Tetsuo Ishidate

Captain Tokio (2007)

In the year 20XX, anarchy reigns over Tokyo after a devastating earthquake destroyed the city. Isolated from the rest of the country, the chaos-ridden city is ruled over by an autocratic governor (Izumiya Shigeru) who has forbidden all forms of entertainme ...

Moonlight Jellyfish (2004)

Seiji (played by Battle Royale's Tatsuya Fujiwara) struggles to look after his younger brother Michio, who suffers from Xeroderma Pigmentosum – a rare disease that is fatal if exposed to sunlight. Matters are even more complicated due to Michio's state o ...

Kyotaro Nishimura Special: Murder on the ‘Traveling Go’ around Japan. (2003)

Hiroshi Hamano, a professor at a medical university, is found dead. Going by the results of the autopsy, it appears he committed suicide by jumping off a roof, but going by eyewitness testimony and physical evidence at the scene, Detective Kamei suspects m ...

Dan Oniroku: Crimson Sisters (2002)

My Blood Bone (2001)

Yakuza Ladies: Revenge (2000)

13th installment of the 16-film franchise. ...

PAZUZU (2000)

Togashi, who runs a small restaurant along the highway and leads a quiet life, finds himself being threatened by debt collector Kido after becoming a guarantor for a friend's debt. One day, a woman named Keiko appears before Togashi. ...

Kura (1995)

In spite of a longstanding tradition forbidding women from working in a sake brewery, Retsu, a young blind woman, challenges herself to overcome her disability in order to save her family's sake business. ...

Date Masamune: The One-Eyed Dragon's Love and Ambition (1995)

The live of the daimyo Date Masamune ...

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 ...

Ankou (1991)

A Japanese erotic thriller from the early 90s. Ankou follows a man thrust into the violent underworld of organized crime as he seeks retribution for a personal tragedy. The protagonist's journey through betrayal, moral conflicts, and intense action drives ...

1750 Days of Turbulence (1990)

After the death of previous Boss, a gang war lasts for more than four years. ...

Goryokaku (1988)

After the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, there was a series of battles fought while the former supporters of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated to the north where they actually started a sovereign nation that was recognized by more than one European country ...

Don Matsugoro's Big Adventure (1987)

Don Matsugoro and his son Don Jr fight against a disgustingly reach family who tries to take over a kid's playground called Children Land. ...

For Business (1986)

Two TV salarymen uphold their duty by taking on a rival talent agency during the late-'80s bubble economy. ...

Shoujo ni Nani ga Okotta ka (1985)

Pink Lady's Motion Picture (1978)

The Japanese pop music duo Pink Lady are circus performers who show kindness toward a captured "monster," a sad, furry being (played by a man in a bulky, over-sized pink acrylic costume) who suffers acts of unusual cruelty by the keeper and ringmaster befo ...

Summer Days Across the River (1973)

Set in Tsukuda Island, Tokyo, this drama SP depicts a misunderstanding between an old man with old-fashioned spirit and a young tenant. ...

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu (1971)

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple. ...

Banner of the Young (1970)

The final part of the trilogy. It is about a younger brother, Suekichi. He learned well the lessons that life taught his older brothers. Therefore, he does not think to study, but strives for material well-being alone. To make a career, he ruthlessly pushe ...

If You Were Young: Rage (1970)

If You Were Young: Rage highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one h ...

Forward, Young People! (1969)

The second film tells about the life of matured brothers and sister Sato. Taro became a foreman. He saves every yen to fulfill his dream of building his own house with stone gates. Jiro continues to work in the transportation office, he dreams of getting m ...

Only Child (1969)

Young People (1968)

"Young People" is a story about the lives of four brothers and a sister, Sato. After the death of his parents, the older brother, Taro, who works in construction, decides to replace them. The second brother, Jiro, is a truck driver. The third, Saburo, is a ...

Green Light to Joy (1967)

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college. ...

Portrait of Chieko (1967)

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh he ...

Scorpion (1967)

Japanese drama film. ...

Let Us Love (1967)

Melodrama based on a hit song of the same title. ...

Thirst for Love (1967)

A young wealthy widow becomes sexually involved with her father-in-law, while harboring a destructive obsession with the family gardener. ...

Our Young World of Music (1966)

Japanese youth film. ...

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 ...

Revenge (1964)

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire c ...

Blood and Diamonds (1964)

A group of criminals whose diamond heist goes wrong retreat to a WWII era bunker where tensions begin to rise. ...