Veteran director (Hideo Gosha) adapts this psychological drama based Read More »
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Three Outlaw Samurai AKA Sanbiki no samurai (1964) Hideo Gosha, Tetsurô Tanba, Isamu Nagato, Mikijirô Hira
When poor peasants kidnap a magistrate’s daughter to coerce Read More »
Onimasa AKA Kiryûin Hanako no shôgai (1982) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masako Natsume, Akiko Nakamura
A yakuza melodrama, covering decades in the lives of Boss Onimasa Read More »
Hunter in the Dark AKA Yami no karyudo (1979) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Read More »
Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron AKA Kumokiri Nizaemon (1978) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kôshirô Matsumoto, Shima Iwashita
Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class Read More »
Samurai Wolf AKA Kiba Ôkaminosuke (1966) Hideo Gosha, Isao Natsuyagi, Ryôhei Uchida, Junko Miyazono
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba Read More »
The Geisha AKA Yôkirô (1983) Hideo Gosha, Ken Ogata, Kimiko Ikegami, Atsuko Asano
1933. 20 years before, Katsuzo was in love with a geisha who gave him a daughter. Read More »
Hitokiri (1969) Hideo Gosha, Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yukio Mishima
Izo Okada, a ronin (masterless samurai), desperately seeks a way out of his financial straits. Read More »
Cash Calls Hell AKA Gohiki no shinshi (1966) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ichirô Nakatani, Hisashi Igawa
Fresh out of prison, a broken man reluctantly takes a job to kill three men, but changes his mind when some gangsters target the same men. Read More »
Sword of the Beast AKA Kedamono no ken (1965) Hideo Gosha, Mikijirô Hira, Gô Katô, Shima Iwashita
Gennosuke, a clan retainer, kills one of the clan ministers as part of a plot to achieve reform. Read More »
Tracked (1985) Hideo Gosha, Ken Ogata, Atsuko Asano, Takuzô Kawatani
A man who is jailed for murdering his family after he confessed, escapes. Read More »
Goyokin (1969) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa
Tatsuya Nakadai plays a samurai overcome with guilt over his unwitting part in a massacre of a small village. Read More »
The Secret of the urn (1966) Hideo Gosha, Bin Amatsu, Keiko Awaji, Takuya Fujioka, Action, Adventure, Drama
Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. Read More »
Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989) Hideo Gosha, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Tomokazu Miura, Masahiro Motoki, Action, Drama, War
Based on the “2.26 Incident”, an attempted coup d’état in Japan 1936, launched by radical ultra-nationalist parts of the military. Read More »
Death Shadow (1986) Hideo Gosha, Mariko Ishihara, Masanori Sera, Mari Natsuki, Action, Drama
Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninjas working for mysterious high ranking officials. Read More »