Shōsaku Sugiyama Movies

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

This period thriller concerns a very famous cat known as the "monster cat of Nabeshima". This cat, a symbol of vengeance in human disguise, takes...

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here,...

Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a...

1958 Japanese movie

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.

The swordsman again crosses paths with the murderous Devil Mask Gang -- who as the name suggests, all wear hideous devil masks.

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

1962 Japanese movie

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie...

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status....