Akira Shiga

七変化狸御殿

Tatsuo Ôsone

Hibari Misora, Chikako Miyagi

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force.

山椒大夫

Kenji Mizoguchi

Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi

In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

The Third Shadow Warrior

Umetsugu Inoue

Raizō Ichikawa, Hizuru Takachiho

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lord and the other two shadows are killed in battle and he must take on the role of Lord Yasutaka....

眠狂四郎 勝負

Kenji Misumi

Raizō Ichikawa, Kôichi Aihara

Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the wrath of the shogun's self-indulgent daughter for cutting off her allowance. The enraged princess promptly hatches a scheme to have Asahina bumped off -- along with his protector, Kyoshiro. Shiho Fujimura also stars in this installment of the enormously popular film series.

続・座頭市物語

Kazuo Mori

Shintarō Katsu, Yoshie Mizutani

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.

Destiny's Son

Kenji Misumi

Raizō Ichikawa, Mayumi Nagasi

The son of an executioner and the assassin he loved yet murdered learns of his origins, leaving his foster parents to avenge his mother's death.

Zatoichi the Outlaw

Satsuo Yamamoto

Shintarō Katsu, Rentaro Mikuni

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

Amigasa Gonpachi

Kenji Misumi

Raizō Ichikawa, Mieko Kondō

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

ある殺し屋

Kazuo Mori

Raizō Ichikawa, Yumiko Nogawa

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.

新・忍びの者

Kazuo Mori

Raizō Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao

[Period covered: 1595-1600] Third film in the famous shinobi no mono series. We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even harder to kill. With the help of the enigmatic Hattori Hanzo, Goemon lives to skulk another day, and sets his sights on bringing down the warlord who tried to turn him into soup – Toyotomi Hideyoshi. And as always, in the background, the suble hand of Tokugawa Ieyasu is pulling strings as he plots to rule all of Japan!

Daimajin

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

新選組始末記

Kenji Misumi

Shigeru Amachi, Shiho Fujimura

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsenhumi out of admiration for its leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.

赤い手裏剣

Tokuzō Tanaka

Raizō Ichikawa, Chitose Kobayashi

Ronin samurai Ibuki-san enters a town and sells his skills to the warring families. He falls in love with the beautiful horse stable owner but like all heroes, cannot stay.

忍びの者 伊賀屋敷

Kazuo Mori

Raizō Ichikawa, Kaoru Yachigusa

[Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.

兵隊やくざ 脱獄

Kazuo Mori

Shintarō Katsu, Takahiro Tamura

眠狂四郎殺法帖

Tokuzō Tanaka

Raizō Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate will discover his illegal activities. He learns of evidence that will prove his guilt. Meanwhile, his partner is not dead, and, assisted by a master of Shorenji boxing, is looking for revenge and for his loot. The Kaga leader sends the beautiful Chisa to enlist Nemuri's aid. The unexpected happens: the hard-bitten Nemuri falls in love. Can he protect her, topple the criminals, and avoid the boxer's deadly skill?