Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his work in yakuza films and jidaigeki.
Known For
Aesthetics of a Bullet
(1973)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Female Ninja Magic
(1964)
Director
The Spying Sorceress
(1964)
Director
Judo vs. Karate
(1966)
Director
Yakuza Vassal
(1966)
Director
Yakuza Hooligans
(1966)
Director
Showdown of Men
(1966)
Director
The Shogun and His Mistresses
(1967)
Director
Shogun and His Mistress 2
(1967)
Director
Code Between Brothers 6
(1967)
Director
Classmates
(1967)
Director
Nunnery Confidential
(1968)
Director
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
(1969)
Director
Nippon '69 Sexual Curiosity Seeking Zone
(1969)
Director
Postwar Secrets
(1970)
Director
The Revelation of a Geisha
(1970)
Director
Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths
(1971)
Director
Twisted Sex
(1971)
Director
A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers
(1971)
Director
The Viper Brothers
(1971)
Director
Kogarashi Monjiro 2: Secret of Monjiro's Birth
(1972)
Director
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
(1972)
Director
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
(1972)
Director
The Viper Brothers: 18 Extortion Threats
(1972)
Director
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
(1973)
Director
Semi-Document: Eros No Joô
(1973)
Director
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
(1973)
Director
Aesthetics of a Bullet
(1973)
Director
The Kyoto Connection
(1973)
Director
The Rapacious Jailbreaker
(1974)
Director
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
(1974)
Director
Jeans Blues: No Future
(1974)
Director
The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers
(1974)
Director
Violent Fraternity
(1974)
Director
Scoundrel Boss
(1975)
Director
The Viper Brothers and the Young General
(1975)
Director
Shimane Prison Riot
(1975)
Director
Company Buggers
(1975)
Director
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
(1976)
Director
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
(1976)
Director
The Three Ginza Rascals
(1976)
Director
Operation Plazma in Osaka
(1976)
Director
Japanese Humanity and Justice
(1977)
Director
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
(1977)
Director
Japan's Don
(1977)
Director
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
(1978)
Director
Shag
(1978)
Director
Down with The Big Boss
(1979)
Director
The Shogun Assassins
(1979)
Director
映画村殺人事件
(1980)
Director
Domineering
(1982)
Director
Theater Of Life
(1983)
Director
Appassionata
(1984)
Director
The Seburi Story
(1985)
Director
She-Shogun
(1990)
Director
1750 Days of Turbulence
(1990)
Director
Yakuza Ladies Revisited
(1991)
Director
Yakuza Warfare
(1991)
Director
Oda Nobunaga
(1992)
Director
The Man Who Shot the Don
(1994)
Director
Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5
(1996)
Director
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
(1998)
Director
Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
(2015)
Director
Love's Twisting Path
(2019)
Director
Acting
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
(2009)
Himself
Uzumasa Limelight
(2014)
Sadao Nakajima
Chambara: The Art of Japanese Swordplay
(2015)
Mifune: The Last Samurai
(2016)
Self - Filmmaker
Writing
The Spying Sorceress
(1964)
Writer
The Great Duel
(1964)
Screenplay
Female Ninja Magic
(1964)
Writer
True Osaka Grit
(1965)
Screenplay
Three Yakuza
(1965)
Screenplay
The Tattooed Lord
(1965)
Screenplay
Judo vs. Karate
(1966)
Screenplay
Showdown of Men
(1966)
Screenplay
Yakuza Hooligans
(1966)
Screenplay
Yakuza Vassal
(1966)
Screenplay
Flower and Dragon: Duel of the Sea Caves
(1966)
Writer
Classmates
(1967)
Screenplay
The Domain: White Blade
(1967)
Writer
Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival
(1967)
Adaptation and Original Story
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
(1969)
Screenplay
The Cross of Vengeance
(1969)
Screenplay
The Revelation of a Geisha
(1970)
Writer
Three Pretty Devils
(1970)
Screenplay
Postwar Secrets
(1970)
Screenplay
Pilgrimage to Japanese Baths
(1971)
Screenplay
Withered Tree, the Adventures of Monjiro
(1972)
Screenplay
The Viper Brothers: Prison Gang 13
(1972)
Screenplay
Girl Boss: Escape From Reform School
(1973)
Screenplay
The Kyoto Connection
(1973)
Writer
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
(1973)
Screenplay
The Scoundler vs. The Viper Brothers
(1974)
Screenplay
Bohachi Bushido: The Villain
(1974)
Screenplay
Jeans Blues: No Future
(1974)
Screenplay
Scoundrel Boss
(1975)
Screenplay
Shimane Prison Riot
(1975)
Writer
A Savage Beast Goes Mad
(1976)
Screenplay
The Three Ginza Rascals
(1976)
Screenplay
Japanese Humanity and Justice
(1977)
Screenplay
Down with The Big Boss
(1979)
Screenplay
The Shogun Assassins
(1979)
Writer
映画村殺人事件
(1980)
Screenplay
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
(1981)
Writer
The Blazing Valiant
(1981)
Screenplay
Domineering
(1982)
Screenplay
Theater Of Life
(1983)
Screenplay
The Seburi Story
(1985)
Screenplay
Tokyo Bordello
(1987)
Screenplay
The Boss' Wife
(1988)
Screenplay
Shogun's Shadow
(1989)
Writer
1750 Days of Turbulence
(1990)
Screenplay
No Mercy Dog
(1998)
Writer
Yakuza Ladies 8
(1999)
Screenplay
Yakuza Ladies 10
(2000)
Screenplay
Love's Twisting Path
(2019)
Screenplay
Production