Shōbun Inoue

Pro Hunter

Kogarashi Monjiro

Monjiro was born into a poor farm family in Mikazuki Village, Nitta County, Ueshu, and abandoned his hometown w...

Special Crime Investigation Front

Ai yori aoku

The 12th NHK Asadora. Set in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, at the end of the Pacific War. Maki is the heroine,...

Ashita Koso

The 8th NHK Asadora. Starring Yumiko Fujita in a family drama. The first Asadora filmed in color.

Ashita Koso

The 8th NHK Asadora. Starring Yumiko Fujita in a family drama. The first Asadora filmed in color.

Throne of Blood

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

Warrior of Love Rainbowman

Thanks to a Buddhist hermit in India, a young Japanese wrestler transforms into a 7-phased superhero and fights...

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

Kaji, sent to the Japanese army labeled Red, witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive tr...

May Love Be Restored

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

Watashi wa umi

The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans.

Truck Rascals: No One Can Stop Me

The first of many movies featuring the lighthearted adventures of two truck drivers. Momojiro and his best frie...

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

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

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

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

Cruel Gun Story

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck drive...

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...

Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

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

Fight of the Gamblers

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

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi

1962 Japanese movie

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusi...

The Long Death

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employee...

The Sea of Eden

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear f...

The Fearless Avenger

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Ya...

Beyond the Green Hills

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against schoo...

I Hate But Love

A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deli...

The Storm over Arabia

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on...

The Dragon Crest

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

Badge of the Night

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person...

Traveling Alone with a Guitar

Kobayashi Akira stars as a wandering musician, who lost his brother and lover to dishonest rival Henmi. The thi...

Fresh Leaves

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she d...

Distant Love

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

Dansen

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.

Greatest Boss of Japan

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underwor...

Shinobi no mono 8: The Three Enemies

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the d...

零戦黒雲一家

The Rule for a Vagabond

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