Direction: Tokuzo Tanaka

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Tokuzo Tanaka. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


6.9

51 votes

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Mikiko Tsubouchi · Seizaburô Kawazu · Fujio Suga

Synopsis The 3rd entry (also the 1st one shot in color) in the 'Zatoichi' aka 'Masseur Ichi', or 'The Blind Swordsman' series. aka 'Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman's Return'. - Ichi journeys to his old village looking for peace, but is pursued...

6.9

116 votes

6.9

116 votes

Ghost Story of the Snow Fairy

1968 · Movie · 79 min. · Japan

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Shiho Fujimura · Akira Ishihama · Machiko Hasegawa · Jun Fujikawa

Synopsis A young apprentice and his master are looking in the mountains a very special tree to carve a statue of the goddess Kannon. After finding it, begin a very big blizzard and found themselfs obliged to take refuge in a...

6.9

106 votes

6.9

106 votes

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Miwa Takada · Masayo Banri · Junichiro Narita

Synopsis Blind swordsman/masseur Ichi (known as Zatoichi, or "Masseur Ichi") angers a local yakuza gang when he defeats several of them in a wrestling match. When he finds that his long lost love Tane is nearby and romantically involved with a...

6.6

87 votes

6.6

87 votes

Nuregami botan

1961 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

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The Lord and the Gambler

1959 · Movie · 98 min. · Japan

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Kojiro Hongo · Keiko Awaji · Tamao Nakamura

Synopsis Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twenty years of life as a dependent at his step-brother’s castle, when the ruler of the Takatori Clan suddenly dies leaving no heir and despite...

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Hissatsu shiokinin (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 45 min. · Japan

Direction Akira Matsumoto · Masahisa Sadanaga · Eiichi Kudo · Koreyoshi Kurahara

Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki · Yumiko Nogawa · Makoto Fujita · Takayuki Akutagawa

Synopsis TV series (1973). A group of common merchants in Edo city(Tokyo) in the mid-1800s is really a band of assassins available for hire. Each assassin has his own unique killing style. People of Edo city called them Shiokinin.

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Ojo-kichiza

1959 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

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Killer Whale

1962 · Movie · 100 min. · Japan

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Kyôko Enami · Shiho Fujimura · Kôji Fujiyama · Kojiro Hongo

Synopsis A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. A Japanese variation of the "Moby Dick" story.

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Fûfu tabi nikki saraba ronin (TV Series)

1976 · Series · 54 min. · Japan

Direction Shintarô Katsu · Eiichi Kudo · Kazuo Kuroki · Kazuo Mori

Cast Yoshio Harada · Yusaku Matsuda · Makoto Fujita · Masumi Harukawa

Synopsis TV series (1976).

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Akai shuriken

1965 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

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Shinobi No Mono 4: Siege

1964 · Movie · 87 min. · Japan

Direction Tokuzo Tanaka

Cast Raizô Ichikawa · Saburo Date · Midori Isomura · Ganjiro Nakamura

Synopsis [Period covered: 1614-1615] 4th film in the shinobi no mono series Tokugawa Ieyasu is now the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi...

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Sasabue Omon

1969 · Movie · 75 min. · Japan

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Yadonashi inu

1964 · Movie · 91 min. · Japan

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