Teruko Ōmi

Professional Killers

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

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separate...

Ugetsu

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearb...

Fight, Zatoichi, Fight

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman returning home with her baby. When gangsters mistake...

A Geisha

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran g...

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husban...

Buddha

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search o...

Samaritan Zatoichi

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrive...

Zatoichi the Fugitive

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza bos...

Zatoichi at Large

Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he de...

Zatoichi and the Fugitives

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

The Third Will

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passin...

Zatoichi on the Road

Zatoichi is sworn to protect the life of a young girl and without any real allies finds himself in the middle o...

Story of a Beloved Wife

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a st...

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, he...

The Invisible Man Appears

A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use...

Adventures of Zatoichi

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disa...

The Curse of the Ghost

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei Sato) who is...

Undercurrent

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, w...

The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasing...

Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint

It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro...

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on t...

Kumo no Yuna

Oniisan to oneesan

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

The Elephant Who Waited

The story of Kanesuke and Entaro who are master elephant trainers in charge of two elephants, Taro and Hanako a...

The Lightning Sword

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn...

Seven Miles to Nakayama

When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming ther...

Child Bride

Assignment Cloud

A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the graduates who i...

A Fool's Love

Adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel whit the same name. It is perversely erotic relationship between a you...

The Hot Little Girl

A model gets involved with some gangsters trying to pull a big deal.

Broken Swords

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange...

Drunken Harbor

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

Flowery Hood