Yukio Horikita Movies

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

1962 Japanese movie

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial...

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

Soft-Boiled Goro is a 1970 film directed by Kazuo Ikehiro

The story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and develop his own style.

Adaptation of a famous Kyouka Izumi novel. Set in the early 1900's, it tells the story of the impossible love between a young scholar a beautiful...

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

Story about a gambler who gets involved in a struggle between companies.