Izo Okada, a ronin (masterless samurai), desperately seeks a way out of his financial straits. Read More »
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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 »
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 »