Cinematography: Motoya Washyo
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Motoya Washyo. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Sex and Fury
1973 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Norifumi Suzuki
Cast Reiko Ike · Christina Lindberg · Akemi Negishi · Ryôko Ema
Plot Reiko Ike stars as Ocho, a gambler and pickpocket in Meiji Era Tokyo. After sheltering a fleeing anarchist, Ocho runs into the three gangsters responsible for her father's murder, and...
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6.1
243 votes
The Joy of Torture
1968 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Teruo Ishii
Cast Yukie Kagawa · Asao Koike · Reiko Mikasa · Miki Obana
Plot "The Joy of Torture" revolves around the retelling of three different stories which take place during the Edo era of Japan. Each story depicts the portrayal of a different crime...
5.5
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5.5
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Return of the Scoundrel
1968 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Minoru Oki · Nijiko Kiyokawa · Kyôsuke Machida
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Unperishable Sword
1960 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Yoshiko Fujita · Hibari Misora · Yasushi Sasaki
Plot The "Unperishable Sword" is a story based on the novel by Renzaburo Shibata. A complicated tale with dynamic characters, make this samurai who seeks revenge for the death of his...
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Family Obligations 2
1966 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Saburô Kitajima · Koji Tsuruta · Hideo Murata · Minoru Oki
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Family Obligations
1966 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Koji Tsuruta · Saburô Kitajima · Hideo Murata
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Bakuchi-uchi: Ippiki ryû
1967 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Shigehiro Ozawa
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Tatsuo Endô · Kyôsuke Machida · Kayo Matsuo
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Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love
1969 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Teruo Ishii
Cast Eiji Wakasugi · Masumi Tachibana · Teruo Yoshida · Mitsuko Aoi
Plot A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.
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The Master Spearman
1960 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan
Direction Tomu Uchida
Cast Chikage Awashima · Hiromi Hanazono · Kensaku Hara · Ryôsuke Kagawa
Plot Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of two kabuki actresses who helped him...
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The Return of the Desperado
1970 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Minoru Oki · Shingo Yamashiro · Bin Amatsu
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Kisaragi musô ken
1962 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Yasushi Sasaki
Cast Tatsuya Ishiguro · Sonosuke Sawamura · Hisako Tsukuba · Tomisaburô Wakayama
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Asagiri kaido
1961 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction Tai Kato
Cast Kôkichi Takada · Michiyo Kogure · Ryûzaburô Nakamura · Noriko Kitazawa
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Ninja Chushingura
1965 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan
Direction Yasuto Hasegawa
Cast Tetsurô Tanba · Minoru Oki · Kô Nishimura · Daisuke Awaji
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Blood of Revenge
1965 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Tai Kato
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Sumiko Fuji · Kanjuro Arashi · Masahiko Tsugawa
Plot Osaka, 1907. Asajiro lives between a rock and a hard place: he has to keep his business clean and running, tame his late oyabun's hot-blooded son and suffer the throes...
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Red Peony Gambler: Here to Kill You
1971 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
Direction Tai Kato
Cast Sumiko Fuji · Koji Tsuruta · Kyôsuke Machida · Seizaburô Kawazu
Plot The seventh chapter of the stunning Hibotan Bakuto series. Many years have passed since Oryu the Red Peony began her soul-searching journey after her father was killed. In her travels,...
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Expelled by a Man's Rivals
1967 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Koji Tsuruta · Minoru Oki · Kyôsuke Machida · Kanjuro Arashi
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Matteita gokudo
1969 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan
Direction Kosaku Yamashita
Cast Tomisaburô Wakayama · Minoru Oki · Shingo Yamashiro · Nijiko Kiyokawa
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The Magic Serpent
1966 · Movie · 94 min. · Japan
Direction Tetsuya Yamauchi
Cast Bin Amatsu · Hiroki Matsukata · Tomoko Ogawa · Nobuo Kaneko
Plot In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from...
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The Red Cherry Blossom Family
1972 · Movie · 102 min. · Japan
Direction Masahiro Makino
Cast Sumiko Fuji · Ken Takakura · Koji Tsuruta · Tomisaburô Wakayama
Plot The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader is assassinated and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet...
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Inferno of Torture (Hell's Tattooers)
1969 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan
Direction Teruo Ishii
Cast Teruo Yoshida · Masumi Tachibana · Asao Koike · Yumiko Katayama
Plot A film about obsessions on bondage and tattoos, disguised as historically adequate treatment of an inglorious episode in Japans long gone past. It's ingredients are violence, brothels, tattoos, female whorehouse...
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