Sumao Ishihara Movies
- 1954
Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho the Bailiff8.11954HD
In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.
- 1954
The Crucified Lovers
The Crucified Lovers7.71954HD
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...
- 1953
Gate of Hell
Gate of Hell7.161953HD
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...
- 1939
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum7.8951939HD
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...
- 1972
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance7.41972HD
In this first film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, adapted from the manga by Kazuo Koike, we are told the story of the Lone Wolf and Cub's origin....
- 1953
A Geisha
A Geisha7.5311953HD
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...
- 1966
Zatoichi's Vengeance
Zatoichi's Vengeance6.7731966HD
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town...
- 1967
Zatoichi the Outlaw
Zatoichi the Outlaw6.3911967HD
When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival gambling house pays their debts and sets them free.
- 1962
The Temple of Wild Geese
The Temple of Wild Geese6.3181962HD
Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...
- 1961
Buddha
Buddha01961HD
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...
- 1963
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Zatoichi the Fugitive6.8471963HD
After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after...
- 1958
Conflagration
Conflagration7.0361958HD
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...
- 1954
The Woman in the Rumor
The Woman in the Rumor7.3971954HD
Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows...
- 1948
The Grand Master
The Grand Master01948HD
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...
- 1961
The Gambler's Code
The Gambler's Code6.51961HD
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...
- 1960
Satan's Sword
Satan's Sword6.41960HD
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...
- 1963
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Bamboo Doll of Echizen7.61963HD
Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.
- 1963
Shinsengumi Chronicles
Shinsengumi Chronicles6.51963HD
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...
- 1956
Sisters of Gion
Sisters of Gion01956HD
- 1955
Taira Clan Saga
Taira Clan Saga6.941955HD
Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But...