Masayo Banri Movies

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, she meets a...

Order of Yakuza

In Edo-period Japan, Shingo is born the son of an assassin who was executed for murdering her lord’s concubine. Decades later, his adoptive...

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Thriller about a gangster and an outlaw who become friends despite their different outlooks.

The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.

Women endure hardship and struggle to keep away from prostitution in the immediate aftermath of WWII. The "Special Comfort Women Association" (RAA)...

Japanese comedy film.

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

Japanese crime film.

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.

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...

1962 Japanese movie

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring....