Shunji Daito

Three Yakuza (1965)

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadashi Sawashima
CAST:  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each part tells the story of a different drifter’s life. Part 1: A man is on the run after killing two Hasshu Officials to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tadashi Sawashima
CAST:  Kinnosuke Nakamura  •  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Hiroki Matsukata  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

Morning Breeze in Edo (1960)

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shumei Onishi
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Sawamura Sōjūrō IX  •  Keiko Okawa  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shumei Onishi
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Sawamura Sōjūrō IX  •  Keiko Okawa  •  Hiroko Sakuramachi

Restoration Fire (1961)

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadatsugu Matsuda
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Chikage Awashima  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sadatsugu Matsuda
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Chikage Awashima  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Magistrate of Dice (1961)

Magistrate Kinshiro fights with a group of villains plotting the assassination of the Shogun in Edo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kokichi Uchide
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Chiyonosuke Azuma  •  Eitarō Shindō  •  Kyoko Aoyama

Magistrate Kinshiro fights with a group of villains plotting the assassination of the Shogun in Edo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kokichi Uchide
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Chiyonosuke Azuma  •  Eitarō Shindō  •  Kyoko Aoyama

G-Men in the Pacific (1962)

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Shinjirô Ehara  •  Yoshiko Sakuma  •  Hiroshi Minami

G-men challenge a jewelry smuggling ring. The chase starts in Kyushu and continues to Kobe to Yokohama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Teruo Ishii
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Shinjirô Ehara  •  Yoshiko Sakuma  •  Hiroshi Minami

The Medicine Case (1959)

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasushi Sasaki
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Keiko Okawa  •  Chiyonosuke Azuma  •  Atsuko Nakazato

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yasushi Sasaki
CAST:  Chiezō Kataoka  •  Keiko Okawa  •  Chiyonosuke Azuma  •  Atsuko Nakazato

Watari and the Fantasticks (1967)

Watari and his ninja friends continue their battles against evil people in long ago Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Kurata
CAST:  Yoshinobu Kaneko  •  Yūzaburō Sakaguchi  •  Fuyukichi Maki  •  Keiko Shima

Watari and his ninja friends continue their battles against evil people in long ago Japan.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Junji Kurata
CAST:  Yoshinobu Kaneko  •  Yūzaburō Sakaguchi  •  Fuyukichi Maki  •  Keiko Shima