Gen Shimizu
Birthday: 1907-01-01
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School
Suzunosuke visits a martial arts master and tries to learn the 'Vacuum Slash,' a secret technique of...
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Turbid Youth
Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, ...
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High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s ...
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A Woman's Life
A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son....
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie...
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The Stand in Hakone
A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' de...
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Freelance Samurai
One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this t...
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Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the...
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Straw hat of Itako
A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role....
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Invasion of Astro-Monster
Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens,...
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The Eyes of the Jaguar
A young princess is kidnapped and put on a pirate ship bound for Hokkaido and the villainous Jaguar....
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Eyes of the Jaguar: Blue Dragon's Cave
Judo and Shaolin team up to defeat the magician Jaguar and restore a Princess to her rightful riches...
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Ôban
A young country boy leaves his village for Tokyo, where he begins to work as a stock trader. First p...
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Tomboy Samurai
The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for ...
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Comedy: The Face is Life
A comedic tale that follows several quirky individuals who navigate the twists and turns of their da...
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Cat Girls Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph
Yukiko is on her way to meet Boss Gunji. Judging by her appearance, no one would suspect that this b...
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Yearning
War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years ...
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Japan Organized Crime Boss
Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang aft...
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The Sun's Burial
In Osaka's slum, capricious folks without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitu...
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Battle of the Japan Sea
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japane...
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Samurai Save The Virgin
A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbule...
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunos...
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Kodokan Under a Morning Moon
The picture tells of a tremendous conflict between ju-jitsu, an aggressive art practiced by vicious ...
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Godzilla vs. Gigan
Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become su...
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The Bride of Headless Island
Directed by Hideaki Onishi of "Vampire Monster House" fame. A thriller and unique period drama dire...
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Our Wasteland
Tetsuya, a worker at a US Air Base who moonlights as a bartender with his bar hostess roommate, drea...
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Yojimbo
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival ...
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Stray Dog
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded...
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Seven Samurai
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
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Throne of Blood
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred...
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The Bad Sleep Well
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within...
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The Mysterians
In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire v...
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The Gay Masquerade
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo...
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Gate of Hell
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a vio...
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Buddha
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years ...
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The Gambling Nun
A young woman, an experienced gambler, enters a nunnery to atone for some of her father's crimes. Wh...
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Tokyo File 212
A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the ...
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Stairs of Evil
Iwao, , Kumagai, and Konishi broke into the safe containing the wages of the employees of Ato Indust...
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The Sandal Keeper
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hitoshi Ueki) starts out as Nobunaga's "Sandal Keeper" but climbs the ranks to e...
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Irresponsible Age of Japan
An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder....
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No Time for Tears
Coach Shimamura of the hapless Sparrows baseball team is pleased to obtain a hot new pitcher named O...
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Beyond Love and Hate
A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife...
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Street of Ronin
Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject ...
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Street of Violence
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chie...
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Two in the Shadow
A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to ...
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Ghost Man
A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Ki...
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I Hear the Whistle
Tells of the feelings and sufferings of a young girl with an incurable paralytic disease....
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The Gambler's Code
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds...
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Thirst for Love
Natsuko, a Tokyo bar proprietress, and Yuki, a Kyoto Ryokan owner, vie for the affections of an adve...
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Yagyu Secret Scrolls
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets wh...
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Jirocho Fuji
Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' i...
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Samurai Vendetta
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the...
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The Black Current
A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a ...
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The Biggest Gamble
When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do ever...
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Miyamoto Musashi V: Musashi vs Kojiro
The fifth and final installment with the build up of the epic battle between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyam...
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Scars of Honor
Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in th...
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The Armed Organization
Violent Gang Re-Arms is a rousing tale of friction in yakuza and labor interactions with Koji Tsurat...
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Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: Forbidden Love
The story of a lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty....
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Showdown at Nagasaki
When Keiji Takama returns to Nagasaki, he finds many changes. The rights of the entertainment field ...
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Miki, the Swordman
After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his il...
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The Gambler's Counterattack
Aiba is a gang boss who has just got out of jail, and finds everything has changed. His old gang has...
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Moment of Terror
When an only child is struck by a car and dies, the child's mother seeks vengeance against the drive...
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Assassination
Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking c...
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Rise Against the Sword
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight the...
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Vagabonds from Badgerville
A musical about the escapades of some tanuki passing themselves off as humans in human society....
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Nerves for Victory
A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading ...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The y...
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A Man in Red
Takashi, who took the blame when his father shot a gangster, returns home after serving a four-year ...
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Chûshingura
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the c...
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The Trail of Blood
Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a ...
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Tower of Lilies
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the isla...
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Team of Ruffians
Prisoners with special skills from all over Japan are sent to the battlefront on a mission....
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Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a p...
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The White Orchid
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo...
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The Street Without Sun
Based on the novel by proletarian writer Sunao Tokunaga. The story is about a long strike by workers...
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A Man Among Men
Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wr...
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Wandering Ginza Butterfly
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to pri...
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I Live in Fear
An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his family to...
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Sanjuro
Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifull...
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City of Beasts
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutica...
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Brave Red Flower of the North
An exciting tale of action on the distant northern island of Hokkaido around the beginning of the 20...
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Young Guy in Hawaii
Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous scree...
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Beast Alley
Desperate to escape her grueling life caring for her paralyzed husband, Tamiko murders him and burns...
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Life of a Country Doctor
A skilled country doctor's talents are such that he can even perform operations as difficult and nov...
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The Two Musashis
During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the fi...
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Bakeneko Goyōda
A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio T...
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Five Gents Prefer Geisha
In this continuation of Discover Japan with the 5 Gents (Shacho sen ichiya, 1967), Shoji (Morishige)...
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Police Precinct Part 21
A burnt corpse of a man was found in Okutama. As a result of the investigation, it turns out that th...
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3 Raccoon Dogs
A conman team swindles through jewel scams, marriage fraud, and fake school admissions. Their scheme...
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Brand of Evil
A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is par...
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