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...

6.1

243 votes

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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

42 votes

5.5

42 votes

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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

1966 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

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Bakuchi-uchi: Ippiki ryû

1967 · Movie · 89 min. · Japan

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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

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Kisaragi musô ken

1962 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

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Asagiri kaido

1961 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan

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Ninja Chushingura

1965 · Movie · 84 min. · Japan

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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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Matteita gokudo

1969 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

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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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