Izumi Ayukawa

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Kayo Matsuo  •  Akiji Kobayashi  •  Minoru Ōki

In the second film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto battles a group of female ninja in the employ of the Yagyu clan and must assassinate a traitor who plans to sell his clan's secrets to the Shogunate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Misumi
CAST:  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Kayo Matsuo  •  Akiji Kobayashi  •  Minoru Ōki

Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die (1972)

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Saeki
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Noboru Andō

The ninth and final film in the Contemporary Tales of Chivalry series.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kiyoshi Saeki
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Ryō Ikebe  •  Koji Tsuruta  •  Noboru Andō

Sure Death (1984)

A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they must act quickly to find the culprit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Kunihiko Mitamura  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Kin Sugai

A group of seemingly ordinary merchants is really a band of assassins for hire. When they discover that all the assassins in Edo are being killed they must act quickly to find the culprit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahisa Sadanaga
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Kunihiko Mitamura  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Kin Sugai

Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985)

When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Hirose
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Masaki Kyomoto  •  Hiroaki Murakami

When the Shogunates greatest secret is stolen, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance. The Shogunate sends an incompetent cop, Tanaka, to Kyoto to act as a stalking horse. Hoping the thieves will kill Tanaka and the Ninja Spies will kill the thieves. But what ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Hirose
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Masaki Kyomoto  •  Hiroaki Murakami

Sure Death! 3 (1986)

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Kin Sugai  •  Hiroaki Murakami

Third movie in the Hissatsu (Sure Death!) Series. Chasing the killer of a lawman, a group of assassins fall foul of a group of blackmarket financiers who dispatch their own hitmen to dispose of them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiichi Kudo
CAST:  Makoto Fujita  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Kin Sugai  •  Hiroaki Murakami

Noto Peninsula Murders (1988)

A travel writer and his girlfriend stumble across a murder while on an assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Yamamoto
CAST:  Akira Onodera  •  Naomi Kawashima  •  Casey Takamine  •  Izumi Ayukawa

A travel writer and his girlfriend stumble across a murder while on an assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michio Yamamoto
CAST:  Akira Onodera  •  Naomi Kawashima  •  Casey Takamine  •  Izumi Ayukawa

Fountain of Love (1967)

Five young men have many financial troubles, but this only brings them closer together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Miyazaki
CAST:  Akira Mita  •  Kumi Hayase  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Hideo Sunazuka

Five young men have many financial troubles, but this only brings them closer together.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mamoru Miyazaki
CAST:  Akira Mita  •  Kumi Hayase  •  Izumi Ayukawa  •  Hideo Sunazuka