Masao Mishima Movies

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a...

Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a group of young warriors who want to bring...

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shinano region, which is guarded by a descendant of...

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

A 1960 crime film

1960 action film.

Based on true events surrounding a Korean student who had entered Japan unlawfully and escaped illegal alien internment.

Hiroshi is the second officer on board the Hakuromaru. Lead by his captain, he heads out to town to recruit new crew members for their next voyage....

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.

After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and...

A man with two identical faces challenges the wicked and lawless escaped prisoner to an unsuitable battle, intertwining with the chilling image of...

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.