Haruo Tanaka Movies

It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His...

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...

Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and begin their actions in secret, making full use of...

Makino Masahiro film starring Okada Mariko

The great Okawa Hashizo, in one of his most powerful roles risks his life and limb to help save the lovely Onaka from a terrible lifestyle. Starting...

His skill and courage were the best in Japan! The life story of Jirocho, a man who protected people on the Tokaido Road. The fearless Kinnosuke...

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular...

A Japanese artist (Ikebe), who had won the favor of the Cambodian royal family when he rescued their daughter during World War II, returns and falls...

Chie (Sanae Ōhori), newly arrived in Tokyo, saves her friend from school, Mari (Annu Mari), from a suicide attempt. The two girls become close,...

Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.

Japanese comedy film.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master.

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other...

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

With one million yen in stolen cash, Kurita plans his escape to Hokkaido with an unwilling bar girl named Katsumi.