Shunji Sakai Movies

A 1954 film.

1958 Japanese movie

Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my life cheap." One day, he receives a request from...

With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.

A young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets of a great fortune.

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.

The second of two films based on the novel by Futaro Yamada.

Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way...

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while...

Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro.

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

Comedy with music starring the rock band The Spiders.

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other...

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.