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    Rusty Knife 1958 POSTER

    Rusty Knife

    1958

    Japanese

    6.6

    3

    71%

    71%

    Action

    Crime

    daughter

    district attorney

    Drama

    japanese noir

    ward

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Zenji Yamada Zenji Yamada as Mie Kitahara Mie Kitahara as Keiko Nishida Jô Shishido Jô Shishido as Shimabara Mari Shiraki Mari Shiraki as Yuri
    Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a laughing, self-confident thug. The D.A. gets an anonymous letter about the suicide five years' before of a city council member. Evidence about the case leads the D.A. to Tachibana, struggling to go straight after involvement with the mob and a prison sentence for killing the man responsible for the rape and suicide of his fiancée. One of Tachibana's friends is Keiko, the daughter of the dead councilman and the ward of another powerful official. How do these stories connect?
    Red Pier 1958 POSTER

    Red Pier

    1958

    Japanese

    6.8

    2

    Action

    Crime

    japanese noir

    Thriller

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Mie Kitahara Mie Kitahara as Keiko Sugita Masumi Okada Masumi Okada as Taabô Zenji Yamada Zenji Yamada as Tanabe Taizô Fukami Taizô Fukami as Tottsuan
    Shortly after arriving in Kobe, "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent, witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.
    The Battle of Port Arthur 1980 POSTER

    The Battle of Port Arthur

    1980

    Japanese

    6.6

    4

    Action

    china

    Drama

    History

    japan

    japanese army

    manchuria

    russia

    russian army

    War

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba as Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Emperor Meiji Tatsuya Nakadai Tatsuya Nakadai as General Nogi Hisaya Morishige Hisaya Morishige as Hirobumi Ito
    Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress of Port Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world, during the Russo-Japanese War of (1904 - 1905). In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve officer who became commander of the platoon and later company. At the same time monitors the conduct of the army commander general Nogi (Tatsuya Nakadai), which was commissioned of the emperor Matsuhito (Toshirô Mifune) to the conquest of the fort.
    Battle Anthem 1983 POSTER

    Battle Anthem

    1983

    Japanese

    6.5

    3

    Action

    Drama

    history of japan

    imperial japan

    japan

    naval combat

    russo-japanese war

    War

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Toshirô Mifune Toshirô Mifune as Admiral Heihachiro Togo Sayoko Ninomiya Sayoko Ninomiya as Chika Yoshio Inaba Yoshio Inaba as Kamimura Kôichi Satô Kôichi Satô as Yusaku Ogami
    The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.
    Kurenai no nagareboshi 1967 POSTER

    Kurenai no nagareboshi

    1967

    Japanese

    6.7

    1

    Action

    Crime

    melancholy

    tragic

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Akira Takahashi Akira Takahashi as Takeshi Yoshida Takeshi Yoshida as Ruriko Asaoka Ruriko Asaoka as Zenji Yamada Zenji Yamada as
    A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In his exile, he comes under suspicion for a murder and meets the girlfriend of the murdered man. They develop a strange bond while unbeknown to Goro, another hitman is after him for the job he did in Tokyo.
    Akai hankachi 1964 POSTER

    Akai hankachi

    1964

    Japanese

    6.8

    2

    Action

    Crime

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Shinsuke Ashida Shinsuke Ashida as Ruriko Asaoka Ruriko Asaoka as Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Hideaki Nitani Hideaki Nitani as
    A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches for answers to his troubled past, knowing that his inevitable doomed fate is more or less sealed.
    Shadow Hunters 1972 POSTER

    Shadow Hunters

    1972

    Japanese

    6.3

    3

    96%

    Action

    Adventure

    Crime

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Bumon Kahara Bumon Kahara as Isao Tamagawa Isao Tamagawa as Kiyoshi Kamoda Kiyoshi Kamoda as Ruriko Asaoka Ruriko Asaoka as Chitose
    Set during the declining years of the Tokugawa shogunate, Shadow Hunters details the questionably noble exploits of three ronin who act as "Shadow Hunters". These three ronin are not your normal ornery ruffians who are looking for a drink, a broad and someone to jab a sword into, but are in fact former samurai who, rather than follow their destroyed fiefs and murdered masters into death via seppuku, have dedicated their combined sword prowess to stopping the government from raping its daimyos for valuable resources.
    Kage gari: Hoero taihô 1972 POSTER

    Kage gari: Hoero taihô

    1972

    Japanese

    6.6

    2

    Action

    Adventure

    Crime

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Junko Miyashita Junko Miyashita as Akane Yoshirô Aoki Yoshirô Aoki as Hoshino Hiroko Isayama Hiroko Isayama as Kunoichi Mari Shiraki Mari Shiraki as Osen
    The great Daimyo enlists the aid of the three Shadow Hunters in ensuring the delivery of an illegal cannon in this sequel to Toshio Masuda's bloody adaptation of the manga by Takao Saito. Despite the Shadow Hunters's remarkable skill, this mission is no walk in the park, and in order to survive they must face a relentless army of ninjas and female warriors willing to sacrifice their lives to disrupt the delivery and claim the cannon for themselves.
    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage 1979 POSTER

    Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

    1979

    Japanese

    6.7

    13

    86%

    86%

    Action

    Animation

    Drama

    Sci-Fi

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Masatô Ibu Masatô Ibu as Deslar / Heikurô Tôdô Ichirô Nagai Ichirô Nagai as Dr. Sakezô Sado Kôji Yada Kôji Yada as Talan Makio Inoue Makio Inoue as Tetsu Kitano
    Time to ease up ... not! Although the Yamato's crew has witnessed the end of the long, hard-fought Comet Empire War, a peaceful future will have to wait. While Dessler gathers together the shattered remnants of his Gamilus Empire, new forces are at work in the universe that could augur in another conflict. Seems the Black Star Empire has invaded Dessler's homeworld and is decimating it, all the while gathering power for its war machine.
    The Return of Godzilla 1984 POSTER

    The Return of Godzilla

    1984

    Japanese

    6.8

    8

    88%

    88%

    Action

    animatronic

    brother

    cold war

    Drama

    giant monster

    heisei era

    Horror

    Sci-Fi

    soviet union

    Thriller

    Toshio Masuda Toshio Masuda Director Nobuo Kaneko Nobuo Kaneko as Home Affairs Minister Isomura Yôsuke Natsuki Yôsuke Natsuki as Professor Makoto Hayashida Takashi Ebata Takashi Ebata as Ship Captain Takeshi Katô Takeshi Katô as Trade Minister
    After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.
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