Masao Mishima Movies

After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful...

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro...

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

Japanese animation adaptation of a 19th century French novel: A boy is given up by his foster parents to a traveling performer.

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

A coming-of-age story about two newcomers to the world of professional baseball who compete for Rookie of the Year honors and love.

Movie adaptation of the TV series.

Obscure Japanese movie by director Kyotaro Namiki

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

In a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher.

Two outsiders start a relationship in a mining town.

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the...