Best movies of Kihachi Okamoto

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yôko Naitô, Michiyo Aratama, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yuriko Hoshi, Tadao Nakamaru, Etsushi Takahashi,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Two ronin - an ex-samurai and an ex-farmer - get caught up in a local official's complex game of murder and betrayal.

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Shintarô Katsu, Ayako Wakao, Osamu Takizawa,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Zatoichi tries to unrest the mob rule over a small village all while the gang leader's bodyguard is actually the Yojimbo, secretly taking the gang down from the inside. Will the two heroes realize in time that they are on the same side?

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Michiyo Aratama, Toshirô Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

February 17 to March 3, 1860, inside Edo castle. A group of assassins wait by Sakurada Gate to kill the lord of the House of Ii, a powerful man in the Tokugawa government, which has ruled ...

Actors : Sô Yamamura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Chishû Ryû, Rokkô Toura,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister ...

Actors : Toshirô Mifune, Shima Iwashita, Minori Terada, Etsushi Takahashi,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt ...

Actors : Eijirô Tôno, Michiyo Aratama, Keiju Kobayashi, Jerry Itô,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

This comedy portrays the everyday life of an ordinary salary-man who uses himself as a model to write a novella.

Actors : Reiko Dan, Yûnosuke Itô, Toshirô Mifune, Makoto Satô,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

In 1945, Japanese Army Sergeant Kosugi and a platoon of young green recruits must retake and defend a fort occupied by the Chinese forces.

Actors : Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hideo Sunazuka, Hideyo Amamoto,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Shinsuke Achiwa, Minori Terada, Naoko Ôtani,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

During World War II, a Japanese soldier finds himself assigned to a kamikaze mission against a U.S. battleship.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi, Tetsurô Tanba, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Actors : Takehiro Murata, Tatsuya Nakadai, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyôka Suzuki,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Actors : Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Seizaburô Kawazu, Yôko Tsukasa,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Japanese police detective Saburo Fujioka is suspected of corruption, demoted, and sent to the city of Kojin. Kojin is the scene of fierce fighting between rival gangs. Fujioka is assigned ...

Actors : Akihiko Hirata, Tatsuyoshi Ehara, Kôji Iwamoto, Hideyo Amamoto,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

In this patriotic WW II drama, the Japanese army demonstrates its courage and willingness to do anything to win as they endeavor to sneak into Communist China to bring back the flag of a defeated enemy regiment.

Actors : Tatsuya Mihashi, Makoto Satô, Yûzô Kayama, Kumi Mizuno,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

While testing the advance prototype of a revolutionary gas engine, the vehicle is involved in a mysterious accident killing its driver. The police report states that it was an accident, ...

Actors : Akihiko Hirata, Yukiko Shimazaki, Jun Tazaki, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

After a long stint working in Alaska, Jiro returns to his hometown. He soon learns that his father, the town's mayor, was murdered and, in his absence, the yakuza gangs have seized control ...

Actors : Yuriko Hoshi, Makoto Satô, Ichirô Nakatani, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

A lone masterless warrior with some new friends helps ship 300 rifles to a Japanese warlord during the sengoku period.

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Hideo Sunazuka, Ichirô Nakatani,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. With the help of his former cell mate he decides to assassinate the politician with an explosive pen.

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Yûsuke Okada, Kyû Sakamoto, Hiroko Isayama,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

During the military phase of the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Sentaro joins a local militia loyal to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to fight Imperial troops. But Sentaro's friendship with a ...

Actors : Shinsuke Ashida, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tomokazu Miura, Kumiko Akiyoshi,
Directors : Kihachi Okamoto,

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of ...