Yoshio Inaba

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.

In the closing days of WWII, remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain death by starvation.

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

When a samurai clan attempting to assassinate a feudal lord begin to suspect a traitor, they start an investigation on a ronin who is helping their cause.

Detectives investigate the murder of an old man found in a Tokyo rail yard.

A samurai seeks revenge and redemption after his family is executed by a rival clan.

A Shogunate Elder connives to rule Japan by making his puppet, the Shogun's brother Tsunashige, the next Shogun. The best strategist in Japan, Yamaga, leads a plot to stop the Elder, but his cabal is betrayed and most of the consp...

The lives and battles of soldiers leading up to the 1904 siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

Kokubu Jiro is the captain of his university's Kendo team. Often standoffish, mild, stoic and minimalist, Kokubu is a mystery to those who know him. Kagawa wants to understand Kokubu, but being arrogant and flashy, has a hard time...

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

Hamajima is a quiet, hard-working man, whose life changes drastically when he reunites with a lovely childhood friend and her strange little boy.

In part five of the 8-part Shinobi No Mono Ninja film series the heroic ninja Kirigakure Saizo (Raizo Ichikawa, of Sleepy Eyes of Death fame) serves the daimyo Sanada, played by Lone Wolf and Cub star Tomisaburo Wakiyama. They are...

This film of the sleepy-eyed ronin series has the hero talked into escorting a precious religious artifact to Kyoto, Japan. A sect of Christian swordsmen are lying in wait to steal the statuette. What does it take for the reluctan...

Tsurumatsu, a young boy, is supposed to be a new Lord but he's not really interested, he would rather be a carpenter. So he gets kidnapped and it's up to Nemuri Kyoshiro to save him.

In 1949, Mr. Shimoyama, governor of Japan National Railroads, was found dead, run by train, after a mysterious disappearance. Officially it was considered suicide, but many suspected he was killed for some political conspiracy.

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A taut, economical policier-cum-gang-hostage thriller.

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