Movies: Gen Shimizu

  • 1954
    Seven Samurai

    Seven Samurai (1954)

    Seven Samurai

    8.51954HD

    A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers...

    Seven Samurai
  • 1963
    High and Low

    High and Low (1963)

    High and Low

    8.31963HD

    In the midst of an attempt to take over his company, a powerhouse executive is hit with a huge ransom demand when his chauffeur's son is kidnapped by mistake....

    High and Low
  • 1965
    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

    Invasion of Astro-Monster

    6.71965HD

    Astronauts Glenn and Fuji investigate Planet X and encounter mysterious aliens known as the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". In exchange for borrowing Godzilla and Rodan, the Xiliens offer a cure for canc...

    Invasion of Astro-Monster
  • 1961
    Yojimbo

    Yojimbo (1961)

    Yojimbo

    8.01961HD

    A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemo...

    Yojimbo
  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog (1949)

    Stray Dog

    7.51949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a lif...

    Stray Dog
  • 1962
    Sanjuro

    Sanjuro (1962)

    Sanjuro

    7.91962HD

    Toshiro Mifune swaggers and snarls to brilliant comic effect in Kurosawa's tightly paced, beautifully composed "Sanjuro." In this companion piece and sequel to "Yojimbo," jaded samurai Sanjuro helps an idealistic group of young warriors weed out thei...

    Sanjuro
  • 1972
    Godzilla vs. Gigan

    Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972)

    Godzilla vs. Gigan

    6.41972HD

    Manga artist Gengo Odaka lands a job with the World Children's Land amusement park only to become suspicious of the organization when a garbled message is discovered on tapes. As Gengo and his team investigate, Godzilla and Anguirus quickly decipher ...

    Godzilla vs. Gigan
  • 1957
    Throne of Blood

    Throne of Blood (1957)

    Throne of Blood

    7.91957HD

    Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the s...

    Throne of Blood
  • 1962
    47 Ronin

    47 Ronin (1962)

    47 Ronin

    7.31962HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor....

    47 Ronin
  • 1964
    Yearning

    Yearning (1964)

    Yearning

    8.11964HD

    War widow Reiko rebuilds and runs the grocery shop in the house of her husband's family. Many years later, their business is threatened by a newly built supermarket and Reiko's in-laws plan to convert their small shop into a supermarket, to her detri...

    Yearning
  • 1960
    The Bad Sleep Well

    The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

    The Bad Sleep Well

    7.61960HD

    In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their...

    The Bad Sleep Well
  • 1955
    I Live in Fear

    I Live in Fear (1955)

    I Live in Fear

    7.31955HD

    Kiichi Nakajima, an elderly foundry owner, is convinced that Japan will be affected by an imminent nuclear war, and resolves to move his family to safety in Brazil. His family decides to have him ruled incompetent and Dr. Harada, a Domestic Court cou...

    I Live in Fear
  • 1957
    The Mysterians

    The Mysterians (1957)

    The Mysterians

    6.41957HD

    In Japan, scientifically advanced invaders from the war-destroyed planet Mysteroid cause an entire village to vanish, then send a giant robot out to storm the city by night, after which they request a small patch of land on Earth and the right to mar...

    The Mysterians
  • 1953
    Gate of Hell

    Gate of Hell (1953)

    Gate of Hell

    7.11953HD

    Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married....

    Gate of Hell
  • 1969
    Battle of the Japan Sea

    Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)

    Battle of the Japan Sea

    61969HD

    Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront t...

    Battle of the Japan Sea
  • 1967
    Two in the Shadow

    Two in the Shadow (1967)

    Two in the Shadow

    7.71967HD

    A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he leaves, he gives the man's widow a large sum of money that she uses to move back to her hometown....

    Two in the Shadow
  • 1960
    The Sun's Burial

    The Sun's Burial (1960)

    The Sun's Burial

    6.51960HD

    In Osaka's slum, youths without futures engage in pilfering, assault and robbery, prostitution, and the buying and selling of identity cards and of blood. Alliances constantly shift. Tatsu and Takeshi, friends since boyhood, reluctantly join Shin's g...

    The Sun's Burial
  • 1971
    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ

    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ (1971)

    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ

    01971HD

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    喜劇 男の顔は人生よ
  • 1969
    Japan Organized Crime Boss

    Japan Organized Crime Boss (1969)

    Japan Organized Crime Boss

    7.91969HD

    Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a big yakuza group from Osaka at war with the Tokyo alliance for the cont...

    Japan Organized Crime Boss
  • 1962
    Ame no Kudan-zaka

    Ame no Kudan-zaka (1962)

    Ame no Kudan-zaka

    01962HD

    1962 Japanese movie...

    Ame no Kudan-zaka