Shintarō Ishihara

Samurai Spy (1965)

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Shintarō Ishihara  •  Jun Hamamura  •  Rokkō Toura  •  Takeshi Kusaka

Years of warfare end in a Japan unified under the Tokugawa shogunate, and samurai spy Sasuke Sarutobi, tired of conflict, longs for peace. When a high-ranking spy named Tatewaki Koriyama defects from the shogun to a rival clan, however, the world of swordsmen is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Shintarō Ishihara  •  Jun Hamamura  •  Rokkō Toura  •  Takeshi Kusaka

Crazed Fruit (1956)

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kō Nakahira
CAST:  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Yūjirō Ishihara  •  Mie Kitahara  •  Harold Conway

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kō Nakahira
CAST:  Masahiko Tsugawa  •  Yūjirō Ishihara  •  Mie Kitahara  •  Harold Conway

Love at Twenty (1962)

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda  •  Marcel Ophüls  •  François Truffaut  •  Shintarō Ishihara  •  Renzo Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Patrick Auffay  •  Rosy Varte

Love at Twenty unites five directors from five different countries to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cartier-Bresson.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrzej Wajda  •  Marcel Ophüls  •  François Truffaut  •  Shintarō Ishihara  •  Renzo Rossellini
CAST:  Jean-Pierre Léaud  •  Marie-France Pisier  •  Patrick Auffay  •  Rosy Varte

Hole in One (1957)

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Machiko Kyō  •  Eiji Funakoshi  •  Sō Yamamura  •  Kenji Sugawara

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Machiko Kyō  •  Eiji Funakoshi  •  Sō Yamamura  •  Kenji Sugawara

Season of the Sun (1956)

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takumi Furukawa
CAST:  Yôko Minamida  •  Hiroyuki Nagato  •  Kō Mishima  •  Asao Sano

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often than not spend their nights getting into brawls. In particular, it focuses upon Tatsuya, a sullen young man, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Takumi Furukawa
CAST:  Yôko Minamida  •  Hiroyuki Nagato  •  Kō Mishima  •  Asao Sano

The Dangerous Kiss (1960)

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūzō Kawashima
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Reiko Dan  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Mitsuko Kusabue

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yūzō Kawashima
CAST:  Akira Takarada  •  Reiko Dan  •  Michiyo Aratama  •  Mitsuko Kusabue

Tokyo (1962)

A segment of “Love at Twenty” is a weird, grotesque and clumsy tale of obsessive and morbid love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Ishihara
CAST:  Nami Tamura  •  Koji Furuhata

A segment of “Love at Twenty” is a weird, grotesque and clumsy tale of obsessive and morbid love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shintarō Ishihara
CAST:  Nami Tamura  •  Koji Furuhata

Aokigahara (2013)

Set within the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji, a famous location for suicides. Follows the love and life between a man and woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taku Shinjo
CAST:  Aki Maeda  •  Hiroshi Katsuno  •  Toshihiro Yashiba  •  Shinichi TANAKA

Set within the Aokigahara forest on Mount Fuji, a famous location for suicides. Follows the love and life between a man and woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taku Shinjo
CAST:  Aki Maeda  •  Hiroshi Katsuno  •  Toshihiro Yashiba  •  Shinichi TANAKA