Shintaro Nasu

The second work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Popular ronin...

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

1962 Japanese movie

Early film by Eiichi Kudô.

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil...

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...

The second part of the Gamblers series.

1962 Japanese movie

While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. After initial conflict they become sworn brothers....

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths...

A lone wolf tries to eliminate a drug-smuggling operation.

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes...

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

1962 Japanese movie

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

1962 Japanese movie

In gangster-infested 1920s Yokohama, gambler Ishiguro gets in with the local gang -- but his view of life changes after the Great Kanto Earthquake.

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of conspiring to take Shogun's life.

Ichibei is assigned by Shogun Tokugawa to prevent the sale of a Dutch ships-load of rifles to the hostile Shogun Satsuma. On his mission he meets a...

1966 film directed by Kudo.

This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind...

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.

During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed...

Four ninja are hired to fight against the Shogunate’s plot to abolish the Gamo Clan, the regional barons struggling to reinstate their young...

The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation,...

A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the...

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

8th part of the Gamblers / Bakuchi-uchi series.

The final chapter of the Hibotan Bakuto series. Oryu the Red Peony visits an old dying Boss of an ally family and promised her that she would help...

This is the second film of the ZA KARATE trilogy (AKA BRONSON LEE CHAMPION). Tadashi Yamashita reprises his role as the Karate World Champion and...

A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.