Ushio Akashi Movies

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

Part two.

Shinsuke Inaba, a thief who snuck into the Kishu family residence in Edo. He was almost discovered by a patrol, but he is helped by Kajio, a woman...

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation....

1962 Japanese movie

Sixth film in the "Kyodai Jingi" series. Three gangsters challenge an underworld group in northern Japan.

Japanese youth film.

1962 Japanese movie

This movie depicts a familiar samurai Tange Sazen story realistically. Tange loses one of his eyes and arms in an attempt to recover a masterpiece...

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Third part in Tadashi Sawashima's Theater of Life trilogy.

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.