A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Read More »
Tag Archives: Shingo Yamashiro
Brave Red Flower of the North / Nihon jokyo-den: makka na dokyo-bana (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Sumiko Fuji, Ken Takakura, Shingo Yamashiro
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning Read More »
Heitai Gokudo / Enlisted Yakuza (1968) Kiyoshi Saeki, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Reiko Ônobuta, Shingo Yamashiro
Yakuza from different gangs get enlisted in the Japanese army where they have Read More »
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2: She-Cat Gambler / Gincho nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi (1972) Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Meiko Kaji, Shin’ichi Chiba, Shingo Yamashiro
Nami(played by Meiko Kaji) returns to Tokyo to find the man who killed her father 13 years ago. Read More »
The Ninja Hunt / Ninja-gari (1964) Tetsuya Yamanouchi, Jûshirô Konoe, Kei Satô, Shingo Yamashiro
Four ex-samurai are hired to find and kill ninja infiltrators who are intent on destroying the Matsuyama clan. Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho / Jirochô sangokushi daiichibu (1963) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shingo Yamashiro
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings Read More »
Kengo tengu matsuri / Festival of Swordsmen (1961) Shigehiro Ozawa, Eiji Okada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Shingo Yamashiro
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. Read More »
Utamaro’s World (1977) Akio Jissôji, Shin Kishida
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. Read More »
Brothers of Capones (1970) Takashi Harada, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Shingo Yamashiro, Fumio Watanabe, Action, Crime
Three aspiring assassins seek their education from Chicago returnees. Read More »