Mari Shiraki

Professional Killers

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that intro...

Hissatsu Shigotonin

Nakamura Mondo was relegated to a post in Hachioji from the Minamimachi Bugyōsho and he has retired from profes...

Ōedo Sōsamō

Set against the backdrop of the reign of the 11th Tokugawa Shogun, Ienari Tokugawa, this drama is a masterpiece...

Labyrinth Romanesque

A serial killing occurs at a port town brothel.

The Rambling Guitarist

Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a h...

Turning Point

A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumi...

Intimidation

Koreyoshi Kurahara's ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank m...

Take Aim at the Police Van

A sniper kills two prisoners in a police van, and the driver sets out to find the killer.

A Man With Dragon Tattoos

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are...

Sure Death 4

Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of...

Ooku: Empress of the Tokugawa

Wicked Priest

During the Taisho Period (early 1920's) a monastery of warrior monks was split apart between two factions. One...

The Four Loves

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him a...

午前零時の出獄

This movie depicts the confrontation between a man entangled in a despicable trap and the shadow of murderous i...

Man Who Causes a Storm

Shoichi Kokubun is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom...

Hole in the Pants

A boy transfers into a new high school in the big city. He gets bullied, but meets a pretty girl. He tries to w...

Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder!

When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends...

Rusty Knife

Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to...

Underworld Beauty

The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stash...

旅役者葵長五郎殺意のめぐり逢い

The Gun Like Lightning

Sadao, is saved from death at the hands of Goro, a killer belonging to a rival gang by Joji just released from...

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in t...

Red Peony Gambler: Gambler's Obligation

A local yakuza boss of a silk farming town shows kindness to the wandering gambler Oryu by letting her stay at...

Sure Death! 3

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall fou...

Dawn of Judo

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to San...

The Human Cyclone

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of Mait Guy Aki...

Stray Cat Rock: Wild Jumbo

Wild young people kidnap a wealthy woman and she becomes attracted to one of them. When she tells the man that...

The Gambling Nun

A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. When the nunn...

Friendship of Jazz

Kenichi, who lives like a stray dog among fellow gangsters, finds his love for the first time while the police...

The Angry Rambler

Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

Wolves of the Night

A unique action drama in which a ruthless yakuza encounters a woman and realizes his true love as the conflict...

The Scarred Crest

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself tor...

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze

1962 Japanese movie

Adorable Flowers

The story of the Peanuts.

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tok...

The Rambler Returns Home

Final installment of THE WANDERING GUITARIST series.