Samurai Spy
Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is thrown into turmoil. After Sasuke is unwittingly drawn into the conflict, he tracks Tatewaki, while a mysterious, white-hooded figure seems to hunt them both. By tale’s end, no one is who they seemed to be, and the truth is far more personal than anyone suspected. Director Masahiro Shinoda’s Samurai Spy, filled with clan intrigue, ninja spies, and multiple double crosses, marks a bold stylistic departure from swordplay film convention.
Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
The Perfect Education
Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock her in the room and 'educate' her to perform perfect sex where body and soul are united.
Nippon no akuryo
Murase is a bodyguard of yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. When they meet, they are surprised how identical they look.
Ken ki
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes the old man's pupil. Soon, Hanpei's skill of sword comes to attention of his lord. The lord orders him to assassinate a man...
The Ceremony
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
Irezumi
Otsuya, the daughter of a rich merchant, elopes with her lover Shinsuke, an employee of her father's. During their flight, Otsuya's beauty attracts the gaze of Seikichi, a mysterious master tattooist who sees her pristine white skin as the perfect canvas for his art. The image of the large demonic spider that he emblazons across Otsuya's back marks her as the property of another man, radically altering her relationships with all around her as her personality seems to transform under its influence.
Punishment Island
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for vengeance are disturbed when he encounters a strange and beautiful young woman
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.
Inn of Evil
The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.
The Pleasures of the Flesh
After committing murder, businessman Atsushi is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.
Violence at Noon
Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist.
Night and Fog in Japan
Long takes and a highly theatrical visual approach combine to form a tense and confrontational look at the decline of a socialist student activists' movement in Japan.
Three Resurrected Drunkards
Three students spend their holidays at the seaside where they are mistaken for Koreans, a minority which is looked down on in Japan. The action develops into a crime story.
Double Suicide: Japanese Summer
A sex-obsessed woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, and a gun-crazy wannabe gangster become trapped in an underground hideaway.
Death by Hanging
A Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but somehow survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next.
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
An ambitious Kansai yakuza don moves in on Tokyo using financial and political tactics, sparking conflict with a local criminal association.
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare
Against the backdrop of the Edo treasury devaluing currency and driving many into poverty, Hanzo Itami enforces the law without regard to status. He shows inadequate respect to the treasurer, who wants him dead.
The Killing Game
The second movie of Tôru Murakawa's "Game" trilogy. After making a sensational hit, a hitman has gone into hiding for five years. When he comes back he bumps into two women that he has spared five years ago. Two rival yakuza bosses hire Narumi to kill the other. Will Narumi's sense of chivalry entrap him again?
Cruel Story of Youth
A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.
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Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Hiroshi Aoyama
as
Misako Watanabe
as
Okiwa
Kei Satô
as
Takanosuke Nojiri
Eiji Okada
as
Tatewaki Koriyama
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Tatsuo Endô
as
Boss Iwagoro
Rie Yokoyama
as
Yuri / Lily
Hijiri Kojima
as
Kuniko
Asami Sawaki
as
Midori
Kazuki Kitamura
as
Tsuda
Hideo Kanze
as
Gotô
Taiji Tonoyama
as
Pachinko owner
Raizô Ichikawa
as
Hanpei
Ryûzô Shimada
as
Kansuke Hatta
Ryûtarô Gomi
as
Zen priest with a flute
Nagisa Ôshima
Director
Kenzô Kawarasaki
as
Sakurada Masuo
Nobuko Otowa
as
Sakurada Shizu
Atsuo Nakamura
as
Tachibana Terumichi
Yasuzô Masumura
Director
Fujio Suga
as
Kenji
Ayako Wakao
as
Otsuya
Shima Iwashita
as
Aya, Daigoku's daughter
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Daigoku
Kôichi Mizuhara
as
Joshuya
Mitsuko Yoshikawa
as
Mother
Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Masao Mishima
as
Funayado Tokubei
Tatsuya Nakadai
as
Sadashichi
Kei Yamamoto
as
Tomijirô
Yumiko Nogawa
as
Hitomi
Akiji Kobayashi
as
Mari's pimp
Mariko Kaga
as
Shoko
Sen Yano
as
Mayor
Teruko Kishi
as
Shino's grandmother
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Ôta
Hiroshi Akutagawa
as
Prof. Udagawa
Miyuki Kuwano
as
Reiko Harada
Mako Midori
as
Nee-chan - young woman
Akiko Koyama
as
The sister
Toshirô Mifune
as
Kosuke Oishi
Kôji Tsuruta
as
Tatsumi
Sayoko Ninomiya
as
Toshiko Ichinomiya
Keizô Kanie
as
Toshio Kurosawa
as
Junai Mikoshiba
Hitoshi Takagi
as
Tanbaya
Moeko Ezawa
as
Housewife
Iwao Dan
as
Ishihara
Naomi Oka
as
Mama of Bar Yuko
Shin Morikawa
as
Yûsuke Kawazu
as
Kiyoshi
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