Masao Hori Movies

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

In the streets of Edo, influential official merchants are being brutally murdered one after another, casting fear over the entire city. Popular...

1961 Japanese movie

One day, Yoshimi Satomi, the castle owner of Takita Castle in the country of Anbo, and his confidant Daisuke Kinba, on the way to hunt wild boars,...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular...

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

Best friends Gentaro and Sanpei become fateful enemies when Sanpei steals a secret document revealing the identity of the chosen successor to the...

Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many...

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

The famed ninja Yagyu Jubei fights to suppress a coup d’etat plotted against Tokugawa Shogunate.

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...