Movies: Hiroshi Izumida

Caught up in the swirling tide of student protests and riots, a young man becomes the unintentional murderer of a policeman. Handcuffed and enroute to jail, he escapes from the authorities and comes across a young woman on the beach, who is intent on...

1961 Japanese film about the Shinsengumi....

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer....

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri....

Japanese film about motorcycle racing....

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With the object of discovering the male accomplice of Hideko, a bad girl, Michiko, a police-woman, disguises herself and infiltrates a gang. Then in a reformatory, under the name of Suzuko, she finds a certain girl who is familiar with Hideko and fro...

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut....

A young wife is murdered by her husband who drugged her and left her on a railway. Her severed head soon starts to exact revenge on the murderer....

Set in the Edo Era, the film opens with a group of women being convicted of various crimes. The rest of the film is given to graphic depiction of the tortures the women endure as part of their sentences....

Pinku from 1968....

Tired of poverty, Keiko leaves home and soon takes a lover, but leads a wanton life without paying heed to his advice. However, the younger sister Yoshiko, is an innocent and kind girl. One day, with the sudden death of their mother in a car accident...

Two boys set their sites on some vacationing girls in a summer resort town; they place bets on which one of them will score first....

Pinku from 1968....

A 1956 alien invasion tokusatsu film directed by Shinichi Sekizawa, the screenwriter noted for his immense contributions to Toho's Godzilla series by providing the screenplays/stories for the majority of the original Showa films....

Rika, a manageress of a night club is about to be arrested on suspicion of smuggling. However, she escapes through the assistance rendered her by First Lieutenant Yokoyama of the Japanese Naval Commander's Office. After the end of war, Yokoyama plans...

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence....

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner....

Kazuko Matsuo sings the theme song to this drama film....