Jun Ōtomo

Rika: The Mixed-Blood Girl (1972)

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl crime gang. ...

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai (1969)

Second movie in the Sakura Code series. ...

The Witness' Chair (1965)

Murder case and trial. ...

Ghost Story: Cruel Phantom (1964)

Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film. ...

Kuro to aka no hanabira (1962)

Crime film distributed by Taiho. ...

Fire Line (1961)

Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from a rival gang. Somewhere in the process they find themselves on the run from their own gang and one of them ...

Yojimbo (1961)

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and ...

Five Violent Girls (1960)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Roar of the Bullets (1960)

At the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully accused as spy suspects and his father died in prison after being tortured. Ten years later, Amada seeks for revenge on the three men responsible for his father deat ...

Cave Queens (1960)

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring. Offstage, Rumi captivates the gang boss, Iwahara (Shuntaro Emi); while Emi attracts the portly club manager, ...

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)

Japanese action film. ...

Jigoku (1960)

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell. ...

Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku (1960)

Japanese war film. ...

Yellow Line (1960)

The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfri ...

Women of Whirlpool Island (1960)

Black Line (1960)

Freelance reporter "Scoop" Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line's rotten swamp o ...

Female Slave Ship (1960)

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down ...

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Challenge from the Dead (1959)

King Rose returns, unleashing terror from beyond the grave. Detective Kotaro Ran, as Seven-Color Mask, investigates eerie crimes. As he unravels the mystery, he faces deadly traps and a final battle to stop King Rose's reign.. The third and final installme ...

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Disappearing Gentleman (1959)

The second installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose. ...

Seven-Color Mask: King Rose - Devil's Rose (1959)

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose. ...

The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)

This horror tale adapts the Japanese legend which tells of a man who faces the consequences of betraying his wife in order to acquire wealth and power. ...

Fight to the Death in a Blizzard (1959)

1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho. ...

Broken Blossoms (1959)

War drama about army nurses. ...

The Challenge of the Female Spy Akatsuki (1959)

Japanese spy film. ...

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959)

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts and moves with his newlywed wife Mich ...

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal (1959)

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and ...

Secret White Line Zone (1958)

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series. ...

Stakeout (1958)

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame. ...

Black River (1957)

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era. ...

Throne of Blood (1957)

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit' ...

Jigoku no hatoba (1956)

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement, witnesses two men shooting each other and collapsing on the quay while his assistant Shinsuke is away. ...

The Street Without Sun (1954)

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates i ...

Nightingale (1938)

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves. ...

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts (1935)

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars... ...