Search results for "Eiji Funakoshi"
Gammera the Invincible

Gammera the Invincible

Gammera the Invincible
IMDb: 5
86

An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of years of hibernation.

The Wandering Princess

The Wandering Princess

The Wandering Princess
IMDb: 6.6
102

Pu Zhe , the younger brother of the Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Wen, marries Ryuko the daughter of a long-established aristocratic family – all in the interest of the Japanese…

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Most Valuable Wife

The Most Valuable Wife

The Most Valuable Wife
IMDb: 6.8
95

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the Japanese spy service.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Elegant Beast

Elegant Beast

Elegant Beast
IMDb: 7.3
96

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Jirocho Fuji

Jirocho Fuji

Jirocho Fuji
IMDb: 7
105

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a ‘Fire Festival’ in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Genre: Drama
Blind Beast

Blind Beast

Blind Beast
IMDb: 7.1
84

A blind sculptor kidnaps an artists’ model and imprisons her in his warehouse studio – a shadowland of perverse monuments to the female form. Here a deranged passion play of…

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Afraid to Die

Afraid to Die

Afraid to Die
IMDb: 6.4
96

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position of his recently deceased…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Gamera vs. Guiron

Gamera vs. Guiron

Gamera vs. Guiron
IMDb: 4.3
82

Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera’s old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a…

Gamera, the Giant Monster

Gamera, the Giant Monster

Gamera, the Giant Monster
IMDb: 5.2
79

A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire…

Manji

Manji

Manji
IMDb: 6.8
91

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

Genre: Drama
An Actor’s Revenge

An Actor’s Revenge

An Actor’s Revenge
IMDb: 7.3
114

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

Genre: Drama
Black Test Car

Black Test Car

Black Test Car
IMDb: 7.1
95

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment
IMDb: 6.9
119

Ushimatsu’s father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.

Genre: Drama
Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain

Fires on the Plain
IMDb: 7.9
105

In the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier afflicted with tuberculosis is abandoned by his company and left to wander the Philippine island of Leyte.

Genre: Drama, War
Bridge of Japan

Bridge of Japan

Bridge of Japan
IMDb: 7
111

Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister

Brother and Sister
IMDb: 7.3
86

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal that will threaten the marriage…

Genre: Drama