Movies: Shima Iwashita

  • 1962
    Harakiri

    Harakiri (1962)

    Harakiri

    8.41962HD

    Down-on-his-luck veteran Tsugumo Hanshirō enters the courtyard of the prosperous House of Iyi. Unemployed, and with no family, he hopes to find a place to commit seppuku—and a worthy second to deliver the coup de grâce in his suicide ritual. The seni...

    Harakiri
  • 1990
    Takeshi: Childhood Days

    Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)

    Takeshi: Childhood Days

    7.21990HD

    A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well, then begins bullying him too...

    Takeshi: Childhood Days
  • 1962
    An Autumn Afternoon

    An Autumn Afternoon (1962)

    An Autumn Afternoon

    7.81962HD

    Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her....

    An Autumn Afternoon
  • 1975
    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975)

    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

    7.11975HD

    A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest....

    Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
  • 1986
    Yakuza Ladies

    Yakuza Ladies (1986)

    Yakuza Ladies

    5.61986HD

    While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood...

    Yakuza Ladies
  • 1978
    The Demon

    The Demon (1978)

    The Demon

    6.51978HD

    When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the children with Sokichi - and his very surprised and angry wife Oume - and disappears....

    The Demon
  • 1984
    Fireflies in the North

    Fireflies in the North (1984)

    Fireflies in the North

    5.31984HD

    Set in the icy wilderness of Hokkaido during the early days of the Meiji era, where the brutal warden of Kabato Prison terrorizes convicts sentenced to forced labor to build the roads needed to open up the territory....

    Fireflies in the North
  • 1960
    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn (1960)

    Late Autumn

    7.71960HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband....

    Late Autumn
  • 1965
    Sword of the Beast

    Sword of the Beast (1965)

    Sword of the Beast

    7.51965HD

    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 ...

    Sword of the Beast
  • 1995
    Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

    Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties (1995)

    Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties

    01995HD

    Turbulent life of Kiwa, the successor of the most prominent yakuza in Osaka, the Domoto Clan....

    Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties
  • 1982
    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather

    6.31982HD

    Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, ...

    Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather
  • 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin (1977)

    Ballad of Orin

    7.11977HD

    A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her....

    Ballad of Orin
  • 1990
    Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

    Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle (1990)

    Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle

    01990HD

    A Yakuza boss's wife and the widow of a rival crime syndicate's murdered leader bond over a common purpose: to seek vengeance....

    Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle
  • 1989
    Cherry Blossoms

    Cherry Blossoms (1989)

    Cherry Blossoms

    5.71989HD

    A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation......

    Cherry Blossoms
  • 1978
    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978)

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron

    6.31978HD

    Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an attempt to rob the castle of his former clan....

    Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron
  • 1971
    Shadow of Deception

    Shadow of Deception (1971)

    Shadow of Deception

    6.31971HD

    It was five years ago when Minako spent a night with Sozo, younger brother of her ex-husband. She now lives in a local town with a rich old man who owns a dry goods store. Minako travels to Tokyo on business every three months, during which time she ...

    Shadow of Deception
  • 1969
    Double Suicide

    Double Suicide (1969)

    Double Suicide

    71969HD

    Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, e...

    Double Suicide
  • 1961
    Killers on Parade

    Killers on Parade (1961)

    Killers on Parade

    6.21961HD

    A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition....

    Killers on Parade
  • 1998
    Yakuza Ladies: Decision

    Yakuza Ladies: Decision (1998)

    Yakuza Ladies: Decision

    01998HD

    Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, the boss of their rival yakuza family. She has to make a decision to revenge Nagoshi....

    Yakuza Ladies: Decision
  • 1994
    Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

    Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell (1994)

    Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell

    61994HD

    The seventh movie of the series “Yakuza Ladies” focuses on a wife of a small Osaka family. She risks her life to protect her husband’s family and its members against much larger, more established organizations....

    Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell