Best movies of Toshio Masuda

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Ryôtarô Sugi, Ruriko Asaoka, Chiyo Okumura,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

A young yakuza hitman named Goro does a job and needs to hideout away from Tokyo for a while. He hangs out with loose women and hard men and always manages to stay one step ahead of the law...

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Tamio Kawaji, Shôki Fukae, Chieko Matsubara,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Gangster thriller.

Actors : Toshio Kurosawa, Tetsurô Tanba, Yôko Tsukasa, Kaoru Yumi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Professor Nishiyama, after studying and interpreting the prophecies of Nostradamus, realizes that the end of the world is at hand. Unfortunately, nobody listens to him until it is too late....

Actors : Kei Tomiyama, Shûsei Nakamura, Yôko Asagami, Gorô Naya,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Gamilons are a race of evil aliens that are trying to destroy the planet Earth. However, a group of civilians look to the battleship Yamato for its space travel and go on a mission to bring...

Actors : Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshirô Mifune, Teruhiko Aoi, Hisaya Morishige,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Depicts the bloody siege of the fortress Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. In the story dominated the character Lt Takeshi Kogyo (Teruhiko Aoi), teachers, and a reserve...

Actors : Renji Ishibashi, Midori Ebina, Masato Hoshi, Eimei Esumi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Based on a science-fiction novel by Sakyo Komatsu. Tokyo is suddendly covered by a dome shaped electromagantic cloud for an unknown reason and is totally blocked and isolated from other ...

Actors : Hideaki Nitani, Yûjirô Ishihara, Nobuo Kaneko, Ruriko Asaoka,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

A hot-shot detective in Yokohama kills a witness during a drug investigation. He flees to the countryside and evades his past for several years, only to return to find the woman he loved ...

Actors : Yûnosuke Itô, Yôko Minamida, Tamio Kawaji, Yuji Kodaka,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

A rambunctious, rough-and-tumble tale of a rowdy trio (Shishido, Kawaji,Yamauchi) of gambling bumpkins belonging to a rural yakuza clan. Much humor.

Actors : Kayo Matsuo, Sanae Kitabayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

One of a duo of ninkyô films dealing with violent yakuza clan conflict, both starring Takahashi and Kobatashi. The other is called FIGHT aka FRIENDLY ENEMIES.

Actors : Sanae Kitabayashi, Hideki Takahashi, Ichirô Nakatani, Akira Kobayashi,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

A companion piece to DUEL aka ENDLESS DUEL, also directed by Masuda, with a nearly identical cast. Refreshingly well-written, with some notable, welcome variations on the standard ninkyô yakuza formula.

Actors : Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mitsuo Hamada, Masako Izumi, Nobuko Otowa,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa Normal School for women. Nothing seemed ...

Actors : Tetsuya Watari, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Hama, Jô Shishido,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

A real all-star cast turns out for this modern yakuza yarn.

Actors : Ryôhei Uchida, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mikio Narita, Ruriko Asaoka,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

In the late Tokugawa period, the Edo government is using Spies from Iga Province to cause the downfall of innocent provincial Daimyo. The Shogun needs to claim the assets of fallen clans in order to boost the failing economies of Edo.

Actors : Ryôhei Uchida, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mikio Narita, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

The second live-action film about the adventures of three ronin: Jubei, Sunlight, and Moonlight, who dedicate their lives to hunt down "shadows", the ninja spies of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Actors : Tomokazu Miura, Teruhiko Aoi, Masako Natsume, Tetsurô Tanba,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Favorable portrayal of Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo, who approved of the bombardment of Pearl Harbor, as a patriot. The film is a jingoistic defense of Japanese imperialism.

Actors : Jun Hashizume, Yû Hayami, Daijiro Tsutsumi, Yûzô Kayama,
Directors : Toshio Masuda,

Two young men are recruited into the Japanese air force just before outbreak of WW2 by the testpilot of Japans new super fighter - the Zero. The movie is told in reverse from the point of ...