Shunji Kasuga

Mighty Jack (1987)

The organization Mighty Jack is formed to combat the criminal syndicate known as "Q", and are given a large array of advanced weapons, chief among them being a high-tech submarine. Harold Hatari is abducted by Q, and Mighty Jack is dispatched to rescue him ...

Dissolution Rites (1967)

Sawaki is released from prison after serving eight years for murdering a rival gang leader in order to obtain the land rights to a landfill for the Kotaki clan and he discovers that the world has changed significantly in that time. The police have forced t ...

What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)

In comic Woody Allen's film debut, he took the Japanese action film "International Secret Police: Key of Keys" and re-dubbed it, changing the plot to make it revolve around a secret egg salad recipe. ...

Flame and the Code (1966)

Key of Keys (1965)

Intelligence director Suritai asks agent Kitami to steal money from anti-government guerrillas. ...

Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)

Sabu and his pals hold a pauper's funeral for Sabu's mother. His brother Jiro arrives home, fresh out of jail, and Sabu pointedly states that Jiro is not invited. Jiro meanwhile is planning a big job - steal 40 million in cash and drugs, and he invites Sab ...

Escape from Japan (1964)

As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery. ...

The Great Killing (1964)

A cynical samurai is left as the sole survivor to fulfill a plot to assassinate the puppet of a villain intent on usurping the shogunate in the 17th century. A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, t ...

The Desperate (1964)

A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Ace detective Sugai pursues Chiyo, the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tok ...

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws (1964)

Edo Crime Book: Black Claws ...

Sasuke and His Comedians (1963)

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor t ...

13 Assassins (1963)

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the ...

River Washes Away the Moon (1963)

Duel of the Underworld (1963)

Fearful Witch (1962)

Operation Diamond (1962)

60s crime film by Masuichi Iizuka ...

Gang vs. G-Men (1962)

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

Hell's Kitchen (1962)

Nerai uchi buraikan (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Tokyo's Business District (1962)

The Ambitious Youth (1962)

As descendent of famed fishmonger Isshin Tasuke, young feisty Ishii Tasuke uses his talent to flourish his employer's food business. ...

Zankokuna tsuki (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Challenge (1962)

Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspense ...

Love at the Fogged Harbor (1962)

A bittersweet love story between yakuza Hiroshi and a married woman Reiko. ...

Greed in Broad Daylight (1961)

After a successful robbery the culprits, from very different backgrounds, at once turn on each other. ...

The Yellow Climate (1961)

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto. ...

Volunteering for Villainy (1960)

Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town. ...

Cruel Story of Youth (1960)

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men. ...

Sotobori Murder Case (1960)

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizing they're both at a brink in their lives they'll start falling for each other against their odds. ...

The Burmese Harp (1956)

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW. ...

The Street Without Sun (1954)

Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers at a large printing house and the strikers' steadfastness, which neither hunger nor violence could break. The heroine of this story actively participates i ...

The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki (1953)

When Japan entered into the great tragedy that was unforgettable, the general general of the history of the Ming Dynasty, hokudai Yamashita, left the Malay front and occupied Singapore at once, and was praised as a "Malay tiger." However, the situation in ...

Tower of Lilies (1953)

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured cli ...

Today is Payday (1952)

Office worker comedy by Nobuo Nakagawa ...

The Skin of the South (1952)

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they f ...

Escape from Prison (1950)