Jun Ōtomo

Yojimbo

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen...

Throne of Blood

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their...

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

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

Nanairo Kamen

Seven Color Mask (七色仮面, Nanairo Kamen) is the name and title character of a tokusatsu TV series, later called N...

Jigoku

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gat...

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to r...

Black River

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all...

The Ghost of Yotsuya

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wi...

Yellow Line

The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called...

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And desp...

The Street Without Sun

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large...

Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes th...

Kuro to aka no hanabira

Crime film distributed by Taiho.

Women of Whirlpool Island

Fire Line

Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicat...

Jigoku no hatoba

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engin...

Broken Blossoms

War drama about army nurses.

Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku

Japanese war film.

The Witness' Chair

Murder case and trial.

Cave Queens

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens...

Roar of the Bullets

At the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully accused as spy suspe...

Five Violent Girls

Japanese comedy film.

Female Slave Ship

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a c...

The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki

Japanese spy film.

Black Line

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is...

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai

Second movie in the Sakura Code series.

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Secret White Line Zone

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard

1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho.

剣聖　暁の三十六番斬り

トップ屋を殺せ

Japanese crime film.

男の嵐

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead

King Rose returns, unleashing terror from beyond the grave. Detective Kotaro Ran, as Seven-Color Mask, investig...

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a...

Nightingale

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.