Shoichiro Masumoto

Violence Musou: Subliminal War (2021)

The ex-convict protagonist of Versus lives far away from the maddening yakuza when he receives a new visit from the gangsters of the resurrection forest. ...

GACHI-BAN: EXPENDED (2013)

Monji Mori comes to Tokyo to meet up with his old friend, Nakajima, who attempts to persuade Monji to come join the local yakuza. Monji quickly runs into some trouble with one of their members, which leads a small screw up to turn into an alleged murder. T ...

Jellyfish Eyes (2013)

In present-day Japan, little Masashi moves from an evacuation center to a small village. There, he will discover that every child has the ability to communicate with a fantastic creature, but they are being used in an evil plan to collect the children's ne ...

Karate-Robo Zaborgar (2011)

An evil criminal organisation called Sigma kidnap prominment business leaders to harvest their DNA and only Karate-Robo Zaborgar can save them. ...

The King of Jail Breakers (2010)

Masayuki Suzuki (Itsuji Itao) is known as "Datsugoku Oh" (King of Escape) because of his incredible ability to escape from any prison. Even though his ability to escape from prison was unmatched he would normally get caught within a few hours from his esca ...

63 Minutes Later (2009)

A spin-off feature from Tokyo Gore Police centering on three characters from the movie who are each given a short story explaining how they became an "engineer". ...

New Type: Just For Your Love (2008)

Yuri, who works at the ticket window at a ferry terminal, is one-eyed. One day, she is held at knifepoint and locked away in captivity by an enigmatic man named Kwon, who has missed a ferry. At the very moment Yuri learns that Kwon has supernatural powers. ...

Happy Darts (2008)

The All-Japan Darts Tour has entered the finals. In front of the crowd, Sawada Minako will throw the last dart. Amidst the tension and excitement, Minako recalled the two months of experience. ...

ICHI (2008)

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and walking stick. She's in search for the kind man that brought her up as a child, but because of her beauty she encounters problems every step of the way. Fortu ...

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad wh ...

Flowers in the Shadow (2008)

Shinya is in debt as a result of his gambling habit. He attempts to defraud an old woman with a bank transfer scam, but the woman reminds him of his late mother and they start to relate to each other. Meanwhile, Shinya meets a girl called Hisako in town, a ...

Ghosts vs. Aliens 03 (2007)

A two-part feature directed separately by Shimizu and his colleague Keisuke Toyoshima. Unrelated to each other, both have a common goal: to bring ghosts and aliens together in pure, referential and absurdistic delirium, including neo-Nazi specters, zombie ...

Meatball Machine: Reject of Death (2007)

A young girl with mental illness just wants to die. But the necroborgs have other plans... ...

Meatball Machine (2006)

Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the ...

LoveDeath (2006)

A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a stunningly beautiful playgirl, Sheila. While Sheila flees with a large ...

Reincarnation (2005)

A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago. ...

Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)

Young assassins Azumi and Nagara continue their mission to prevent a civil war. In their hunt for Masayuki Sanada, who is protected by both an army and a dangerous clan, they meet Ginkaku, a person who shows a remarking resemblance with former friend Nachi ...

Maicching Machiko! Begins (2005)

Based on the Maicching Machiko Teacher Manga. ...

Hole (2004)

An omnibus film consisting of four stories on the theme of "holes" by four directors. ...

Nervous Part 1: Versus Side Story (2004)

The first side story featuring characters from the main feature "Versus" (2000 - Ryûhei Kitamura). ...

Nervous Part 2: Versus Side Story (2004)

The second side story featuring characters from the main feature "Versus" and a sequel to "Nervous" (2000 / 2004 - Ryûhei Kitamura). ...

Battlefield Baseball (2003)

Battlefield Baseball is a tough game — it doesn't end until all the members on the opposing team are dead. In this game the Gedo High team is composed of blue-faced zombies, and their opponents on the Seido High team know they don't have a chance at beat ...

Azumi (2003)

In war-torn Japan, the Tokugawa Shogun, desperate to restore peace to his people, orders the assassination of the hostile warlords. A beautiful young woman is raised from birth with nine other orphans, to become an assassin. Her name is Azumi, the ultimate ...

Versus (2000)

Set in the present where a group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, unwittingly, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest c ...

High & Low The Worst X (2022)

Fists fly when Oya High's street fighters defend themselves from a three-school alliance of brawlers. ...

Stop the Bitch Campaign Reboot (2020)

Based on the legenday cult Japanese comic "Stop The Bitch Campaign" by Hideo Yamamoto ("Ichi the Killer") and Tetsuya Koshiba ("Remote"), a fierce battle between the beautiful high-school girls and the middle-aged man erupts once again. ...

High & Low The Worst (2019)

The street fighters of Oya High and the delinquent brawlers of Housen Academy face off against each other when both seemingly attack each other. ...

Back Street Girls: Gokudoruzu (2019)

Three male gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of female pop singers. ...

Solitary Scream 2 DARKNESS (2017)

Sequel to 'Solitary Scream'. ...

Solitary Scream (2017)

Heinous. Two wolves haunted by the past. Can you hear the gunshot?-Is it his voice?- Starring: Ichizo Matsuda ("The Emblem of the Yakuza", "The Rule of the Yakuza") x A non-stop action with a gorgeous cast What kind of life will a yakuza who has lost his m ...

Chivalrous Sinking (2011)

Any And Every Which Way (2010)

Sexy Momoko turns tricks in her taxi to boost business, until she's finally discovered by her employer. Running from the authorities, Momoko abandons her cab to begin life as a fugitive, accompanied by her most recent customer. ...

Kougyou Aika Volley Boys (2008)

The story follows the risque misadventures of three students named Akagi, Miyamoto, and Taniguchi, known by others as the Numa-Kō 3 Baka Trio ("The Asanuma Technical High School Idiot Trio"). The trio start a second volleyball team at their school in a mi ...

Cromartie High School: The Movie (2005)

When a good student named Kamiyama gets placed in a high school filled with disobedient kids, he steps up to the plate and takes a position of leadership. Urging the young slackers and rebels to clean up their act, Kamiyama is in store for a lot of resista ...

Maicching Machiko! Begins (2005)

Based on the Maicching Machiko Teacher Manga. ...

Nervous Part 1: Versus Side Story (2004)

The first side story featuring characters from the main feature "Versus" (2000 - Ryûhei Kitamura). ...

Nervous Part 2: Versus Side Story (2004)

The second side story featuring characters from the main feature "Versus" and a sequel to "Nervous" (2000 / 2004 - Ryûhei Kitamura). ...

Man Gataro Show: Babaa Zone (2004)

Based on the manga by Man Gataro. ...

Aragami (2003)

Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple, the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman. One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died, but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He discovers t ...