Shuntaro Tamamura Movies

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

The 1st movie in the Kobushidake denki series.

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

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

1961 Japanese movie

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, dreams are instilled into the lives of many...

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

A boxing melodrama. Two friends become boxers and begin training for the championship. These two boys eventually face each other in the ring.

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...

Japanese crime film

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

Ryuji Oshima, a gambler, kills Saiga in self-defense, and considering himself unfit to lead men, secludes himself in a temple to atone for his...

Fourth installment of Nikkatsu's "Drifter" series, with Kobayashi Akira.

The year is 1926. It has been three years since the Great Kanto earthquake hit Tokyo. Everything is being rebuilt from the ground up. Odera crime...

Katiri is a reporter so ambitiously amoral that he’ll sell out anyone—including his partner and the drug dealer he’s sleeping...

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

1962 Japanese movie

A 1970 crime film.

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.