Shinsuke Mikimoto

Onihei's Detective Records (1995)

A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill. ...

Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit (1991)

When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his many subordinates scattered all over the country to live out the rest of their lives. First, he targets Ma ...

The Notorious Bored Samurai 4 (1990)

A marriage proposal from the Kishu family is presented to Kikuji, but her brother, Sawatari Shusui, declines it. Around the same time, the lord of the Kishu family dies under suspicious circumstances. Determined to resolve the turmoil within the Kishu doma ...

Abarenbo Shogun II – New Year’s Special (1985)

When the seventh shogun, Ietsugu died, shogunate officials chose Yoshimune, Lord of Kishu, to succeed him. Since then Yoshimune has led a double life.In court he remains a dedicated leader, but outside he travels incognito as a wandering swordsman, seeking ...

Zero (1984)

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the test pilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of one of the young men who don't qualify for the pilot training and i ...

Samon’s Hell Revenge: Unauthorised Jutte Records 4 (1984)

Samon, who had left his position as a police constable, embarks on a journey. During his travel, he is attacked by a group of masked bandits and sufferes a deep wound on his way back to Edo at the request of Magistrate Toyama. Saved by Dr. Kazumichi, Samon ...

The Fugitive Samurai (1984)

Itto Ogami- High Executioner to the Shogun- has been betrayed by his political enemies and sentenced to a dishonorable death. Seeking to restore the honor of his name, Ogami- The Wolf- must flee the Shogun's grasp and live long enough to prove his innocenc ...

The Yoshida School (1983)

Coinciding with the LDP presidential election of the entire national public, a masterpiece depicting the reverse side of Showa political history released, superimposed cast, a group image of real politicians centered on Shigeru Yoshida and political histor ...

The Edo Fortune-Teller (1982)

Karasudo, who charges 16 mon for his fortune-telling skill, asks for nothing when it comes to swordplay. His merciless blade is stained with the blood of his enemies when he uncovers a sinister plot and finds that his martial arts skill must be called into ...

Baian the Assassin (1981)

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and di ...

The Fall of Ako Castle (1978)

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its former samurai on the perpetrator of the catastrophe. Lord Asano was goaded, or tricked, into d ...

Festival Champ (1976)

Hiroki Matsukata is a fish market worker and a fanatical Japanese festival rascal. He also falls in love with a stripper while delivering his colleague's love letter to her but forgetting to mention it's from another man. ...

Fear of Sex (1970)

The Ambitious (1970)

The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desi ...

Brutal Tales of Chivalry 5: Man With The Karajishi Tattoo (1969)

Hidejirō is sent to prison after killing the boss of a rival family. After being released, he discovers that his family has scattered and he is taken in by a company of quarry workers, whose boss has a strict code of non-violence. When the rival family tr ...

The Day the Sun Rose (1968)

Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in ...

The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze (1968)

The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pil ...

Gambler's World 2 (1967)

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks. ...

Gambler's World (1967)

The Chivalrous Life (1967)

Ryoma is a former military man who gets to know the leader of a yakuza group and begins to work with them, helping them defend themselves against other yakuza gangs. ...

Judo vs. Karate (1966)

A story of friendship between a lone wolf judo expert and a youth. ...

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Lone Wolf (1966)

The karashi Botan returns in the third chapter of the incredible Showa Zankoden series. This time legendary actor Ken Takakura plays Takei Shigejiro of the Shimazu family. When the boss of the Shimazu is killed, Shigejiro takes revenge and is sent to jail. ...

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 ...

Evil Brain from Outer Space (1966)

An evil brain from outer space unleashes monsters with deadly diseases on Earth with trying to conquer the universe. Superhero Starman must battle them all to save his planet. ...

Judo Showdown (1965)

In the end of 19th century Japan, followers of judo and jujitsu battle for supremacy in Japanese martial arts. ...

Invaders from Space (1965)

A bunch of pernicious salamander men from the planet Kulimon in the Moffit Galaxy plan on taking over Earth by unleashing a lethal plague on mankind. It's up to valiant superhero Starman from the Emerald Planet to save the human race before it's too late. ...

Atomic Rulers (1965)

Super criminals are planning to infiltrate Earth with mass nuclear destruction! Only Starman can defend civilization by thwarting evil! ...

Attack from Space (1965)

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and force him to use his spaceship against the Earth. ...

Destroyer Yukikaze (1964)

Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to ...

The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps (1962)

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

Invitation to the Enchanted Town (1961)

Live-action adaptation of Ko Kojima's manga "Sennin buraku". ...

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza (1961)

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

Counterattack of a Queen Bee (1961)

Tokaido hijokeikai (1960)

Crime film directed by Tatsuo Yamada for Shintoho. ...

Ghost of the Pearl Divers (1960)

The film begins strongly, with an atmospheric opening sequence, predating John Carpenter's The Fog by two decades, of shuffling ghost-like zombies, blood streaming from their faces, rising from the waves to drag the workers of a deserted shipyard,swirling ...

Supai to Teisô (1960)

Japanese spy film. ...

Kôshitsu to sensô to waga minzoku (1960)

Japanese war film. ...

Enigmatic Explosion of the Battleship Mutsu (1960)

During the naval battle of Midway in WWII, the battleship Mutsu was in its home port in Japan. The ship's officers and crew were frustrated at not being able to take part in the fighting. They had been held back by orders from the Naval Ministry, but there ...

Female Thief and the Bomb (1960)

Beyond the Hills (1960)

On September 1, 1923, an unprecedented earthquake hit the Kanto region. The streets are filled with victims, and rumors are circulating around. The military seized the opportunity to round up and kill many socialists, anarchists, and Koreans, culminating i ...

Tōkaidō yajikita chin dōchū (1959)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Emperor Meiji and General Nogi (1959)

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the relations between two countries have become strained to breaking ...

Quiet Dawn in the Front (1959)

Japanese war film. ...

Judo Queen (1959)

1959 Japanese film directed by Morihei Magatani for Shintoho. ...

Queen of the China Sea (1959)

Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans to es ...

Nude Woman and Murder Maze (1959)

Japanese crime film. ...

Satsujinhan nanatsu no kao (1959)

Japanese crime film ...

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 ...

Nude Model Murder Case (1958)

Nude models are being brutally murdered one after another. Is the painter with the dark sunglasses really the killer? ...

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. ...

Star Poisoning Case (1958)

Japanese crime film. ...

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. ...

Demon King of Yoja Manor (1957)

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles' star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro Hayatori, deputy director of Hayatori Hospital, grows suspicious of Akuri, founder of the new religion "Reihi-kyo ...

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 ...

Mysterious Clouds: Legend of Satomi's Heroic Deed (1957)

In the first year of Chōroku, Satomi Yoshimi, lord of Takita Castle in Awa, faces defeat by neighboring lord Anzai Kagesuren. As the castle nears collapse, Anzai demands a seed from Yoshimi's lineage, specifically from his wife, Fushihime. Outraged but fa ...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

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

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō (1956)

Japanese youth film about kendo. ...