Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother Read More »
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Samurai Vendetta (1959) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu, Chitose Maki
Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »
The Saga of Tanegashima (1968) Kazuo Mori
Well before “Shogun” as warring clans were fighting for power throughout Japan Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 3: Resurrection / Shin shinobi no mono (1963) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Eijirô Tôno
When we last saw the intrepid ninja Ishikawa Goemon (Raizo Ichikawa), he was about to be boiled alive. Read More »
Daibosatsu toge: Kanketsu-hen / Satan’s Sword 3: The Final Chapter (1961) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
Advance Patrol (1957) Kazuo Mori, Kenji Sugawara, Yoshirô Kitahara, Ryûji Shinagawa
January 1905, Manchuria. The Russo-Japanese War has been going on for nearly a year. Read More »
The Blind Menace (1960) Kazuo Mori, Shintarô Katsu, Tamao Nakamura, Mieko Kondô
Before he portrayed the legendary blind swordsman, Zatoichi, Shintaro Katsu played Suganoichi, a blind court masseur with a dark side. Read More »
Jirocho Fuji (1959) Kazuo Mori, Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizô Ichikawa, Shintarô Katsu
An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made “the ultimate Jirocho movie” about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area. Read More »
A Killers Key (1967) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Ichirô Nakatani, Kô Nishimura
A master of Japanese dance, Nitta has another face, a killer with unearthly skill. Read More »
A Certain Killer (1967) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Mikio Narita, Yumiko Nogawa
The main character is a man from the WW2 generation who has lost his dreams in post-war Japan.
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