Ikio Sawamura Movies

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

Men are being murdered by a psycho called "The Telegian," who uses a matter-transmitting device to locate his victims.

A nerdy young college instructor named Shinji Kikyo returns home one day to find himself the target of a mad assassin. Surviving somewhat...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

1962 Japanese movie

A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been...

Towards the end of World War II, five men are tasked with freeing the son of a general from Chinese captivity.

Yuzo Kayama plays the protagonist, a whale-hunting cannon manufactuing supervisor, whose brother is an automobile tester for Komatsu Motors which has...

A kind of modern dress "Donzoko" "The Lower Depths", about slum life in Osaka, where a greedy widow (Mimasu) takes advantage of her poor roomers,...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

Charged with insubordination for punching a superior, Sergeant Kosugi is shipped to China in the last desperate days of the Second World War. His...

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

1962 Japanese movie

Ryuta and Mineo Komatsu are brothers, both yakuza (gangsters). Mineo, although complicit in crime, even murder, wants out of the gangster life,...

Adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in color.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic.

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.