Takao Itō

Professional Killers

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

Belladonna of Sadness

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives....

Tokugawa Ieyasu

The story chronicles the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Hanashite yo itsumo no you ni

Tenchu!

A ronin desperately seeks a way out of financial straits; he allies with the Tosa clan under the ruthless leade...

The Night of Martial Law

Suspicion

A car going at 25 mph plunges into the sea at Shinko Harbour, Toyama prefecture. Inside is the local business m...

Willful Murder

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued...

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...

Hanagatami

Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares fo...

妻の復讐

The Militarists

Fifth Movement

When a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of the members ref...

Two Wives

After a random encounter at a bar, two couples collide. Two men, two women, embroiled in a love-and-hate drama...

Zatoichi Challenged

Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist...

ミステリー「侵略夫人」

Vixen

Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the...

Love and Faith

Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daugh...

A Public Benefactor

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

A Secret Rendezvous

After witnessing a murder, a married woman and a student agree not to meet and see each other out of fear of ex...

The Gambling Samurai

Seven Weeks

Relatives gather from afar in wintery Ashibetsu upon the death of patriarch Mitsuo. A mysterious woman named No...

City of Beasts

University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutical company w...

The Class of the Sewage Canal

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

Shutsugeki

An original warrior directed by Toshio Takagi, directed by Eisuke Takizawa of “Kiriko's Tango” by Toshio Yasumi...

The Frolic of the Beasts

The wife Yuko Kusumon operating a pottery store was a chastal wife without complaints even though her husband i...

Sweet Seventeen

That Guy and I

Asada Keiko and Kurokawa Saburo are two young college students. When Keiko visits Saburo's house, she meets his...

Ningen Gari

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

The Woman Champion

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays th...

Shojo jutai

Good-bye Moscow

Ex-jazz pianist turned promoter finds he is successful, but empty. When an entrepreneur sends him to Moscow wit...

Nemuri Kyôshirô 2: Conspiracy in Edo Castle

Sakai Nobunari an Elder in 'Honmaru' (or the main enclosure) and Mizuno Tadakuni an Elder in 'Nishinomaru' (or...

Keiji monogatari jazu wa kurutchai nē

1961 Japanese movie

Keiji monogatari buchō keiji o oe!

1961 Japanese movie

I'll Cry Alone

"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuil...