Cast: Sanpei Mine

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Shoji Yasui · Jun Hamamura · Taketoshi Naitô

Plot July, 1945: Japan's army is on the run. A platoon in Burma sings to keep its spirit up. Inspiration comes from their self-taught lute player, Mizushima. At war's end, while...

Direction Hiroshi Noguchi

Cast Tamio Kawaji · Yôko Yamamoto · Tatsuya Fuji · Yûji Odaka

Plot An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile...

Direction Keigo Kimura

Cast Ayako Wakao · Ichiro Sugai · Tarô Marui · Choko Iida

Direction Hiroshi Noguchi

Cast Jô Shishido · Kon Ohmura · Kiyoshi Hitomi · Tôru Yuri

Plot When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder...

Direction Umetsugu Inoue

Cast Rentarô Mikuni · Michiyo Aratama · Hisano Yamaoka · Izumi Ashikawa

Plot A man accidentally kills his wife after she confronts him about his mistress. Now he and his mistress try to hide the body... Based on a story by Edogawa Ranpo.

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Takao Ito · Takeshi Katô · Tamio Kawaji

Direction Motoyoshi Oda

Cast Seizaburô Kawazu · Miki Sanjo · Minoru Takada · Yoshio Tsuchiya

Plot A car strikes an unseen object; blood spreads from an invisible source which becomes visible as the bleeding man dies. He carries with him a suicide note dedicated to his...

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Mari Shiraki · Sanae Nakahara · Kô Nishimura

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Jô Shishido · Izumi Ashikawa · Joji Ai · Daizaburo Hirata

Direction Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Ruriko Asaoka · Chiemi Eri · Jerry Fujio

Direction Umetsugu Inoue

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Kyôji Aoyama · Fukuko Sayo · Mie Kitahara

Plot Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club, an...

Direction Seijun Suzuki

Cast Seizaburô Kawazu · Ichiro Sugai · Azusa Yumi · Akitake Kôno

Plot A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. The film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a...