Shōsaku Sugiyama Movies

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s then sent to a provincial town to lie...

1958 Japanese movie

One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach...

Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here,...

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

At the end of the Edo period in Kyoto, the ronin Kurayoshi Norizen rents the second floor of a hardware store and lives a carefree life, running a...

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits.

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and...

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes...

Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

The 40th and final "Tengu Kurama" feature starring Kanjuro Arashi.