Akira Kishii Movies

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

Part one of two.

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to...

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

1960 Toei film

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

A drowned body with strangulation marks was found by a large river, while a man stained in vermilion collapsed at the “Hisago” liquor...

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular...

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's...

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.