Mieko Kondo

山男の歌

Mitsuo Murayama

Jun Fujimaki, Mako Sanjō

人肌孔雀

Kazuo Mori

Raizō Ichikawa, Fujiko Yamamoto

A beautiful girl who seeks revenge, disguises herself by dressing up in men's clothes, geisha, etc. A young swordsman helps her uncover the plot and take revenge.

あばれ鳶

Kazuo Mori

Raizō Ichikawa, Shinobu Araki

かげろう侍

Kazuo Ikehiro

Raizō Ichikawa, Reiko Fujiwara

New Tale of Zatoichi

Tokuzō Tanaka

Shintarō Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.

Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut

Katsuhiko Tasaka

Shintarō Katsu, Tamao Nakamura

The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.

The Blind Menace

Kazuo Mori

Shintarō Katsu, Tamao Nakamura

This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi

小雨の夜に散った恋

Kazuo Mori

Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizō Ichikawa

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting from Katsu Shintaro as One-Eyed Ishimatsu highlights this great tale taken from Japanese history!

Bronze Magician

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Raizō Ichikawa, Yukiko Fuji

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate of Hell (Jigokumon, 1952) & the milestone silent surrealist masterpiece A Page of Madness (Kurutta Ippeji, 1926).

黒の報告書

Yasuzō Masumura

Ken Utsui, Junko Kano

After a businessman is murdered, an investigation identifies a suspect who is then put on trial for that crime.

次郎長富士

Kazuo Mori

Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizō Ichikawa

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

四谷怪談

Kenji Misumi

Kazuo Hasegawa, Yasuko Nakata

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

弁天小僧

Daisuke Itō

Raizō Ichikawa, Shintarō Katsu

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo Award for best actor Raizo Ichikawa.

風と雲と砦

Kazuo Mori

Kyōko Enami, Shintarō Katsu

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides.

初春狸御殿 (Hatsuharu tanuki goten)

Keigo Kimura

Raizō Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. One day after they disguised themselves as parasols, they were wrongly brought to the Racoon Palace, where the young racoon princess (also Ayako Wakao) made a mess of her arranged marriage with the beautiful racoon prince (Raizô Ichikawa). Pretty princess ran away. In order not to spoil the promising marriage, people tried to make use of resemblances between Okuro and the princess. Before long, Okuro and the Prince fell in love with each other...

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.