Akira Shioji

Samurai Ruken is in love with young Oka, who is sent to the shogun’s harem. Ruken follows his fiancee to try and win her back. Release: ...

Commentary: The first work in the “Asian Beat” series, in which young directors from six Asian countries, including Japan, compete to ...

Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries ...

Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls ...

An action movie that illustrates the struggle of Morihei Ueshiba who was born in a farming family in Wakayama on his way of pursuing the heart of ...

In the 20th century, the Japanese government exploits prisoners as expendable slave laborers in a coal mine, which results in conflict between ...

This anthology tells three separate stories, all about yakuza (Japan’s gangsters) in the feudal period. In the first, Sentaro, a roaming ...

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince ...

A young Japanese man finds himself in the company of a strange, effeminate gay man and a girl with a seedy sexual history and who even now is ...

Taking place in Shinshu in the 1920s, Tsumakoi Okoma, while traveling to hone her gambling skills, teams up with the vagabond Tsukuba Tsuneji and ...

Wandering gambler movie filled with humor and compassion. An odd couple of a gangster and a masterless samurai becomes involved in a variety of ...

One of director Koto’s bloodiest, most evocative, skilfully orchestrated fight scenes, Poetic, gut-wrenching and, at times, very moving. ...

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who ...

When Omuro Yahachi of the Omuro family is selected as Mutsumikai Soke’s successor, the conflict between the Kitakyushu and Wakamatsu ...

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

In the beginning of the World War I in 1914, Japan is being invaded spies from Russia and Germany. To eliminate the spies the army hires ...

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator. Release: New Prison Walls of ...

The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after ...

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring ...

The Bohachi Clan, the most vile, corrupt organization with ties deep in the Shogunate, have controlled the flesh trade in Japan for generations. ...