Hideo Hongo
Green Light to Joy (1967)
Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college. (more)
Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college. (more)
Japanese drama film. (more)
Jirocho Fuji (1959)
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa. (more)
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa. (more)
The South Sea Wolf (1961)
Namie's back in trouble, after getting snatched by an evil gang in search of the treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart and falls in with a band of pirates also hunting the hidden stash. (more)
Namie's back in trouble, after getting snatched by an evil gang in search of the treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart and falls in with a band of pirates also hunting the hidden stash. (more)
Magistrate of Dice (1961)
Magistrate Kinshiro fights with a group of villains plotting the assassination of the Shogun in Edo. (more)
Magistrate Kinshiro fights with a group of villains plotting the assassination of the Shogun in Edo. (more)
Mask of the Moon (1961)
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars. When he is appointed to oversee the Choshu Clan, he takes it upon himself to work towards the peace that he has ... (more)
Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars. When he is appointed to oversee the Choshu Clan, he takes it upon himself to work towards the peace that he has ... (more)
The Phantom Goblin (1962)
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf. (more)
An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his behalf. (more)
A Revengeful Raid (1962)
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuza named Eijiro after he runs afoul of the new samurai officials who have taken over his hometown. Expertly ... (more)
In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuza named Eijiro after he runs afoul of the new samurai officials who have taken over his hometown. Expertly ... (more)
Showdown at Lightning Pass (1962)
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline. (more)
A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline. (more)
The Paper Crane (1962)
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists. (more)
A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists. (more)
Duel of Blood and Sand (1963)
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the ... (more)
Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him into a small town besieged by a violent group of brigands. In a kind of homage to Kurosawa's 7 Samurai, the ... (more)
Destroyer Yukikaze (1964)
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. ... (more)
Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream is eventually realized when he is transferred to the new and powerful destroyer Yukikaze which he helped to build. ... (more)
Japanese film. (more)
Street of Ronin (1957)
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who ... (more)
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period. Starring the great Konoe Jushiro, Ronin Gai is populated by an ensemble of colorful characters, social outcasts who ... (more)
Mermaids and Sea Robbers (1958)
Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure. (more)
Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure. (more)
Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô. (more)
Ghost Story: Depth of Kasane (1960)
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance. (more)
Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that she can become empowered as an agent of her father's vengeance. (more)
The Marked Man (1968)
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism. (more)
A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism. (more)