Iwao Ôtani Movies

  • 1950
    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    Rashomon

    8.11950HD

    Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, "Rashomon" is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy of...

    Rashomon
  • 1954
    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    Sansho the Bailiff

    8.11954HD

    In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

    Sansho the Bailiff
  • 1953
    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu

    Ugetsu

    7.9761953HD

    In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

    Ugetsu
  • 1954
    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers

    The Crucified Lovers

    7.71954HD

    When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

    The Crucified Lovers
  • 1963
    An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge

    An Actor's Revenge

    6.51963HD

    In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

    An Actor's Revenge
  • 1962
    The Tale of Zatoichi

    The Tale of Zatoichi

    The Tale of Zatoichi

    7.31962HD

    The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controlled village, because war with a neighbouring...

    The Tale of Zatoichi
  • 1953
    A Geisha

    A Geisha

    A Geisha

    7.51953HD

    Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain...

    A Geisha
  • 1951
    Miss Oyu

    Miss Oyu

    Miss Oyu

    7.21951HD

    Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to...

    Miss Oyu
  • 1967
    Zatoichi Challenged

    Zatoichi Challenged

    Zatoichi Challenged

    6.71967HD

    Ichi is staying at an inn when a woman dies. Her dying wish is that Ichi take her son to his father, an artist living in a nearby town. After...

    Zatoichi Challenged
  • 1966
    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage

    71966HD

    Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

    Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
  • 1971
    Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

    Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

    Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman

    6.6971971HD

    Zatoichi is a blind massage therapist and swordsman who finds out that something troubling is taking place on the outskirts of town. After...

    Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
  • 1966
    Wrath of Daimajin

    Wrath of Daimajin

    Wrath of Daimajin

    6.31966HD

    In a mountainous region of Japan, Lord Arakawa kidnaps the men of nearby villages to use as slave labor, producing gunpowder from his sulfur pits. A...

    Wrath of Daimajin
  • 1991
    Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

    Heat Wave

    5.81991HD

    Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

    Heat Wave
  • 1959
    Yotsuya Ghost Story

    Yotsuya Ghost Story

    Yotsuya Ghost Story

    61959HD

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

    Yotsuya Ghost Story
  • 1967
    Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

    61967HD

    The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is...

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
  • 1985
    Tracked

    Tracked

    Tracked

    5.61985HD

    When a fugitive begins a romance with the woman hiding him from the law, it becomes uncertain whether he will ever escape the shadow of his heinous...

    Tracked
  • 1970
    Mission: Iron Castle

    Mission: Iron Castle

    Mission: Iron Castle

    6.61970HD

    The Shinobi-no-Mono series was so successful that Daiei Studios dipped into the well one more time, making the best 60′s B&W ninja movie...

    Mission: Iron Castle
  • 1986
    Death Shadows

    Death Shadows

    Death Shadows

    6.11986HD

    Three men sentenced to death are spared and changed into “shadows executioners”, a group of ruthless ninja working for mysterious high...

    Death Shadows
  • 1955
    Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

    Taira Clan Saga

    7.11955HD

    Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But...

    Taira Clan Saga
  • 1960
    Satan's Sword

    Satan's Sword

    Satan's Sword

    6.41960HD

    The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Set in the last...

    Satan's Sword