Jō Shishido Movies

In the sequel to 1990's classic Neo Chinpira, Junko (Sho Aikawa) attempts to take out Kazama and then goes on the run. However, he quickly begins to...

The beautiful Shizuko and her husband Toyama Takayoshi have a loving relationship, But Takayoshi is getting older and isn't always able to perform....

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend...

Junko (Sho Aikawa) is a low-level yakuza in the service of Yoshikawa (Toru Minegishi), despite the misgivings of his uncle (Jo Shishido). He lives...

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence,...

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.

9th-graders Kazuo and Kazumi take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies...

Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always...

The fanclub of a deceased Japanese idol gather together for the one year anniversary of her death. By combining forces they try to unearth the true...

Broke, with his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a...

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small Inland...

Emerging from a stint in prison, yakuza lieutenant Sumukawa discovers that his gang has disintegrated. An ambitious type, he quickly hooks up with...

A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

A film from Nikkatsu's "moodo akushon" (mood/action) subgenre.

The reincarnation of a 10th century Japanese general haunts 1920's Tokyo.

In this outing of Harenchi Gakuen the students undergo a health check after school, but all is not what it seems. Teacher 'Beard Godzilla' has kicked...

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.

Former students of the notorious Harenchi Gakuen college open a new school for dissident youths after their former school is ruined by disputes.

1962 Japanese movie