Saburo Date Movies

  • 1968
    Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

    Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

    Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty

    01968HD

    Bad Reputation: The Notorious Men and Their Specialty
  • 1970
    Mission: Iron Castle

    Mission: Iron Castle

    Mission: Iron Castle

    61970HD

    The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, making the best 60′s B&W ninja movie...

    Mission: Iron Castle
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    6.51962HD

    Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1964
    Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

    5.61964HD

    A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of...

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
  • 1958
    Megitsune Buro

    Megitsune Buro

    Megitsune Buro

    01958HD

    Megitsune Buro
  • 1957
    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    Night Butterflies

    6.31957HD

    A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

    Night Butterflies
  • 1965
    Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy

    Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy

    Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy

    61965HD

    [Period covered: 1637-1651] This is one of the most complicated plots of any of the Shinobi no Mono films! This film tells the story of Saizo’s...

    Shinobi No Mono 6: The Last Iga Spy
  • 1959
    Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

    Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

    Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord

    61959HD

    Sudden Attack of the Christian Lord
  • 1960
    The Blind Menace

    The Blind Menace

    The Blind Menace

    6.51960HD

    This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi.

    The Blind Menace
  • 1965
    New Tengu from Mount Kurama

    New Tengu from Mount Kurama

    New Tengu from Mount Kurama

    01965HD

    The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for...

    New Tengu from Mount Kurama
  • 1962
    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

    The Fencing Master

    5.51962HD

    The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

    The Fencing Master
  • 1968
    Lone Wolf Isazo

    Lone Wolf Isazo

    Lone Wolf Isazo

    6.81968HD

    Isazo is a traveling gambler and living legend in the world of yakuza, known for his swordsmanship and bravery, his impeccable manners, and his...

    Lone Wolf Isazo
  • 1968
    Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair

    61968HD

    The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy &...

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 11: In the Spider's Lair
  • 1963
    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    6.51963HD

    As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...

    Shinsengumi Chronicles
  • 1965
    Young Boss

    Young Boss

    Young Boss

    71965HD

    After a yakuza boss is assassinated by a rival, his naval officer son returns home to take over the gang.

    Young Boss
  • 1977
    Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

    Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

    Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

    71977HD

    After serving 10 years in prison for murdering a rival boss, Tetsu is appalled to see his yakuza family overgrown and dysfunctional upon his release.

    Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu
  • 1967
    Secret Assignment

    Secret Assignment

    Secret Assignment

    101967HD

    In the fourth film of series, Secret Assignment, Raizo again plays the Jiro Shiina. This time he's out to discover who is spying for the British in...

    Secret Assignment
  • 1973
    The Blossom and the Sword

    The Blossom and the Sword

    The Blossom and the Sword

    71973HD

    Tai Kato’s early 20th century set yakuza epic about an ordinary merchant girl (Hiroko Maki) who crosses paths with an assassin (Tetsuya...

    The Blossom and the Sword
  • 1963
    Assassins for sale

    Assassins for sale

    Assassins for sale

    7.31963HD

    Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period had the taste of a criminal paradise, where, despite the exotic, dangerous work was always in demand. Here,...

    Assassins for sale
  • 1963
    The Third Shadow Warrior

    The Third Shadow Warrior

    The Third Shadow Warrior

    7.11963HD

    In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

    The Third Shadow Warrior