Masao Mishima Movies

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style...

Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima clan, Hizen-no-kami. The mother of the murdered...

The story deas with the experiences of an exceptionally strong-willed, middle class Tokyo "ojōsan" who comes to teach in a middle school in the...

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.

A samurai thief fights a gang of ghostly thieves using scorpions for treasure in the unexplored Shinano region, which is guarded by a descendant of...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

1962 Japanese movie

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a...