Jushiro Kobayashi

Kaisha monogatari: Memories of You (1988)

A hard-working section chief, fast approaching retirement and beset by stress from all directions, joins a jazz band and reignites his youthful passion for the music, giving him a chance to set things right in his life. ...

Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire (1984)

The Shinobi Ninja (1981)

Fighters are hired to steal back a secret document, which if made public, could destroy all democracy. ...

Troops of Darkness (1971)

A disgraced yakuza member, framed for the murder of his boss, emerges from prison eight years later with revenge on his mind. ...

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)

Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebted to their generosity, she stays to work for the v ...

Ukiyoe Cruel Story (1968)

Made after Takechi had won an obscenity trial over Black Snow (1965), the film has been called "Takechi's personal message to Eirin. ...

Where did Sharaku go? (1968)

Writer Jippensha Ikku hears Tsutaya Juzaburo, a wholesaler of picture books, mutter on his deathbed, "Where has Sharaku gone?" He begins to figure out the true identity of Sharaku, who disappeared after about 150 portraits of actors he created came out. ...

Gang's Upward Strategy (1965)

The Life of a Chivalrous Man in Suruga: Broken Swords (1964)

The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will become Jirocho's wife, as well as other members of his future family. There is a particularly great swordfight n ...

Main Street in the Underworld (1964)

Duel of the Underworld (1963)

Gang vs. G-Men (1962)

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood. ...

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)

The last fight put up by remaining forces and a special volunteer nursing corps in 1944-5. ...

Keshin (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Actress and the Three Rascals (1962)

Golden Peacock Castle, Part 1 (1961)

A group of pirates led by the evil Gondaiyu and his wizard, Genkuro, capture the Golden Peacock Castle and massacre the peaceful clan that lives there. The few survivors that manage to escape plot their revenge and wait for the right timing for an attack. ...

Yagyu Chronicles 2: The Secret Sword (1961)

This is the second film in the popular black and white series about the master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei. When the Yagyu clan falls victim to rival Kasumi spies, Yagyu Jubei is called to action to protect them. But in performing his duty, he becomes the targe ...

Lord of Steel Heart (1961)

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord Honjo. One of Honjo's most trusted under-lords is Sanzaemon. He has designs on Matabei's fief, and he plot ...

Queen of the Treasure Island (1960)

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei Tsuchihashi, is murdered by unknown assailants, Tadakazu is summoned to Akane-ya, the landlord of this area. ...

Daitengu shutsugen (1960)

Japanese film. ...

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū (1959)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Quiet Dawn in the Front (1959)

Japanese war film. ...

Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger (1959)

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called "Kageboshi" (Shadow Avenger), will fight for the common folk, robbing the rich so the people will have rice. ...

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 ...

Holiday in Japan -Chapter 2- (1958)

Part 2 of Holiday in Japan ...

Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958)

"Tomorrow is Another Day" tells the story of three brothers who struggle to shake free of the father's ties to the yakuza underworld. A star vehicle for the popular singer/actor Yūjirō Ishihara. ...

Fangs of Night (1958)

A young doctor discovers that the city hall of records has a record of his death. He and some friends try to seek out the person who reported it, and uncover a shady group of criminals with a sinister plot. ...

The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursues an ...

The Champion (1957)

Eikichi Yamashiro, who is a former contender for the boxing title, works as a manager at a Club Champion owned by his fiancé Natsuko's father. He lost a title match five years ago as he was besotted by Natsuko, but Eikichi actually cannot give up the drea ...

Mehyō to Narazu Mono (1957)

A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose love and action unfold against the backdrop of a rice field in the middle of a vast forest. ...

Nikoyon monogatari (1956)

Japanese drama film. ...

Pure Emotions of the Sea (1956)

A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart. ...

Crossroad (1956)

Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife's body, but along the way, he finds an ...

Such is Life (1955)

Japanese drama film. ...

The juvenile (1955)

A good young man accidentally joins a group of leg breakers ...

Gyakushû Orochimaru (1955)

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama. ...

Picture Book of Sarutobi Sasuke (1953)

Japanese film. ...

Princess Hibari's First Dream Journey (1952)

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu (1952)

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 down the Shogunate... ...

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter (1952)

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming t ...

Satsuma-bikyaku (1951)

Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan (1951)

Japanese film. ...

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival (1951)

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter? ...

Bored Hatamoto: The Demon of Chinatown (1951)

Bored Hatamoto movie #12 ...

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo (1949)

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is. ...

Last Days of Edo (1941)

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period. ...

Military Train (1938)

Jeom-yong Kim (Pyeong Wang) is a train conductor who wants to drive a military train. Won-jin (Eun-gi Dog) is his best friend and both live together. When a spy for the resistance approaches Won-jin for information on the Japanese military train in exchang ...

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 (1936)

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass ...

With a Single Sword Bale (1934)

Period film from 1934. ...

Genpei the Carp (1933)

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the past behind him and risk his life for his friend. ...

Two Lanterns (1933)

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke ...

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As t ...

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)