Jimmy Wang Yu

Tôru Abe

Takamaru Sasaki

Chikara Hashimoto

While traveling the Japanese countryside the blind masseur Zatoichi comes across the One Armed Swordsman, Wang Kang, who is in hiding and protecting a child from a corrupt Japanese priest and a group of yakuza. Zatoichi and Wang Kang, each from very different worlds yet heroic swordsman in their own right, at first seem to get along but a language barrier and a series of misunderstanding leads Kang to distrust Ichi. Soon the two heroes are at each other throats while each attempts to stop the true villains from taking the child.—Daniel Jos. Leary

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman

Zatoichi and the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

Miwa Takada

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Yôko Wakasugi

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the killer, a hired ronin.

Zatoichi the Fugitive

Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

Ai Sasaki

Bunta Sugawara

Mineko Mashiro

Koshizu (Fuji), a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi (Sugahara). Rival geisha Adakichi (Yumi), greedy trader Yasukawa (Abe) and wealthy businessman Asai (Soganoya) add up to dramatic turns.

Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha

Nihon jokyo-den: tekka geisha (1970)

Masayuki Mori

Yôko Sugi

Chôko Iida

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and the development of a serious illness: a breast cancer, which leads her to lose her breasts. In the last stage of her life she meets a young journalist arrived from Tokyo, an admirer of her work, who want to write a story on her life. Both live a secret love history.—Anonymous

The Eternal Breasts

The Eternal Breasts (1955)

Jôji Takagi

Ken Takakura

Mariko Kaga

A killer who only hits people who deserve it is tricked into killing an innocent man. He then seeks revenge against the people who employed him.

An Outlaw

An Outlaw (1964)

Hideki Takahashi

Jun Hamamura

Mari Shiraki

A war veteran clashes with a mob boss in this crime saga. When Ryuji returns from the war, he finds himself torn by the death of an old friend - the son of crime kingpin Kiyomiya. A death Ryuji feels responsible for.

The Scarred Crest

The Scarred Crest (1964)

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Hatsuo Yamaya

Outside of a small village in Japan, a mysterious pond is inhabited by mythic creatures. Their story is of revenge, tragedy, and the power of real love. A classical tale which translates wonderfully to film.—Molly Malloy

Demon Pond

Demon Pond (1979)

Nobuo Kaneko

Sanpei Mine

Shôki Fukae

Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club, an eventually wins a drumming contest. But what he really desires is the approval of his mother, who hates music and musicians.—Sharptongue

Man Who Causes a Storm

Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)

Tatsuo Umemiya

Yôko Mihara

The son of a prominent member of a fishing community returns home after a stint with the yakuza to find his father has died under orders of a local gang leader. He sets out to avenge his father, keeping his plans secret from his mother who is cold to him since his perceived abandonment of the family. This wonderful, if little-seen, Fulasaku gem deals with family, community and what it means to do right by both.—Dan Martin

Rampaging Dragon of the North

Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)

Yoshiaki Yamashita

Akira Ôizumi

Released from reform school, the Girl Boss (Yuko Kano) and her girl gang enter in conflict with another girl gang who are allied to the powerful Yakuza Boss (Toru Abe). The Girl Boss teams up with a single, handsome Thief (Noboru Shiraishi), and the couple end by having sex together. The two make a plan to rob the Yakuza's clandestine diamond transport. They do it easily, but the Yakuza Boss easily finds who did it. He secretly starts tracking the individual girls, and has them killed one by one. The couple and the few remaining girls concoct a spear-gun-toting, hang-gliding attack on the Yakuza Boss's headquarters in a small island. After the landing, there is a massacre, and the Thief pays his loyalty to the Girl Boss in a deadly gun fight duel with the Yakuza's Second-in-command. The surviving girls have not much to rejoice.—Artemis-9

Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi

Sukeban: Tamatsuki asobi (1974)

Mikio Narita

"Japan's Violent Islands: Murder in the Capital by an Army of Killers" A violent young man forms an alliance with the powerful syndicate gangster to fight a war to take over Japan underworld, but the gangster wants much wider horizons.

Nihon bôryôku rettô: Keihanshin koroshi no gundan

Nihon bôryôku rettô: Keihanshin koroshi no gundan (1975)

Kenjirô Ishiyama

Hideo Kuroki

A wandering yakuza in search for the man responsible for slicing up his father and an amateur samurai searching for the whereabouts of his own father are thrown together on the outskirts of a mob infested seaside village.

On the Road Forever

On the Road Forever (1964)

Haruo Tanaka

Yasunori Irikawa

Jûshirô Konoe

Blind swordswoman Oichi ponders whether a life of peace might be better than killing criminals for money.

Blind Swordswoman: Hellish Skin

Blind Swordswoman: Hellish Skin (1969)

Shinsuke Ashida

Misako Watanabe

Ayako Fukuda

A sharpshooter kills two prisoners in a police van at night. The guard on the van is suspended for six months; he's Tamon, an upright, modest man. He begins his own investigation into the murders. Who were the victims, who are their relatives and girlfriends, who else was on the van that night? As he doggedly investigates, others die, coincidences occur, and several leads take him to the Hamaju Agency, which may be supplying call girls. Its owner is in jail, his daughter, the enigmatic Yuko, keeps turning up where Tamon goes. Tamon believes he can awaken good in people, but has he met his match? Will he solve the murders or be the next victim? And who is Akiba?—

Take Aim at the Police Van

Take Aim at the Police Van (1960)

Eitarô Ozawa

Takahiro Tamura

Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea - especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off.—Anonymous

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Hell Is a Woman (1968)

Tomisaburô Wakayama

The third instalment of the 'Lone Wolf & Cub' film series sees Ogami Itto and his son; Daigoro, face with with a series of foes; new and old, as they wander across feudal Japan. From despicable ravaging ronin, to the honourable yet dangerous Bohachimono gang, and not to mention the allies and agents of the dreaded Yagyu Clan.—samrussell-82620

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)

Kyôko Kagawa

Sô Yamamura

Chishû Ryû

Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi, Japan with their youngest daughter, schoolteacher Kyoko Hirayama. Their other three surviving adult children, who they have not seen in quite some time, live either in Tokyo or Osaka. As such, Shukishi and Tomi make the unilateral decision to have an extended visit in Tokyo with their children, pediatrician Koichi Hirayama and beautician Shige Kaneko, and their respective families (which includes two grandchildren). In transit, they make an unexpected stop in Osaka and stay with their other son, Keiso Hirayama. All of their children treat the visit more as an obligation than a want, each trying to figure out what to do with their parents while they continue on with their own daily lives. At one point, they even decide to ship their parents off to an inexpensive resort at Atami Hot Springs rather than spend time with them. The only offspring who makes a concerted effort on this trip is Noriko Hirayama, their widowed daughter-in-law, whose husband, Shoji Hirayama, was killed eight years earlier in the war. Following the vacation, each child comes to some conclusion of their general behavior toward their parents, not only on this trip but throughout their entire adult lives. For some, this realization may come too late.—Huggo

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story (1953)

Tanie Kitabayashi

Manabu Morita

Shôzô Nanbu

An evil warlord invades a peaceful lakeside village during one of their annual festivals. In the course of burning down buildings, executing helpless civilians and generally looting and pillaging, the warlord's men blow up the statue of the village god and sink the pieces deep in the lake. Everything looks hopeless for the people of the village until a strange force from beneath the water's surface begins pulling enemy soldiers to their deaths. Has the local come back for its revenge?—Jean-Marc Rocher

Wrath of Daimajin

Wrath of Daimajin (1966)

Kenji Kawai

Jô Shishido

Akira Kobayashi

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.

The Boy Who Came Back

The Boy Who Came Back (1958)

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