Haruo Tanaka Movies

Former inmate Katsuji gets involved in the horse gambling business while lending a helping hand to a ranch operator.

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a...

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period...

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.

1968 film

Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko

The curse of a jealous woman destroys lovers on the run. Considered a lost film.

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

Coal miner Isamu Oba is forced to quit his village and leave his mother and siblings behind. Mining buddy Ichiro accompanies him to Tokyo, and the...

Romantic comedy.

1962 Japanese movie

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out...