Tatsuya Ishiguro

Ichi travels to the village of Itakura to pay his respects at the grave of Kichizo, a man he killed two years ago. When some tax money is stolen ...

A samurai performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. The warrior falls in love with her, but becomes distraught ...

A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Those opposed to the statue try to use ...

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman’s prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal ...

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the team the Toyko Flowers. Release: I Will Buy You 1956 JAPANESE ...

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed ...

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing ...

Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband’s lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can’t ...

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation. Release: Fires on ...

Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family – ...

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three ...

A young woman who has been evacuated to Hokkaido with her family during wartime receives a marriage proposal from the son of the village head, ...

This is ostensibly a sex-education film — with hardly any education! — but it’s incredibly beautiful. The spring and early ...

In 17th century Kyoto, Osan is married to Ishun, a wealthy miserly scroll-maker. When Osan is falsely accused of having an affair with the best ...

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided ...

In one of her best movie roles, super-star singer/actress Misora Hibari shines in this romantic film about a young geisha named Koharu. This time ...

After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang. Release: Young Boss Takeshi 1965 ...

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But ...

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to ...

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that ...