Tsuyako Okajima

American Geisha (1986)

On a trip to Japan, an American student watches the lives of the Geishas in a tea house. ...

Branded Female Convicts (1984)

In an Edo-era women's prison, Ochiyo manages to escape execution during a fire and becomes determined to seek revenge against her harsh jailers. ...

Appassionata (1984)

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") ...

Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise. Thinking h ...

Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)

The evil Hikita clan rises from the dead to fulfill a curse on the Satomi clan by restoring the face of their warlord by using the skin of Princess Shizu. In the process of trying to capture her, the clan murders her entire family, but Princess Shizu escap ...

Fangs of Darkness 2: Ieyasu's Head (1983)

Ichibei teams up with Chief Jindayo of the Goomune (Japan's gypsies') in order to steal the shogunate's solid gold statue of Ieyasu which might bankrupt the central government and complete his revenge against the Tokugawa by toppling them from the seat of ...

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his home, Tora-san makes a good impression on the old man's maid, who apparentl ...

The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)

At the prompting of his diplomat friend, Alex, writer Ted Fletcher takes his wife, Laura, and daughter, Amy, on an extended working holiday. Alex finds a house for them in Kyoto, Japan, and the Fletchers move in, laughing off rumors that the place is haunt ...

The Shogun's Vault II (1982)

A mysterious thief called "Yami no Kiba" (Fang of Darkness), who sneaks into the residences of the shogunate one after another and steals the shogun's treasures, has been shaking the public authorities. The identity of the thief is Ichibei, a medicine sell ...

Roaring Fire (1981)

On his death bed the man who raised Joji reveals that he is not his real father and that Joji's real parents died tragically in a plane crash. Shortly thereafter Joji goes to Japan is search of his sister and his twin brother Toru. Joji's quickly finds his ...

The Inferno (1979)

Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave. ...

Winter's Flower (1978)

Kanno is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno kept sending letters t ...

The General and His Empire of Joy (1977)

Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be re ...

Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976)

Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner in Kyoto, is enthusiastic about karate. To help her friend Michi avenge her brother, she sneaks into a movie studio in Kyoto where a drug dealing syndicate is based. ...

Scoundrel Boss (1975)

Daigoro Koiwa and Katsuo Rokujo, who met by chance, open a recession-resistant funeral business and a urinary treatment business, and put it on track, but each time, they are caught in the ploy of a money lender, Sumitomo Mitsui, who works a scam, and take ...

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)

A mountain bandit abducts a woman who demands he kill his other wives to please her, leading to a cycle of violence and madness fueled by superstition and obsession. ...

The Erotomaniac Daimyo (1972)

Kiyohime, a daughter of Tokugawa Ienari is married-off to Tadateru Ogura, the lord of a Kyushu clan. However, the lord's sexual inexperience and Kiyohime's strict morals lead to significant crisis in their marriage. To improve his sexual prowess, the lord ...

Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You (1971)

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels, she meets villagers whose crops and livelihoods are being destroyed by ...

The Viper Brothers (1971)

After spending several years in prison, yakuza punk Masa (Bunta Sugawara) and his underling, Katsuji (Tamio Kawachi) are back out in the mean streets of Kobe to make a name for themselves amongst the local yakuza organization. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Oryu's Return (1970)

Oryu searches for blind child she left behind and get involved in a Yakuza turf war that takes place in the Tokyo Theater. ...

Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room (1969)

Oryu the Red Peony, a wandering female yakuza on a soul-searching journey after the death of her father. After collecting her sickly follower from jail, she is taken in by a fishing village. Feeling indebted to their generosity, she stays to work for the v ...

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game (1969)

The third chapter of the 'Red Peony Gambler' saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu's life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of ...

The Funeral Racket (1968)

The film portrays a satirical view of today's heartless money-oriented society. ...

Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free. ...

Tears of Banishment (1967)

Ninkyo with Kôji Tsuruta. An elderly yakuza brother tries to clear an underling's name. ...

A Certain Killer (1967)

A former soldier, reduced to working at a restaurant post-war, becomes a contract killer for the yakuza gangs he's in contact with. ...

Eighteen Years in Prison (1967)

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths cross again as they both fall in love with the same woman. ...

The Virgin Witness (1966)

An uncle decides to put his delinquent orphaned niece into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of discipline, she ends up falling in love with the nun who is in charge of her. ...

Female Specimen (1966)

Pinku from 1966. ...

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 ...

Bamboo Doll of Echizen (1963)

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a courtesan who was once involved with Kisuke's late father. ...

The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (1961)

A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her sister falls victim to a scheme, he and his friend manipulate events, but their plans lead to supernatural vengeance. ...

Miyamoto Musashi (1961)

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly auspicious. He sides with the Toyotomi at Sekigahara, and as a result finds himself on the losing side of the hist ...

Kirimaru Kirigakure (1961)

Little Tengu (1961)

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing. ...

Wild Palanquin (1960)

Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered by a patrol, but he is helped by Kajio, a woman who holds the position of a junior maid of honor. She was later reprimanded and moved into her family's candl ...

Road Warriors (1960)

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow, Ayame 's Gantaro, with the turbulent and exciting Wakizashi Hitoshi . ...

Echo in the Mountains (1959)

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom. ...

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her, he steals money from his employer to buy her freedom himself. Now hunted criminals, the lovers flee toward Y ...

Hawk of the North (1959)

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune aka the "Hawk of the North" sets his eyes on Hatakeyama's lands. The young warlord is about to face his gr ...

Kanbei's Bargain Sale (1958)

Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my life cheap." One day, he receives a request from the star of the daughter's kabuki, Nakamura Tsurukichi. However, unable to bear seeing a face reminiscent ...

Drenched Swallow Gonpachi (1958)

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before. ...

Noble Tasuke (1958)

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted when a small child runs into the street, a crime punishable by execution. One man steps forward to save her li ...

Falcon Magistrate (1957)

Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka Chiezo, is most famous for the cherry blossom tattoos on his shoulder which he reveals at the moment of judgem ...

Temple of Revenge (1957)

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo Sozaemon in a martial arts tournament and as a result lost his position and was expelled from home. Wanting to ave ...

The Fighting on The Trial (1957)

Hanjiro of Kusama searches for his little sister Oyuki, who went missing after being desecrated by Hikosaku Tokurai three years ago. The first film in a series about the adventures of the wandering yakuza Hanjiro from Kusama. ...

Sedge Hat (1957)

The Horse Boy (1957)

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchida's poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class ...

Mysteries of Edo (1956)

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo. ...

Scramble for Fortune (1956)

A young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets of a great fortune. ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.9 (1956)

9th film in the series about Lord Mito ...