Toshiaki Itō

Sakura sakazuki: gikyōdai (1969)

Second movie in the Sakura Code series. ...

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 ...

The Sands of Kurobe (1968)

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave ...

The Man of Victory (1967)

Shin yūkyōden (1966)

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving hot-blooded men. However, their slight clumsiness is a flaw, but they are extremely strong in fights, and there's ...

Cry for Sorrow (1966)

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Namida ni naritai" by Teruhiko Saigo. ...

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. ...

Adventure With Him (1965)

Mitsuo Hayama, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, secretly plans to take a trip with his classmate Akira, alone and undisturbed. Noriko learns of the trip by chance and tells Mitsuo and his friends that she will join them, and they reluctantly ...

A Chain of Islands (1965)

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy. ...

The Flower and the Sword (1964)

A dangerous mobster threatens the life of a businessman's mother in this thriller. As Ryuji oversees the building of a bridge in Japan, a powerful gangster plans to stop the project. By any means necessary. ...

The Long Death (1964)

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large amount of money. In parallel with the investigation conducted by the Japanese police, journalists are also tryi ...

The White Peaks of Mt. Fuji (1963)

Azusa has just been discharged from the hospital and is frolicking on the beach in Jushi, finally getting her freedom. Her older sister, Kozue, looks after her. Her father Shuhei moved from Tokyo to Jushi to provide a peaceful environment for his sick daug ...

Detective Bureau 2-3: A Man Weak to Money and Women (1963)

A sequel to Detective Bureau 2-3: Go To Hell Bastards! ...

Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963)

Tajima is a private detective in charge of his own company, Detective Bureau 2-3. When warring criminal gangs go overboard by robbing U.S. military munitions, Tajima steps in to stop what the cops can't. ...

Traces of Lead (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Kidō sōsahan Tōkyō bōryoku chizu (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Jigoku no yoru wa makka da ze (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Naku n janai ze (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Man With Starry Eyes (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Jiken kisha: Kenjû kashimasu (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Hitotsu no inochi (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

The Storm over Arabia (1961)

A young man travels to Egypt and becomes embroiled in an independence movement by chance. Produced entirely on location overseas, which was groundbreaking at the time. ...

Quick Draw Outlaw: Man of the Great Plains (1961)

Million Dollar Smash-and-Grab (1961)

A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring. ...

Maiko's Visit to Tokyo (1961)

A youth drama about a sincere and pretty young maiko who comes to Tokyo for the first time in her life and fills her little heart with the joys and sorrows she experiences there. ...

The Rambler under the Southern Cross (1961)

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan's back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western hero, from a horse to fringes, guitar and even a trusty bullwhip. ...

Covered Wagon (1960)

A Western-inspired film where a pair of traveling beekeepers odyssey by covered wagon from Kyushu, the southernmost of the Japanese archipelago's major islands, to Hokkaido, it's northernmost. ...

Wakai toppū (1960)

On his way back to Yokohama, a young boy named Kenji Hase encounters a girl named Yoshiko who is being harassed by the Kaminaryu gang. He rescues her and they head towards Yokohama in Yoshiko's car. In Yokohama, there is an uproar because Kenji's father, S ...

The Sleeping Beast Within (1960)

A newspaper reporter's search for his girlfriend's missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama's Chinatown. ...

The Cards Will Tell (1960)

A 1960 crime film ...

When a Man Risks His Life (1959)

The Human Cyclone (1959)

The first in the Ginza Whirlwind Child series. A poignant action giant depicting the activities of Mait Guy Akira, who calls people to Ginza Boring Man, popular and longing everywhere, and who is on the side of justice of the divine ghost. ...

Wakai hyou no mure (1959)

A blockbuster youth action film that explodes with the charm of Maiko Guy and Akira, based on the serialized novel in Nikkan Sports by Yoshirō Akinaga, now adapted for the screen. Due to the passage of time since the film's release, some scenes may be mar ...

JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei (1959)

1958 Newspaper Association Sweepstakes Winning Broadcast Drama Movie. A heartwarming and moving story that bloomed behind the competition between two newspaper reporters, one young and the other old, who followed the whereabouts of the distressed aircraft ...

Zesshou (1958)

The story of the tender love between Junki, the son of a wealthy landowner, and Kayuki, the daughter of a forester, who decided to unite their destinies against their parents' wishes. Neither war nor years of separation could kill this love. It was only cu ...

I'll Kill the Women (1958)

A unique action-packed drama that tells the story of a Yakuza man who craves blood like crazy, unaware that he has fallen into a trap set by his younger brother. ...

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. ...