Jō Shishido Movies

Meet Chika. She thinks she's been jinxed: she's going to be dumped on Christmas Eve. Enter Tomako, who likes reading and making pudding. Although...

Japanese crime film

It is the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), and at the Hanazuki-tei theatre in Asakusa, the famous performance of storyteller Koiso Kikuji and...

Plans to build a touristic hot spring on the island of Izu Oshima run afoul of the Kobe yakuza group, which intends to use the island as a relay base...

Wearing a symbol of justice and brotherhood on his waist – a crimson pistol belt, Ace Joe engages in a fight with villains trying to seize the...

An airplane loaded with 50 million yen for the reconstruction of Amami Oshima crashes en route from Kagoshima, Kyushu, but neither the money nor the...

A young gambler returns from prison to find his gang scattered, and many gone over to his old rival. But their rivalry is not only a matter of...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Tokyo baka odori" by Haruo Oka and Chiyoko Shimakura.

1964 Nikkatsu Theater of Life adaptation.

An anthology that embodies the essence of Toei action films with a stylish flair, this movie follows an aging hitman (Jō Shishido) on a quest to...

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people.

1965 Japanese movie

Bastard tablets that hunt down the crooks behind the gambling world of horse racing, bicycle racing, and car racing.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.

A man who has left the yakuza world is drawn back into the fray for his younger brother in this gunfighting action film.

A master rifleman challenges a family of yakuza who have stolen his favorite gun.