Jun Ōtomo Movies

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ken Utsui

First film of a trilogy following the dramatic life of Rika, a half-Japanese/half-American woman who becomes the tough-as-nails leader of an all-girl...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rika Aoki

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche...

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Cast: Bunta Sugawara

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement,...

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Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōtarō Katsumi

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...

Genre: War

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikako Hosokawa

Crime film distributed by Taiho.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Japanese action film.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yōko Mihara

The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

1959 film directed by Teruo Ishii for Shintoho.

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Cast: Ken Utsui

Horror film directed by Satoru Kobayashi. Kin'ya Ogawa served as Kobayashi's assistant on this film.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Jun Ōtomo

Japanese crime film.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

Genre: War

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring....

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Yōko Mihara

Japanese comedy film.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mayumi Ozora

Genre: Crime

Cast: Yōko Mihara

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Fumio Watanabe

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Minoru Ōki

A group of sinners involved in interconnected tales of murder, revenge, deceit and adultery all meet at the Gates of Hell.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

Two young crooks who scam betters in the race track are employed by a yakuza gang called the Shigemori Syndicate to steal a shipment of handguns from...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Teruo Yoshida

The first installment of Seven-Color Mask: King Rose.

Genre: Action

Cast: Susumu Namishima

War drama about army nurses.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Utsui

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sumiko Hidaka

At the end of the Greater East Asia War, young Amada Koichi and his father were wrongfully accused as spy suspects and his father died in prison...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shigeru Amachi

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi