Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Road to the Don Gaiden White Tiger Conference (2004)

'Road to the Don' spinoff. ...

Road to the Don Theatrical Version (2003)

A young yakuza experiences various conflicts, tactics, betrayals, rules, etc. in the gangster world, stands out in the organization, and climbs to the top of the organization. The theatrical version of the popular video series adapted from the original wor ...

True Record of an Ando Gang Side-Story: Starving Wolf's Rules (2002)

Former yakuza gang boss Noboru Ando reminisces about old partner in crime Kei Hanagata. ...

Road to the Don 19 (2001)

The nineteenth 'Road to the Don' film. ...

Road to the Don 18 (2001)

The eighteenth 'Road to the Don' film. ...

Road to the Don 17 (2001)

The seventeenth 'Road to the Don' film. ...

Kizu Blood Apocalypse 5 (2000)

The final 'Kizu Blood Apocalypse' film. ...

Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)

When a major bank is caught paying off a corporate extortionist, the media and prosecutors begin to dig, breaking open a money-and-favours scandal that threatens to rock the entire structure of business and government to its core. While the bank's top exec ...

Road to the Don 3 (1998)

The third 'Road to the Don' film. ...

Road to the Don 2 (1998)

The second 'Road to the Don' film ...

The Unruly Ronin's Journey II (1992)

Formerly a covert spy under the shogunate, ronin Azami Onijuro and his carefree companion, ronin, journeyed along the Kiso Highway. As they approached the Echizen Domain, they encountered a woman named Osode. Recognizing Onijuro's formidable skills, she as ...

A Taxing Woman (1987)

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets ...

Yakuza Ladies (1986)

When her crime boss husband is sent to prison, a woman assumes control of one of the most powerful gangs in Japan. ...

The Scarred Man (1986)

Yuko Kusaka is a Japanese journalist sent to Brazil to do a report on the gold rush phenomenon that seems to be making many people rich from night to day. Rumors say that among the many "garimpeiros" (gold diggers) currently on the Amazon forest, there is ...

And Then (1985)

Daisuke is supposed to be out looking for a respectable job and equally respectable wife. He is 30 years old and devotes his attention to music and literature; his family is wealthy and can support his interests. When his friend Hiraoka returns with his wi ...

Someday, Someone Will Be Killed (1984)

While trying to search for her missing father, Atsuko Moriya meets a group of outcasts that help her. Having only an encrypted disk in her possession and while being chased by unknown people, Atsuko tries to solve the mystery of her family origins. ...

Six God Combination GodMars: The Movie (1982)

The destruction of Earth is at hand! A pity that only one person knows it at the moment. Zule has announced his intention to take over Earth, and to demonstrate his resolved he's destroying interplanetary traffic. The warning is clear, stop expanding into ...

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader (1974)

Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang. ...

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry 4 (1967)

Fierce war breaks out when Shujiro's rival clan attempts to sabotage his lucrative construction business. ...

Dokonjo Taisho (1966)

Ryosuke Kotaki's life motto was his grandfather's will, "Study, make money, drink alcohol, and win the first prize". So, first of all, he went to Osaka to win the first prize with favorite shogi. In the car, he hit it off with a woman named Okichi and deci ...

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown (1966)

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown ...

Shinobi No Mono 5: Return of Mist Saizo (1964)

[Period covered: 1616] On May 8th, 1615 the summer campaign of Osaka has reached the climax. This film takes place immediately following 'Ninja 4: Mist Saizo, Last of The Ninja'. Staying one step ahead of the Shogun's forces, "Mist" Saizo tries to save the ...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction (1964)

A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems! ...

Shinobi no Mono 4: Siege (1964)

[Period covered: 1614-1615] Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle. Ieyasu's ninja are the only ones w ...

Suruga Yūkyōden: Gambling Hall Robbery (1964)

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963)

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate ...

Bronze Magician (1963)

A story loosely based on the affair between Empress Kōken-Shōtoku and the monk Dōkyō, set during the Nara period (710–794 A.D.). ...

Zatoichi the Fugitive (1963)

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after hearing of the slaying of a former love, Ichi furiously fights his way through the entire clan to face the k ...

Rabble Tactics (1963)

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more ...

Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp (1963)

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. Since t ...

The Third Shadow Warrior (1963)

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles, of shadows, of Lord Yasutaka. After months of intense and cruel training, he faces his destiny when the Lo ...

When Women Lie (1963)

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô). ...

Cut the Shadow (1963)

The womanizing master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on th ...

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement grows, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict. ...

Yôki na tono-sama (1962)

Ninja, A Band of Assassins (1962)

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task. ...

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven (1962)

Yamaotoko no Uta (1962)

Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern (1962)

One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy merchant named Matasaburo, who had run away from home with a woman he was in love with and had been living here. But this funeral was actually a kyogen (a fa ...

Ame no Kudan-zaka (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Sōran wataridori (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Actress and the Three Rascals (1962)

Oniisan to oneesan (1961)

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda. ...

Buddha (1961)

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals includ ...

Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya (1961)

A unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of the path deeply rooted in the essence of human nature, depicted with a wry and stylish touch. ...

The Old Temple Well (1961)

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost. ...

Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter (1961)

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. ...

Tabiwa Oiroke (1961)

Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman take your chastity? On the Tokaido Highway of Flowers, a beautiful swordsman is in peril! Tokaido is a journey of women's peril! Pink Kumudo no Kenjidoshu! ...

Three Young Samurai (1961)

During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides. ...

Nuregami botan (1961)

Straw hat of Itako (1961)

A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role. ...

Vagabonds from Badgerville (1961)

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society. ...

Bara daimyo (1960)

Lord Tadanao (1960)

Scars of Honor (1960)

Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by drawing their blades in a duel to the death. ...

What Price Love? (1960)

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke Ooka, whose shrewd legal decisions became the stuff of legend. Okuma Shirokoya, the daughter of a lumber me ...

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous (1960)

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome fighting from Katsu Shintaro as One-Eyed Ishimatsu highlights this great tale taken from Japanese history! ...

Princess Sen in Edo (1960)

A gorgeous tragic love picture scroll depicting a beautiful woman who weeps over her strange fate and falters in her search for true love! ...

Etajima, the Naval Academy (1959)

The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase. Murase's mother had remarried after his father's death and the impressionable boy hated his overbearing fa ...

The White Road Across the River (1959)

The Path I Remember (1959)

The tragic fate of Minoru Ikeda, a talented blind boy whose only joy was playing the violin. ...

Tasogare no Tokyo Tower (1959)

A sweet and melancholy story that depicts, with beautiful sentimentality, the day when a dreamy and lovely young girl first discovers love in the twilight of Tokyo Tower. ...

The Most Valuable Wife (1959)

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of Mihara Shoji, and Riko, the second daughter, is married to Jiro, the managing director, and they plot to marry K ...

Disobedience (1958)

A university student wants to avenge his sister from a businessman who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce the man's sister to make him suffer the same fate. ...

Flowery Hood (1956)