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- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaMieko KondôTokiko Mita
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaYôko UrajiSeizaburô KawazuA young ronin seeking to kill all evil doers get by accident involved in a big clan conspiracy and have to use the best of his wits to help and stay alive.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuChieko MurataMieko Kondô
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShinobu ArakiToshio ChibaSaburô Date
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaJôji TsurumiSachiko Hidari
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKazuo HasegawaYasuko NakadaYôko UrajiKenji MISUMI's YOTSUYA KWAIDAN is presumed to be the first colored film version of the famous play. Deviating heavily from the original source, Fuji YAHIRO depicts cold blooded protagonist Iemon as a tragic hero. The "righteous revenge" for his ruthlessly murdered wife leads to the redemption of her evil spirit. The visionary finale is without a question the apex of this underrated masterpiece.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuOsamu AbeMichiyo Ai
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsEiji FunakoshiTatsuo HanabuYosuke Irie
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaKôjirô HongôTamao NakamuraThe story follows the life of Ryunosuke Tsukue, an amoral samurai and a master swordsman with an unorthodox style.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaKôjirô HongôTamao NakamuraRyunosuke awakens in the forest having no more idea what happened that previous night, as he'd been drunk & hallucinatory. He is surrounded by corpses & can surmise it's his own handiwork.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKôjirô HongôCharito SolisShintarô KatsuAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaMichiyo KogureMasayo BanriAdaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful geisha.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuMasayo BanriRyûzô ShimadaThe adventures of a blind, gambling masseur who also happens to be a master swordsman.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaShiho FujimuraMayumi NagisaA samurai seeks revenge and redemption after his family is executed by a rival clan.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKazuo HasegawaMiwa TakadaShiho Fujimura
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKen UtsuiKôjirô HongôJun Fujimaki
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaShiho FujimuraTomisaburô WakayamaAs change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of respect for their leader and because he wants to live and die as a samurai. However, as his involvement goes, reality and idealism come into deadly conflict.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsAyako WakaoMachiko KyôJirô Tamiya
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaEiko TakashiroMikiko TsubouchiA wandering yakuza in search for the man responsible for slicing up his father and an amateur samurai searching for the whereabouts of his own father are thrown together on the outskirts of a mob infested seaside village.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaKôichi AiharaSan'emon ArashiThe orphan swordsman wanders into a town and stumbles upon the opportunity to do righteous deeds. He finds a larger plot is afoot with a corrupt court system, a well meaning public servant and lots of danger for all involved.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaYûsuke KawazuHisaya MorishigeKokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. Kagawa wants to understand Kokubu, but being arrogant and flashy, has a hard time connecting with Kokubu.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuSaburô DateKôji FujiyamaWhen Zatoichi witnesses the murder of a young mother he promises to deliver the baby to the father. Along the way he gains the help of a reluctant criminal.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaTamao NakamuraMichiko SugataThis film of the sleepy-eyed ronin series has the red-haired swordsman on his way to the city of Edo when he comes across the scene of a woman in the midst of a knife fight with a man. When he reluctantly and with considered hesitation becomes involved, his intervention has him involved in a thieving plot involving the top official of the local Todo Clan and a plan to cover up a theft from a band of pirates.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuIneko ArimaKen UtsuiA poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaMichiko SugataKei SatôA man of questionable birth peacefully raises flowers, but after he masters a special sword-fighting technique, his life takes a dark turn.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuMikio NaritaChizu HayashiA samurai with a high skill in chess makes friends with Zatoichi, who finds that things become peculiar in his presence.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsAyako WakaoMichiyo YasudaTomisaburô WakayamaA father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of discipline, she ends up falling in love with the nun who is in charge of her.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuKazue TamakiKyôko Enami
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKôjirô HongôShiho FujimuraTarô MaruiGiant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsRaizô IchikawaShigeru AmachiShiho FujimuraThe hero avenges a band of samurai whose master was unceremoniously assassinated for seeking justice and better conditions for the citizens. The city shall burn for the elite's greed.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsAyako WakaoToyoto FukudaTamao NakamuraBefore and after WWII, the complex emotional tribulations of a woman and her husband.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuJûshirô KonoeMiwa TakadaAfter an artist is threatened by the yakuza into creating valuable but highly illegal pornography, the law aims to execute him. Zatoichi, having been honor bound to protect the man and his family, must now run against the law.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTôru AbeMiyoko AkazaHiroko Hasegawa
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuYoshiko MitaMakoto SatôZatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuHideko TakamineMichiyo AratamaAn abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKinnosuke NakamuraKomaki KuriharaKôjirô HongôIn 1570s Japan, charismatic Magoichi leads a force of 3000 Saika expert marksmen. His allegiance to Oda dono would ensure military dominance of the land. However, Magoichi seeks his true love. A fair lady of the Oda clan, with exquisite feet, though face unseen. Magoichi's services are also expensive. And Asakura assassins are lurking.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuReiko ÔharaPîtâZatoichi meets an infamous blind leader of a gangster organization as he contends with a gloomy ronin widower.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuNaoko ÔtaniIchirô Nakatani
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsKyôko Enami
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaFumio WatanabeGô KatôThe story of a Ronin (i.e. a masterless samurai) who wanders the countryside of Japan with his small child, having various adventures.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaKayo MatsuoMinoru ÔkiTrailed by a clan of female ninja, Ogami is paid to assassinate a clan traitor accompanied by three killers known as the Gods of Death.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaGô KatôYûko HamaOgami Itto volunteers to be tortured by the yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsShintarô KatsuYukiji AsaokaMari AtsumiHanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Hanzo begins tracking him down using his unorthodox interrogation techniques.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsTomisaburô WakayamaMichiyo YasudaAkihiro TomikawaFive warriors challenge Ogami to duels. Each holds a part of information needed to complete the assassination of a mad clan leader.
- DirectorKenji MisumiStarsHideki TakahashiKen OgataTakahiro TamuraToranosuke Sugi, a brave and loyal Samurai, fights to practice and preserve his master's teachings amid a civil war. With friends on both side will he cave to temptation, or stand on principle and for freedom?