Ryōhei Uchida Movies

Yasuda plays Omon, a woman using bamboo leaves as darts/blades to disable and kill her enemies.

In the autumn of 1945, Petty Officer Tadashi Yamaji is among the numerous war crimes suspects facing death on the gallows for maltreatment of Allied...

Noh mask maker is unable to carve the young Noh masks he has ordered, and when a beautiful woman invites him to join her in town for a change of...

Eight villains, former pirates, gather to attack the magistrate's office. They develop a plan and begin their actions in secret, making full use of...

1965 youth / yakuza film

First ninkyo yakuza picture at Toei directed by Teruo Ishii

The action takes place in the highlands of the Chugoku region. While the owner of the Yazaki ranch is away, a gang of villains is trying to take over...

A hit-man returns to Japan after a long sojourne.

Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn between the organization and his old friends.

The story of three brothers who, after loosing their parents in the Great Kanto Earthquake, continued their respective yakuza family business and the...

In the nine part Wataridori series (1959-1962), Kobayashi played a wanderer on Japan’s back roads with most of the accoutrements of a Western...

Story of an ex-con trying to go straight, but of course the old ways die hard.

A story about club hostesses in Osaka.

Takuya witnesses the homicide of the detective leading an investigation into the murder of the chairman of the People’s Economic Association,...

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Young man returns from prison and sets out to destroy the gang that killed his friends and boss of his former gang.

Fourth film in the Aitsu series. The outlaw-cum-travelling guitarist discovers that his friend has been killed by the gangsters who held up the...

The movie depicts the youth of kamikaze pilots who scattered young lives in the sky.

A comedic tale that follows several quirky individuals who navigate the twists and turns of their daily lives.