Kōtarō Sugie

G.I. Samurai (1979)

A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun. ...

Records of Bloodshed (1970)

Post World War II, Minoru lives by selling supplies that had been stolen from the U.S. military. One day, he is arrested due to the plotting of Kurahata, a member of the Yakuza who doesn't like him. ...

Midnight Virgin (1970)

Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close, eventually leading to a lesbian relationship. Their affair drifts into sadism and involvement with a bizarre se ...

Red Sword Sheath: Code Of Honour: Recieving Orders (1969)

Japanese crime film ...

Showdown at Nagasaki (1969)

When Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment field that had been held by his family have been taken over by the Matsui Group, a new gangster setup. So he becomes head of the Takama Group to regain lost terri ...

Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)

On a cold winter day, Goro Fujikawa (Tetsuya Watari) and Masahiko murder the mob boss of Meishin-Kai. The deed costs them time in prison, but Goro had no shred of regret. When Goro is released 2 years later, Masahiko is dying in prison hospital and entrust ...

Duel in the Storm (1968)

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has no ...

Dice and Swords (1968)

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime syndicate saw this as an opportunity to expand its territory. The Odera boss arranges marriage between his dau ...

Velvet Hustler (1967)

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 ...

The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding (1967)

A man who was released from prison wanders around the Kanto region and gets involved with the local yakuza. ...

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967)

An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching ...

The Man of Victory (1967)

Dreams Come True at Night (1967)

Fearless Comrades (1966)

The first film in the Fearless Guy series. Kosuke was part of a huge organized crime group, but decided to leave after his best friend died a brutal death at the hands of the gang leader. He goes on a trip with a guitar in his hand and ends up in Yokohama. ...

Love Eternal (1966)

A deep mist envelops the port city of Yokohama. The scent of crime is everywhere. As an executive member of a drug trafficking syndicate, Kano is pretty high up in the food chain, but "status" bears no value to him. All he cares for is Ayako, the boss' mis ...

Blood Shed (1966)

Ginjiro was born to a family of nobility, though he yearned for freedom. To earn this freedom, he affiliates himself with the worst of the worst. Swearing his allegiance to the notorious Kuroiwa crime syndicate, the yakuza family known for its thirst for ...

Night of Sorrow (1966)

A young lawyer looking for a true culprit to save his innocent friend. But behind the case is the father of a woman he loves. ...

Bastards Without Borders (1965)

Counterfeit Japanese dollars are connected to a large-scale underground drug organization. An action masterpiece with Akira Kobayashi, in the role of an international secret police officer who challenges organizations throughout the world. ...

Woman Gambler (1965)

Mourning the death of her boyfriend, Yukiko wanders aimlessly from one city to another. During her mourning, she becomes addicted to gambling. One day, a man that resembles her deceased lover asks for help. He's being pursued by a dangerous gang of yakuza. ...

The Black Gambler: Murderous Dice (1965)

As a foreign gambling ring tries to take over the Japanese underworld, Himuro the ace gambler must face their leader - and his dangerous gadgets… ...

Loss of Innocence (1965)

A young journalist is writing an article on what happens to girls who are raped. He uncovers the story of a young girl who committed suicide when recognized by her former fiancee after she had become a prostitute. Other stories are interwoven, and the jour ...

Taking the Castle (1965)

The Sengoku Era was coming to an end. The monopoly of the ever powerful shogun, Ieyasu Tokugawa, was at a near. Only one man was brave enough to stand in Ieyasu's way - A lone wolf samurai by the name of Kagekatsu Uesugi. Inspired by Uesugi's courage to re ...

Black Strait (1964)

Newly out of prison after killing his boss' rival, Akio Maki is eager to move on and start a new life with the boss' daughter. However, the chains of the past are not so easily broken and Maki is soon ordered to kill again. ...

A Man's Crest: Fight Challenge (1964)

Sixth part in the Enblem of Man series. ...

The Hunter's Diary (1964)

Leaving his wife in Osaka, Honda leads a double life in Tokyo – after spending the day as an elite businessman, he flirts around in the evenings. He even rents a secret apartment where he keeps record of his girl hunts in his diary, the 'Hunter's Diary'. ...

Cruel Gun Story (1964)

Businessmen arrange the early release from prison of Togawa, serving time for taking revenge on the truck driver whose carelessness confined Togawa's sister, Rie, to a wheelchair. They want Togawa to hijack an armored truck loaded with 120 million yen; the ...

The Symbol of a Man (1963)

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict. ...

Ore wa Jigoku no Butaichou (1963)

Badge of the Night (1963)

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case. Nightclub-managing, drug-dealing gangster Uchida is the prime suspect in the case until he commits suicide. K ...

Sararīman monogatari - Taiki bansai (1963)

Japanese comedy film. ...

The Mud-Spattered Pure Heart (1963)

Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat's daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an hones ...

Utau abarenbō (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Traces of Lead (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Hitoribotchi no futari daga (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Jūdan no arashi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

I Hate But Love (1962)

A celebrity, dissatisfied with his personal and professional lives, impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. When his controlling manager, the woman he loves, follows, the two must reconcile while dodging repor ...

The Man From the Sea (1962)

Japanese action film. ...

Sun and Stars (1962)

It's a thrilling, action-packed entertainer with sparks of men versus villains in an up-and-down tale of brothers burning with masculine will and passion. ...

Burūtaun aoi machi no ōkami (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Wakai tsume ato (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Sugata Naki Tsuisekisha (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Otoko to otoko no ikiru machi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Fûun Shinsengumi (1961)

1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi. ...

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza (1961)

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku". ...

Sexy Line (1961)

It tells the story of a couple who fall into a trap set up by a sinister organization. One of them is a guy who is framed for the murder of his lover. The other is a woman pick-pocket who is entrapped by the organization's schemes involving their crimes. F ...

Queen Bee and College Boy Ryu (1960)

Japanese action film. ...

Death Row Woman (1960)

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence. ...

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 ...

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. ...

Underwater Murder (1958)

The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda. ...

Holiday in Japan (1958)

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding. ...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

Queen of Asia (1957)

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut. ...

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals (1957)

Japanese mystery film. ...

Super Giant: Earth on the Verge of Destruction (1957)

The 4th Super Giant film, in which he continues his fight against the Kapia Aliens (Part 2 of 2) ...

Super Giant: The Mysterious Spacemen's Demonic Castle (1957)

The 3rd Super Giant film, in which he saves Earth from the threat of the reptile-like Kapia Aliens. ...

Super Giant Continues (1957)

The 2nd Super Giant film. Super Giant continues his battle against the foreign terrorists. In return, they frame him for murder. ...

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an a ...

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties (1956)

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The film opens with the sextet humiliating a respected painter's portraits of them, driving the man to a sus­p ...

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (1956)

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger brother Tadanaga. ...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet. ...

Silver Snake Iwashiya (1956)

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts. ...

The Fencing Collegian (1956)

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo. ...

The Tale of Jiro (1955)

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother. ...