Haruo Tanaka Movies

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

1958 Japanese movie

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as...

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...

Romantic comedy.

Four taxi drivers are found dead in four days. Suddenly, a taxi, trying to avoid hitting a patrol car, veers off and hits a tree. Three men run out...

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.

Young coal miner Takeda leaves Kyushu in search of a better job in Tokyo, only to fall into the lucrative yet dangerous life of a yakuza.

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...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and...

1962 Japanese movie

A ghost man with his face hidden entirely by bandages is killing beautiful nude models. Detective Kindaichi investigates.

A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offense!

Japanese drama film.