Toshie Kimura

The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 1: Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Admin — Sat, 13 Jan 1973 00:00:00 +0000

In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza…

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

Admin — Sat, 24 Jul 1971 00:00:00 +0000

Psychedelic animation and a flying Godzilla highlight the 11th Godzilla film. Spawned from earth’s pollution, Hedorah destroys Japan, spews poison gas and fights Godzilla.

Captive’s Island

Admin — Sat, 02 Jul 1966 00:00:00 +0000

Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island where he was imprisoned in reform school. But his plans for vengeance are disturbed when he encounters a strange and beautiful young woman

Sword of the Beast

Admin — Sat, 18 Sep 1965 00:00:00 +0000

Legendary swordplay filmmaker Hideo Gosha’s Sword of the Beast chronicles the flight of the low-level swordsman Gennosuke, who kills one of his ministers as part of a reform plot. His former comrades then turn on him, and this betrayal so shakes his sense of honor that he decides to live in the wild, like an animal. There he joins up with a motley group who are illegally mining the shogun’s gold, and, with the aid of another swordsman, gets a chance not just at survival but to recover his name and honor.

Three Outlaw Samurai

Admin — Wed, 13 May 1964 00:00:00 +0000

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate’s guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.