Akio Kobori Movies

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man...

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...

This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

1958 Japanese movie

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed...

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.