A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy Read More »
Tag Archives: Yûzô Kayama
Blueprint of Murder AKA Ankokugai no dankon (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Makoto Satô, Tatsuya Mihashi
While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine Read More »
Admiral Yamamoto AKA Rengô kantai shirei chôkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (1968) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Read More »
The Target of Roses AKA Bara no hyôteki (1972) Kiyoshi Nishimura, Yûzô Kayama, Zhen Zhen, Eiji Okada
A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer Read More »
Bullet Wound AKA Dankon (1969) Shirô Moritani, Yûzô Kayama, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Satô
Thriller about a Japanese-American CIA agent (Kayama) in Japan. Read More »
Big Shots Die at Dawn AKA Kaoyaku akatsukini shisu (1961) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Shimazaki
After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. Read More »
The Creature Called Man AKA Jaga wa hashitta (1970) Kiyoshi Nishimura, Yûzô Kayama, Jirô Tamiya, Mariko Kaga
A police inspector and Olympic sharpshooter (Kayama) Read More »
The Sun Above, Death Below AKA Sogeki (1968) Hiromichi Horikawa, Yûzô Kayama, Ruriko Asaoka, Masayuki Mori
Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring Read More »
The Sword of Doom AKA Dai-bosatsu tôge (1966) Kihachi Okamoto, Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama
Ryunosuke is a sociopathic samurai without compassion or scruples. Read More »
Red Beard AKA Akahige (1965) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki
In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable older doctor, Dr. Niide Read More »
Warring Clans (1963) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûzô Kayama, Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô
A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period. Read More »
Attack Squadron! (1963) Shûe Matsubayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Takashi Shimura
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. Read More »
Sanshiro Sugata (1965) Seiichirô Uchikawa, Yûzô Kayama, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Eiji Okada
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. Read More »
Battle in the Sea of Japan (1969) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûzô Kayama
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails Read More »
Scattered Clouds (1967) Mikio Naruse, Yûzô Kayama, Yôko Tsukasa, Mitsuko Kusabue, Drama, Romance
A guy falls in love with the widow of a man he killed in a car collision. Finally she falls in love with him . Read More »