...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hideki Takahashi

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

Genre: Action

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best friend Kinzo take to the road on their...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Bunta Sugawara

[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...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss...

Genre: Action

Cast: Yoshio Harada

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jō Shishido

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kō Mishima

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.

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Cast: Ken Takakura

Joe, a master diver, explodes his fighting spirit and friendship across raging seas and scorching deserts in this gorgeous and entertaining epic.

Genre: Action

Cast: Jō Shishido

An action comedy that depicts two men fascinated by a woman in red high heels who are convinced to confront a vicious yakuza gang. The 2nd of the 3...

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Cast: Jō Shishido

Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The third work in Nikkatsu's "Gambler" series.

Genre: Action

Cast: Akira Kobayashi

A yakuza falls in love with his brother's mistress while he is serving his sentence, and hides out in Hakodate to wait for her... A mood action...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara