
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Read More »
Tag Archives: Raizô Ichikawa
Enchanted Princess / Hatsuharu tanuki goten (1959) Keigo Kimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Shintarô Katsu

Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. Read More »
The Radiant Prince / Shin Genji monogatari (1961) Kazuo Mori, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Hanayo Sumi

Driven to an obsession with the emperor’s new concubine, Lady Fujitsubo, whose resemblance to his late mother Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (1964) Kazuo Ikehiro

On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. Read More »
Shinobi No Mono 4: Siege (1964) Tokuzô Tanaka

Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination Read More »
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 »
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 »
Satan’s Sword 2: The Dragon God (1960) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Kôjirô Hongô, Tamao Nakamura

Set in the last period of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Daibosatsu Toge tells the story of Tsuke Ryunosuke 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 »
Sword Devil / Ken ki (1965) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Sugata, Kei Satô

Hanpei is an orphan mistreated by other vassals of the manor. Read More »