Eiji Minakata Movies

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

When an innocent young country girl falls for a low level yakuza, she enters a completely different world in which the line between good and evil are...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of...

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a...

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

#19 in the series, following "Con Man Elimination."

Yagyu Jubei must protect the Yagyu scroll that holds the secret of the infamous assassination plotted by the Tokugawa government 30 years ago.

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

After a man racks up a huge debt, his wife and his father are “persuaded” to perform together in a sex show in order to pay it off.

Chizuru, a typical Japanese young female office worker, is socially clumsy, poor at romance and unhappy with her job. Being weary from a busy and...

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

1961 Japanese movie

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

A young Japanese boy's life is changed when his sister returns to the small island, full of eccentric characters, where he lives.

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly...

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an original scenario by Yasuo Yokoyama.