Chitose Maki

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New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Fujio Suga

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in a love triangle and finds old scores have followed him home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Seizaburō Kawazu  •  Fujio Suga

Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade (1963)

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Tamao Nakamura  •  Shinobu Araki  •  Saburo Date

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who thinks he has killed his smuggling partner, fears that the shogunate will ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Tamao Nakamura  •  Shinobu Araki  •  Saburo Date

Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962)

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Shiho Fujimura  •  Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Warlord Oda Nobunaga seeks to unite a fractured Japan. A young man trained in the arts of ninjitsu is manipulated by a ninja master into attempting to assassinate the warlord before he completes his task.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Satsuo Yamamoto
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Yūnosuke Itō  •  Shiho Fujimura  •  Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Samurai Vendetta (1959)

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Shintarō Katsu  •  Chitose Maki  •  Ryōsuke Kagawa

Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous revenge of the 47 Ronin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Shintarō Katsu  •  Chitose Maki  •  Ryōsuke Kagawa

The Tale of Zatoichi (1962)

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Masayo Banri  •  Ryûzô Shimada  •  Hajime Mitamura

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring town's smaller gang is brewing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Masayo Banri  •  Ryûzô Shimada  •  Hajime Mitamura

An Actor's Revenge (1963)

While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ruining them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Kazuo Hasegawa  •  Fujiko Yamamoto  •  Ayako Wakao  •  Eiji Funakoshi

While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide twenty years earlier, and plans his revenge, firstly by seducing the daughter of one of them, secondly by ruining them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Kazuo Hasegawa  •  Fujiko Yamamoto  •  Ayako Wakao  •  Eiji Funakoshi

A Lustful Man (1961)

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Ayako Wakao  •  Tamao Nakamura  •  Yoshie Mizutani

Fascinated with women from an early age, Yonosuke had his first sexual encounter at the age of seven. From that day on, he recklessly and forwardly pursues women, feeding his fascination and experience. As Yonosuke's salacious behavior brings much cause for shame ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasuzō Masumura
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Ayako Wakao  •  Tamao Nakamura  •  Yoshie Mizutani

Cut the Shadow (1963)

The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Ikehiro
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Michiko Saga  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Jun'ichirō Narita

The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Ikehiro
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Michiko Saga  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Jun'ichirō Narita

Vagabonds from Badgerville (1961)

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Ayako Wakao  •  Katsuhiko Kobayashi  •  Yasuko Nakata

A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Ayako Wakao  •  Katsuhiko Kobayashi  •  Yasuko Nakata

The Fencing Master (1962)

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunkai Mizuho
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Kinuyo Tanaka  •  Miwa Takada  •  Kyū Sazanka

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives for swordfighting – he was once a renowned kabuki swordfight choreographer, and as the Chairman of the New National ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunkai Mizuho
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Kinuyo Tanaka  •  Miwa Takada  •  Kyū Sazanka

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Jiro Tamiya  •  Michiko Saga  •  Gannosuke Ashiya

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963)

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Yukiko Fuji  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Yutaka Nakamura

The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status. Soon, an offer of marriage is brought to Harima. Trying to test his love, Okiku breaks one of the plates of the family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Yukiko Fuji  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Yutaka Nakamura

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Jiro Tamiya  •  Makoto Fujita  •  Eiko Taki

The Forest of No Escape (1965)

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sōkichi Tomimoto
CAST:  Ayako Wakao  •  Eiji Funakoshi  •  Keisuke Sonoi  •  Takahiro Tamura

Adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sōkichi Tomimoto
CAST:  Ayako Wakao  •  Eiji Funakoshi  •  Keisuke Sonoi  •  Takahiro Tamura

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DIRECTION:  Tokuzō Tanaka
CAST:  Shintarō Katsu  •  Takahiro Tamura  •  Michiko Saga  •  Mikio Narita

The Lightning Sword (1962)

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bin Kato
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Shigeru Amachi  •  Jun'ichirō Narita  •  Mieko Kondō

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads, only that he must find his lost sister, and the ronin who stole her away. The ronin that Shinjiro has sworn to kill. On the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bin Kato
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Shigeru Amachi  •  Jun'ichirō Narita  •  Mieko Kondō

Samurai Save The Virgin (1960)

A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a maelstrom of events - a pretty girl, a strange beggar woman, a charming thief, a clever detective, the famous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bin Kato
CAST:  Matasaburô Niwa  •  Naritoshi Hayashi  •  Ryûzô Shimada  •  Chitose Maki

A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a maelstrom of events - a pretty girl, a strange beggar woman, a charming thief, a clever detective, the famous ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bin Kato
CAST:  Matasaburô Niwa  •  Naritoshi Hayashi  •  Ryûzô Shimada  •  Chitose Maki

Mission Accomplished (1960)

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Keizô Kawasaki  •  Tokiko Mita  •  Yōko Uraji

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Keizô Kawasaki  •  Tokiko Mita  •  Yōko Uraji

Yôki na tono-sama (1962)

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Miwa Takada  •  Shigeru Amachi

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DIRECTION:  Kazuo Mori
CAST:  Raizō Ichikawa  •  Mikiko Tsubouchi  •  Miwa Takada  •  Shigeru Amachi
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