Cast: Shôgo Shimada

Direction Richard Fleischer · Kinji Fukasaku · Toshio Masuda

Cast Martin Balsam · Sô Yamamura · Joseph Cotten · Tatsuya Mihashi

Synopsis In 1941 the Japanese are at odds with the United States on a number of issues which they are attempting to resolve via their Washington embassy. In case this diplomacy fails, the military are hatching plans for a surprise early...

Direction Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Shôgo Shimada · Mikiko Tsubouchi · Machiko Hasegawa

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Scott Glenn · Toshirô Mifune · Donna Kei Benz · Atsuo Nakamura

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

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Kenjiro Ishiyama · Kikue Môri · Shôgo Shimada · Ryunosuke Tsukigata

Direction Kosaku Yamashita

Cast Hideki Takahashi · Kyôsuke Machida · Minoru Oki · Bin Amatsu

Direction Tamasaburo Bando

Cast Tamasaburo Bando · Sadanji Ichikawa IV · Yoshie Minami · Rie Miyazawa

Synopsis A young samurai dares to approach a castle mistress as he searches for an escaped falcon, a crime punishable by death, but escapes with his life. He is forced to return to the castle by the dying light, but the...

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi · Hidetaka Yoshioka · Chieko Baisho · Keiko Matsuzaka

Synopsis Tora-san's Matchmaker is the forty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Ken Takakura · Kôtarô Ôkôchi · Bin Amatsu · Junko Fuji

Synopsis The chivalrous character who hates the bullying of the common folk gets involved in the lives of entertainers in Asakusa's pleasure quarters.

Direction Shinsuke Ogawa

Cast Tatsumi Hijikata · Junko Miyashita · Takahiro Tamura · Shôgo Shimada

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Kyusaku Shimada · Mieko Harada · Jun'ichi Ishida

Synopsis A demonic reincarnation of a Japanese general from the 10th century appears in the early 20th century Tokyo with a mission to destroy the blooming city.

Direction Kosaku Yamashita

Cast Sumiko Fuji · Tatsuo Endô · Nobuo Kaneko · Kyôsuke Machida

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Ken Utsui · Katsuhiko Kobayashi · Shiho Fujimura

Direction Motomu Ida

Cast Eiji Gô · Saburo Hiromatsu · Masako Izumi · Asao Koike

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Chikage Awashima · Kamatari Fujiwara · Kenjiro Ishiyama · Ryôsuke Kagawa

Direction Kiyoshi Saeki

Cast Ken Takakura · Ryo Ikebe · Takeya Nakamura · Kôji Hio

Direction Daisuke Itô

Cast Ryutaro Tatsumi · Kinuyo Tanaka · Michiyo Kogure · Kyôko Kagawa

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Koji Tsuruta · Ken Takakura · Sumiko Fuji · Tomisaburô Wakayama

Direction Kengo Furusawa

Cast Yûzô Kayama · Rentarô Mikuni · Shôgo Shimada · Mitsuko Baisho

Synopsis 1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian count's daughter, the village leader's daughter and a secret treasure add up to the...

Direction Shirô Moritani

Cast Shôgo Shimada · Ken Takakura · Hideji Ôtaki · Kinya Kitaoji

Synopsis Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army tackled Mount Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.