Takamaru Sasaki Movies

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

A young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival. But their rivalry is not only a matter of...

A decapitation at the hands of the shogun's monstrous misbegotten son kicks off the action and draws nomadic Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa)...

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her...

Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

After World War II life in Japan was hard. There was lawlessness, rapine, never enough food or money. One girl, raped by three men, called out the...

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own...

Suspense drama about a married salaryman whose affair with one of his co-workers is compromised when, returning from a clandestine meeting with his...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

Ken Takakura's screen debut, following his admission into Toei ranks via the studio's annual New Faces program, came surprisingly enough in this pair...

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...

Order of Yakuza

15th in the 17 film Daiei "Woman Gambler" series

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...