Masao Mishima Movies

[Period covered: 1595-1600] We last saw ninja Ishikawa Goemon, as he was about to be boiled alive. But a good ninja is both hard to find, and even...

In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden...

The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo...

Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.

The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit...

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.

A thrilling and passionate drama depicting the exploits of a hot-blooded young detective who takes on a smuggling ring that infests the big city.

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

The harrowing journey of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts.

Melodrama about a young woman who saves a young man from the world of evil after he has saved her from blindness.

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

What starts as a simple request for correction of a newspaper article uncovers a corruption case hidden behind what seemed like an ordinary traffic...

The eighth film in the "master detective with seven faces" series. Bannachi patrols the town in his taxi when he sees a man heading into Shiodome...

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.