Shinobu Chihara Movies

Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own passage to maturity.

Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a...

A bumbling stockbroker-turned-yakuza is tasked with ensuring that an alcoholic boss is up to the task of arbitrating his syndicate's succession...

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

The 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang. ...

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to become a gangster, but their paths...

Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When...

A fake “Kurama Tengu” causes chaos in Kyoto. The real masked swordsman rescues street child-lion dancers, steals an assassination ledger...

The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being held captive by the enemy pirate Ongo, Goro discovers...

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...

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

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by...

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

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by...

When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...