Yoshio Yoshida Movies

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

1962 Japanese movie

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

Toruhan, a king’s retainer, embarks on a journey to find a royal treasure that can only be revealed though secret codes hidden in seven crosses...

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats.

The adventures of Goro and his fellow samurai continue in its second installment. While being held captive by the enemy pirate Ongo, Goro discovers...

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

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

Shochiku's popular series of gang films, this one has the hero returning from prison bent on revenge. He runs into Chinese hoodlums, blackmailers and...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...

These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite...