Shōbun Inoue Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Yoji Kitami, a fisherman's son, is a student in Tokyo. His father had died at sea and Taichiro, his brother, is sending him to the university. But...

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to...

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

A man who became the third boss faces off against delinquent foreigners and villains vying to rule the underworld in order to develop the port city.

1962 Japanese movie

Hana to ryu: Toshio Masuda directed movie

A noir action whodunit with Kobayashi his usual jaunty self as the smart aleck private eye whose missing person search soon becomes a murder case....

A brave warrior fights to restore peace to a town riddled by crime, one sword at a time, in this historical action saga.

A violent story of loyalty and revenge among the many "yakuza" or gambling groups in Japan.

On January 26, 1948, a robbery of the Teigin bank took place in Tokyo - the criminal poisoned the bank employees and fled the scene with a large...

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a...

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His...

1962 Japanese movie

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr....

The life of entertainers in Asakusa’s pleasure quarters. An exciting yakuza story with superb action.

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...

[Period Covered: 1570-1573] Towards the end of the Tenmon Era, Shogun Ashikaga`s powers were weakening by the day and many were there who planned to...

Based on crime fiction novel written by Seicho Matsumoto.