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 »
Tag Archives: Raizô Ichikawa
A Gamblers Life: The Massacring Fudo (1969) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Jûshirô Konoe, Machiko Hasegawa
A debt collector visits a gambling den in search of a gambler – the gambler’s wife and daughter are sick Read More »
The Fencing Master (1962) Shunkai Mizuho, Raizô Ichikawa, Ganjirô Nakamura, Kinuyo Tanaka
The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. 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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Koshoku ichidai otoko / A Lustful Man (1961) Yasuzô Masumura, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Tamao Nakamura, Comedy, Drama
Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 12: Castle Menagerie (1969) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Naoko Kubo, Shiho Fujimura, Action, Drama
Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spiders Lair (1968) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Mako Midori, Maka Sarijo, Action, Drama
The titular “tarantula” is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 10: Hell Is a Woman (1968) Tokuzô Tanaka, Raizô Ichikawa, Miwa Takada, Yaeko Mizutani, Drama
Two devious retainers are competing to take control of a fief when the current Lord dies, but involving Kyoshiro in the conflict against his will is the textbook example of a bad idea – especially when the collateral damage starts to tick him off. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps (1967) Kazuo Ikehiro, Raizô Ichikawa, Nobuo Kaneko, Toshio Kimura, Action, Drama
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei’s longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Shigeru Amachi, Shiho Fujimura, Action, Drama
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 7: The Mask of the Princess (1966) Akira Inoue, Raizô Ichikawa, Yaeko Mizutani, Ichirô Nakatani, Drama
The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6 – Sword of Satan (1965) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Saga, Machiko Hasegawa, Action, Drama
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple — or save — a mighty Clan Read More »
Nemuri Kyôshirô 5: Enjôken / Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tamao Nakamura, Michiko Sugata, Action, Drama
Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate gang, and a missing treasure trove. Read More »
Ken (1964) Kenji Misumi, Raizô Ichikawa, Yûsuke Kawazu, Hisaya Morishige, Drama
Interesting story about a young man obsessed by kendo. Kokubu is a university student and has just been made captain of the kendo team, just ahead of Kagawa. Read More »