Once upon a time, Okuro (Ayako Wakao), a young female racoon, lived poorly with her drunken father. Read More »
Tag Archives: Shintarô Katsu
The Loyal 47 Ronin / Chûshingura (1958) Kunio Watanabe
Japan’s timeless tale of honor and revenge, the Loyal 47 Ronin is the true story of group of samurai Read More »
Hoodlum Soldier / Heitai yakuza (1965) Yasuzô Masumura, Shintarô Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Mikio Narita
A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. 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 »
Hoodlum Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Matsuo, Taketoshi Naitô
The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
The Homeless / Yadonashi (1974) Kôichi Saitô, Ken Takakura, Shintarô Katsu, Ichirô Nakatani
The Homeless follows the story of two prisoners released the same day Read More »
Hoodlum Soldier: Rebel in the Army / Shin heitai yakuza: Kasen (1972) Yasuzô Masumura, Shintarô Katsu, Takahiro Tamura, Michiyo Ohkusu
On the Chinese front, Kisaburo, a young soldier, falls in love with a Chinese spy. Read More »
An Osaka Story / Ôsaka monogatari (1957) Kôzaburô Yoshimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Kyôko Kagawa, Shintarô Katsu
Story follows a poor peasant family that through hardship gets some money and how that change them. Read More »
Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman / Zatôichi (1989) Shintarô Katsu, Kanako Higuchi, Takanori Jinnai
Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks Read More »
The Tale of Zatoichi / Zatôichi monogatari (1962) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Masayo Banri, Ryûzô Shimada
An impoverished blind masseur becomes a mercenary swordsman, to gain basic respect. Read More »