Fumitake Ōmura

An early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an...

1962 Japanese movie

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

1961 Japanese movie

The murder took place at a hotel in Matsushima. The victim is a woman about 28 years old. The suspect is a young man who visited her the night...

Detectives of the First Investigation Division of the Capital Police Department are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old girl, whose strangled...

A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...

Because of trickery, the Jinya Group has only seven days to complete a mountain road project or it will forfeit a major dam construction job to the...

1962 Japanese movie

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai (Oki Minoru) pursues Chiyo...

This film tells about the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Aikawa, the head of the Bureau of Military Affairs, about the beginning of the incident 2.26...

Two people disappeared, engineers of the company Yamato Matsui and Koyama. The two worked overtime, and it is proven that they consumed alcohol...

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

Fourth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

1962 Japanese movie

Part 3 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

To fulfill a friend’s dying wish, a young sailor Kenji takes on the task of delivering an heirloom to his friend’s daughter, Harumi, who...

The sixth and last Moonlight Mask film in the original series produced by Toei in the 1950s.

Japan-Hong Kong co-production.

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and...

When the plague threatens a small town in Manchuria, a young doctor finds himself struggling to save the lives of his townspeople.

Fifth Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

1961 Toei adaptation of Yokomizo's novel.

First Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Second Moonlight Mask theatrical film.

Japanese comedy film.

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological...

The 3rd Moonlight Mask movie from the 50s.

Sonny Chiba's first martial arts film, a partially fictionalized judo biopic based on prominent judoka Shiro Saigo (Chiba), the second student of...

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

A young man longs to travel to Hawaii, the birthplace of his deceased father, against the wishes of his family, who are estranged from those...

A boss of underworld helps the police crush an evil gang.

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro’s rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business.

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield...

Somewhat unique as it appears to be one of the very rare appearances of master thespian Itô in a yakuza role.

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Japanese action film.

An upstanding young man who is popular with the ladies takes on a corrupt group of men in his company.

Japanese family drama.

Film concerning warring yakuza families.

Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during...

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the...

Teruo Ishii portrays the bitter conflict over the right to develop land in a gripping and humorous way. Nakagami, the head of the Kanto Joseikai, is...

It tells the story of Rock, a puppy whose mother is killed by a tiger and a fox. To fulfill his revenge, will achieve together a large number of...

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some...

The Chase after Opium Dealers