Shuntaro Tamamura Movies

Set against the backdrop of the Great Fire of Edo, this story depicts the conflict between the town fire brigades and the daimyo’s fire...

Based on Haruko Ōta's memoir.

1961 Japanese movie

Joe Shishido is an ambitious bike racetrack tout who becomes inadvertently involved in a triangle with a vulnerable prostitute (Izumi Ashikawa) and...

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Rokurō starts a part-time job on a fishing boat, but the ship has an engine failure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Ryu (Akira Kobayashi) sets foot on the Yokohama port with a suitcase filled with 300 thousand dollars. He was sent by a jewelry company in Hong Kong...

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

Japanese crime film

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

In this town, Kagosuke and Ryukichi of the Okamoto family, who are deeply committed to the yakuza way, are straightforward and justice-loving...

Romantic action film set against the beautiful backdrop of Rio de Janeiro. Jiro Ibuki has decided to leave the world of the yakuza and live with his...

A younger sister helps out in her older sister’s barber shop where the customers get a little too frisky. As the younger sister fends off...

1961 Japanese movie

A Japanese intelligence officer faces personal crises in the years preceding the Manchurian conflict.

1962 Japanese movie