Yûjirô Ishihara Movies

Die gelbe Venus von Kamakura

74/100

Spending their summer on an exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they they bargained for.

Hitokiri

77/100

A destitute ronin allies himself with an established clan, but its ruthless leader tries to turn him into a mindless killer.

Machibuse

72/100

Sent on a secret mission, a ronin must discover who his friends are and who must die.

Arcadia of My Youth

73/100

Space captain Harlock, the latest in a family of proud aerial warriors, begins his journey to free the oppressed Earth from the despotic Illumidas Command.

I Am Waiting

71/100

A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

Samurai Banners

72/100

Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He convinces ... See full summary »

Rusty Knife

68/100

Two friends who witnessed an organized crime murder are threatened by the local mob into keeping quiet.

A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era

76/100

In the last days of the Shogunate, a resourceful grifter seeks to outwit competing prostitutes, rebellious samurai and other inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive the hardened times.

Alone on the Pacific

71/100

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination.

I Hate But Love

70/100

In the high-octane, unorthodox romance I Hate But Love (Nikui Anchikusho), a celebrity (played by megastar Yujiro Ishijara)...

Red Pier

69/100

50s subculture icon Yujiro Ishihara (Crazed Fruit) stars in Masuda's Red Pier as "Jiro the Lefty", a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kobe, he witnesses a man die in ... See full summary »

Shadow Hunters

66/100

In the late Tokugawa period, the Edo government is using Spies from Iga Province to cause the downfall of innocent provincial Daimyo. The Shogun needs to claim the assets of fallen clans in order to boost the failing economies of Edo.

Akai hankachi

70/100

A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years...

Shadow Hunters 2: Echo of Destiny

67/100

The second live-action film about the adventures of three ronin: Jubei, Sunlight, and Moonlight, who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Man Who Causes a Storm

59/100

Shoichi is a violent young man just released from jail who aspires to be a drummer. He works his way up by playing gigs in a hip Ginza club...

Safari 5000

60/100

Aitsu to watashi

77/100

Shori-sha

Wakai hito

Der Befehl und das Gewissen

The Sands of Kurobe

68/100

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the...

Fuji sanchô

66/100

Tekka no hanamichi

60/100

Kaerazeru hatoba

46/100

Aru heishi no kake

86/100

U.S. Army Captain Clark Allen gains attention by walking back and forth, the length of Japan, gambling with U.S...