Yoshio Yoshida Movies

This remake of Satomi Hakkenden is the most requested of all Toei movies and features some of the greatest special effects ever filmed. Set in the...

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

An entertaining youth drama, which tells about the struggle of a young swordsman Yamanaka Shikanoske (Kinya Kitaoji) and his friends who resist the...

An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.

1962 Japanese movie.

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

A dark tale of murder and revenge set in old Kyoto.

Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge. He runs into Chinese hoodlums, blackmailers and...

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

A young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets of a great fortune.

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke...