Sumao Ishihara Movies

  • 1972
    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

    7.4171972HD

    In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin....

    Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
  • 1954
    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    8.11954HD

    In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

    Sansho the Bailiff
  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers

    7.71954HD

    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1953
    Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell

    7.11953HD

    Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...

    Gate of Hell
  • 1939
    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

    7.91939HD

    In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

    The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
  • 1963
    Zatoichi the Fugitive

    Zatoichi the Fugitive

    Zatoichi the Fugitive

    6.81963HD

    After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after...

    Zatoichi the Fugitive
  • 1953
    A Geisha

    A Geisha

    A Geisha

    7.51953HD

    Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain...

    A Geisha
  • 1967
    Zatoichi the Outlaw

    Zatoichi the Outlaw

    Zatoichi the Outlaw

    6.41967HD

    When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.

    Zatoichi the Outlaw
  • 1958
    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    71958HD

    Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...

    Conflagration
  • 1955
    Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

    7.11955HD

    Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But...

    Taira Clan Saga
  • 1966
    Zatoichi's Vengeance

    Zatoichi's Vengeance

    Zatoichi's Vengeance

    6.81966HD

    Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town...

    Zatoichi's Vengeance
  • 1963
    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    Shinsengumi Chronicles

    6.51963HD

    As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...

    Shinsengumi Chronicles
  • 1961
    Buddha

    Buddha

    Buddha

    01961HD

    An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...

    Buddha
  • 1954
    The Woman in the Rumor

    The Woman in the Rumor

    The Woman in the Rumor

    7.41954HD

    Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows...

    The Woman in the Rumor
  • 1961
    The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

    6.51961HD

    One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...

    The Gambler's Code
  • 1956
    Night River

    Night River

    Night River

    6.21956HD

    In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

    Night River
  • 1960
    Satan's Sword

    Satan's Sword

    Satan's Sword

    6.41960HD

    The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

    Satan's Sword
  • 1962
    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    The Temple of Wild Geese

    6.31962HD

    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...

    The Temple of Wild Geese
  • 1957
    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story

    An Osaka Story

    5.41957HD

    A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

    An Osaka Story
  • 1948
    The Grand Master

    The Grand Master

    The Grand Master

    01948HD

    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...

    The Grand Master