Ichirō Izawa Movies

A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her sister falls victim to a scheme, he and his friend...

From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation....

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...

Two brothers run a factory canning crabs. The elder brother Kotaro is righteous and insists on honesty. The younger brother is fixated on money. They...

Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

A young judoka investigates the mysterious death of his best friend.

A judo movie.

This film depicts the fighting spirit of the frontline troops on Guadalcanal.

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

Police investigate a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is a strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime.

A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio Tamikado, who co-wrote "Nukiashisashi Ashi...

The first film produced by Daiei.

The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome...