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    Wrath of Daimajin 1966 POSTER

    Wrath of Daimajin

    1966

    Japanese

    6.2

    7

    52%

    52%

    Action

    Fantasy

    feudal japan

    giant monster

    monster

    sequel

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Tôru Abe Tôru Abe as Hidanokami Arakawa Tanie Kitabayashi Tanie Kitabayashi as Old Woman Kane Junichiro Yamashita Junichiro Yamashita as Syôhachi Yûzô Hayakawa Yûzô Hayakawa as Yoshibei
    In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A band of young boys decide to rescue their enslaved fathers on their own.
    Satan's Sword 3: The Final Chapter 1961 POSTER

    Satan's Sword 3: The Final Chapter

    1961

    Japanese

    6.2

    6

    Action

    Drama

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Ryûzô Shimada Ryûzô Shimada as Kamiya Hajime Mitamura Hajime Mitamura as Komai Noto Dan Michiko Ai Michiko Ai as Okinu Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Tsukue Ryunosuke
    Disguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a country dojo or fencing school malingering outside their fencing hall. The third film in the Satan's Sword trilogy.
    Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô 1966 POSTER

    Shinobi no mono: Shin kirigakure Saizô

    1966

    Japanese

    6.7

    8

    Action

    Drama

    japan

    jidaigeki

    ninja

    samurai

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Jôtarô Senba Jôtarô Senba as Takahiro Tamura Takahiro Tamura as Daijuro Fuma Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Saizo Kumogakure Yûko Kusunoki Yûko Kusunoki as Yayoi
    [Period covered: 1616] Kirigakure Saizo returns for the final time as he sets out to assassinate Tokugawa Ieyasu in order to avenge the death of Lord Sanada Yukimura. But first he must contend with Ieyasu’s own ninja group led by the powerful Fuma Daijuro, who has a score to settle with the men of Iga that dates back 280 years to the war between the Genji and the Heike at the Battle of Dan-no-Ura. Tremendous fighting and great plot twists highlight this exceptional look into the lives of the mysterious ninja of Japan.
    Shinobi no mono: Iga-yashiki 1965 POSTER

    Shinobi no mono: Iga-yashiki

    1965

    Japanese

    6.4

    6

    Action

    chambara

    Drama

    japan

    jidaigeki

    ninja

    samurai

    samurai sword

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Ryûzô Shimada Ryûzô Shimada as Seishirô Hara Seishirô Hara as Hotta Mizuho Suzuki Mizuho Suzuki as Masayuki Yui Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Saizo Kumogakure
    [Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s son, Kirigakure Saisuke, who after seeing his father die at the Battle Of Shimabara, grows up to be an expert ninja. Before he dies, “Mist” Saizo tells his children Saisuke, and Yuri that they are not really brother and sister. She, in fact, is the daughter of the late lord Sanada Yukimura, and must be saved from the shogun’s forces. In the chess match of spy versus spy, can Saisuke defeat the shogun’s chief strategist, Matsudaira Izunokami at his own game? Showing many exciting ninja tactics, it is not to be missed.
    Jirôchô Fuji 1959 POSTER

    Jirôchô Fuji

    1959

    Japanese

    6.9

    3

    Action

    Drama

    History

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Eiji Funakoshi Eiji Funakoshi as Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Kira no Nikichi Machiko Kyô Machiko Kyô as Okatsu Ayako Wakao Ayako Wakao as Okiku
    Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.
    Zatoichi and the Doomed Man 1965 POSTER

    Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

    1965

    Japanese

    6.9

    5

    72%

    72%

    Action

    Adventure

    corruption

    Drama

    samurai

    sequel

    zatoichi

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Kenjirô Ishiyama Kenjirô Ishiyama as Boss Jubei Araiso Kôichi Mizuhara Kôichi Mizuhara as Shimazo Kitase Ryûzô Shimada Ryûzô Shimada as Yakuza boss Eiko Taki Eiko Taki as Yone
    Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to death. Zatoichi is reluctant to get involved, because he knows how often such involvement has led to trouble in the past. But events conspire to thrust him repeatedly into involvement, and gradually he comes to believe in the man's innocence and determines to free him.
    Zatoichi at Large 1972 POSTER

    Zatoichi at Large

    1972

    Japanese

    6.8

    5

    67%

    67%

    Action

    Adventure

    Drama

    samurai

    sequel

    sword

    zatoichi

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Keizô Kanie Keizô Kanie as Rentarô Mikuni Rentarô Mikuni as Boss Tetsugoro Hisaya Morishige Hisaya Morishige as Constable Tobei Renji Ishibashi Renji Ishibashi as Gunroku
    Blind masseur and master swordsman Zatoichi finds a robbed and fatally wounded pregnant woman, whose baby he delivers before she dies. He takes the baby in search of its father and finds the child's aunt, who is about to be forced into prostitution for want of a payment the dead mother was bringing. Zatoichi determines to save the woman from her cruel fate.
    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues 1962 POSTER

    The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

    1962

    Japanese

    7.2

    5

    100%

    88%

    Action

    Adventure

    Drama

    japan

    samurai

    sequel

    sword fight

    yakuza

    zatoichi

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director San'emon Arashi San'emon Arashi as Kai Yoshida Tomisaburô Wakayama Tomisaburô Wakayama as Nagisa no Yoshiro Eijirô Yanagi Eijirô Yanagi as Sukegoro Hanoka Masayo Banri Masayo Banri as Tane
    Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi encounters another swordsman and former rival in love.
    A Certain Killer 1967 POSTER

    A Certain Killer

    1967

    Japanese

    6.7

    6

    Action

    Crime

    drug deal

    hitman

    japan

    post war japan

    yakuza

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Yumiko Nogawa Yumiko Nogawa as Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Tatsuo Matsushita Tatsuo Matsushita as Jôtarô Senba Jôtarô Senba as
    A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with.
    Samurai Vendetta 1959 POSTER

    Samurai Vendetta

    1959

    Japanese

    6.6

    5

    Action

    chanbara

    Drama

    edo period

    japan

    jidaigeki

    samurai

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Gen Shimizu Gen Shimizu as Seishirô Hara Seishirô Hara as San'emon Arashi San'emon Arashi as Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka Ryûzaburô Mitsuoka as
    Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.
    A Killer's Key 1967 POSTER

    A Killer's Key

    1967

    Japanese

    6.7

    4

    Action

    Crime

    japanese noir

    sequel

    Kazuo Mori Kazuo Mori Director Yoshio Kaneuchi Yoshio Kaneuchi as Araki Kô Nishimura Kô Nishimura as Endo Tomomi Satô Tomomi Satô as Hideko Raizô Ichikawa Raizô Ichikawa as Nitta
    Raizô Ichikawa reprises his role as the restaurant-cook-turned-contract-killer in this sequel to Kazuo Mori's stylish 1967 thriller A Certain Killer.
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