Jō Shishido Movies

Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base...

1962 Japanese movie

Bastard tablets that hunt down the crooks behind the gambling world of horse racing, bicycle racing, and car racing.

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...

“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....

A brilliant hitman and a veteran former hitman join forces to take revenge on the murdered woman and challenge the criminal organization.

Japanese crime film

It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and...

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.

1965 Japanese movie

A master rifleman challenges a family of yakuza who have stolen his favorite gun.

A man who has left the yakuza world is drawn back into the fray for his younger brother in this gunfighting action film.