Haruo Tanaka Movies

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

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces IV: All Gathered at Shimizu Harbor is the forth installment in the Jirocho's Tale of Three Provinces series.

1945 Japanese movie

The rise of the famed gambler.

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

A platonic love story, the protagonist continues to love the woman he fell in love with when he was a boy for the rest of his life.

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...

1966 Toei Comedy

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...