Direction: Toshio Masuda

Direction Toshio Masuda · Hajime Takaiwa

Cast Atsuo Nakamura · Sanae Tsuchida · Kei Sato · Isamu Nagato

Direction Richard Fleischer · Kinji Fukasaku · Toshio Masuda

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

Synopsis Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) is a historical war drama that meticulously recounts the events leading up to and including the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The film presents a balanced perspective, depicting both the American and...

Direction Leiji Matsumoto · Noboru Ishiguro · Toshio Masuda · Yoshinobu Nishizaki

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Mie Kitahara · Shoji Yasui · Mari Shiraki

Synopsis Rusty Knife was the first smash for director Toshio Masuda, who would go on to become one of Japanese cinema’s major hit makers. In the film, Yujiro Ishihara and fellow top Nikkatsu star Akira Kobayashi play former hoodlums trying to...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Daijiro Tsutsumi · Jun Hashizume · Yû Hayami · Yûzô Kayama

Synopsis Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the testpilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Mie Kitahara · Masumi Okada · Sanae Nakahara

Synopsis 50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Sayuri Yoshinaga · Omar Sharif · Hiroki Matsukata · Toshiyuki Nishida

Synopsis Elite lawyer Ryoko enlists the help of a foreign mafia in rescuing her son from a criminal who holds grudge against her.

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Ruriko Asaoka · Hideaki Nitani · Nobuo Kaneko

Synopsis A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved married to his former partner. He searches...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Jûshirô Konoe · Tamao Nakamura · Chieko Matsubara

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Shinsuke Ashida · Mitsuo Hamada · Yujiro Ishihara · Hiroshi Kondô

Synopsis The stage is Solomon County Island at the end of WWII. Yujiro, who is dressed as a captain of the "rogue troops", left behind in the small islands, draws a way to lead the troops by a strong bond, eventually...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Izumi Ashikawa · Mari Shiraki · Tomio Aoki

Synopsis The Perfect Game is a shockingly amoral tale of delinquency, rape, and murder that was to Japan, what In Cold Blood was to American cinema. College students come up with a scam to rob a gambling house. When it comes...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Yujiro Ishihara · Ruriko Asaoka · Tamaki Sawa · Tatsuya Fuji

Synopsis A ninkyô yakuza story with what, probably for most squeamish westerners anyway, is a disturbing opening titles sequence. One of the many variations on a yakuza clan's sakazuki (sake cup exchange offering) involves the preparation of a still-alive fish to...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Akira Kobayashi · Ruriko Asaoka · Yôko Minamida · Nobuo Kaneko

Synopsis Star vehicle for Kobayashi Akira and Asaoka Ruriko from Masuda Toshio (The Rusty Knife, Red Pier, Gangster V.I.P.).

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Tetsuya Watari · Ruriko Asaoka · Kayo Matsuo · Tatsuya Fuji

Synopsis A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law. In...

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Ken Ogata · Yukiyo Toake · Toru Emori · Koichi Sato

Synopsis A fierce succession battle ignites at a newspaper company when it's president passes away!

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Tetsurô Tanba · Teruhiko Aoi · Michiyo Aratama · Junko Natsu

Synopsis Sequel of "Ningen Kakumei", following the experiences of the religious leader Jōsei Toda and his followers.

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Hiroki Matsukata · Yukiyo Toake · Shinobu Sakagami · Tomokazu Miura

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Tadashi Yokouchi · Hiroyuki Okita · Junko Mihara

Synopsis The story of Japan's victory in the battle of Tsushima Strait.

Direction Toshio Masuda

Cast Hiroshi Unayama · Tetsuya Watari

Synopsis Hardboiled gangster film starring Watari Tetsuya and directed by Masuda Toshio (the same team that made the Gangster V.I.P. Series)

Direction Eiichi Yamamoto · Takeshi Shirado · Toshio Masuda

Synopsis In the year 2099, mankind has colonized parts of the Solar System thanks to the evolution of space travel. To venture further beyond what man has accomplished, the space vessel Starlight is launched. After rescuing a mysterious girl from a...