The best Kanjūrō Arashi’s movies

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

08/12/1903- 21/10/1980
Today we present the best Kanjūrō Arashi’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Kanjūrō Arashi’s movies.
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Profound Desires of the Gods

Profound Desires of the Gods
7.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/11/1968
  • Character: Yamamori Futori
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang

The Kanto Scarlet Cherry Gang
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 04/03/1972
  • Character: Shinbori
The Ni Family is the most well know and respected group of firefighters in the Kanto region. When their leader dies and the successor disappears, Tsuruji, a beautiful yet tough geisha, becomes the boss. But will she be able to confront a yakuza gang trying to take over the area?

Jigoku

Jigoku
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaHorror
  • Release: 30/07/1960
  • Character: Enma
After a young theology student flees a hit-and-run accident, he is plagued by both his own guilt-ridden conscience and a mysterious, diabolical doppelgänger. But all possible escape routes lead straight to hell—literally!

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo
7/10
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.

A Colt Is My Passport

A Colt Is My Passport
7.4/10
A gang lord hires Kamimura, a hit man, to take out a rival boss who's gotten greedy.

The Thirteen Assassins

The Thirteen Assassins
7.4/10
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring attention to the crime, the matter is quickly hushed up. Not only will there be no punishment, but because the Daimyo is the Shogun's younger brother, he will soon be appointed to a high political position from which he could wreak even more havoc. Convinced that the fate of the Shogunate hangs in the balance, a plot is hatched to assassinate the Daimyo. The two most brilliant strategic minds of their generation find themselves pitted against each other; one is tasked to defend a man he despises, and has a small army at his disposal. The other is given a suicide mission, and has 12 brave men. They are the 13 Assassins.

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 10/04/1969
  • Character: Yojiro Kawabe
The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are threatened, and the railroad construction workers. Oryu the Red Peony returns to her home in Kumamoto to accept her position as second generation leader of the Yano Family. But the ceremony is interrupted by fighting between local boatmen and railroad works. And it seems a rival family is pulling the strings behind the clashes.

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game

Red Peony Gambler: Flower Cards Game
6.9/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 01/02/1969
  • Character: Teijiro Sugiyama
The third chapter of the ‘Red Peony Gambler’ saga depicts the happiness and sadness of Red Peony Oryu’s life as she seals her femininity with a red peony tattoo and lives in world of chivalry and honor of the yakuza. This story takes place in the middle of the Meiji era in Nagoya. Oryu is wandering the country, training herself to reinstate her family name. With a written recommendation from Kumatora, she appears at the door of the Nishinomaru family. At the same time, the family is preparing for the gambling competition at the Netsuda Shrine Festival, which they have been hosting for generations. Meanwhile, the crooked Kinbara family is plotting to take over the competition. And now Oryu is forced to get involved in the struggle…

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2

Prison Walls of Abashiri, Part 2
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 10/07/1965
  • Character: Onitora
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.

Japan's Top Gangster

Japan's Top Gangster
6.7/10
  • Release: 11/08/1973
A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to becoming boss of Japan's largest gang.

Abashiri Prison

Abashiri Prison
7/10
Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in this harshest of climates.

Emperor Meiji and General Nogi

Emperor Meiji and General Nogi
In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the relations between two countries have become strained to breaking point. General Nogi has retired to the first reserve and is now a gentleman farmer, but he is prepared for sudden mobilization. Finally, Japan declares war against Russia and Emperor Meiji appoints General Nogi as the commander of the force to attack Port Arthur. However, in spite of several all-out attacks, the fortress is strong and the casualties increase among the Japanese. Because of these reverses, there are loud cries for a change in command. However, the Emperor places his confidence in General Nogi.

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno

The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
5.5/10
When a priceless jewel owned by rich heiress Sabine is stolen, along with her daughter, Professional thief and hired killer Ryuichi Koga and his gang are hired to retrieve both. At a ransom exchange, the team save the girl but lose the money and the jewel. When Sabine decides to deal directly with the thieves and obtains the jewel on her own by paying the ransom, Koga, having been stiffed of his fee by Sabine, steals the jewel. Little does he know, it’s a fake. Now, Koga and the team must break into a high security bank to steal the real jewel.

Modern Lady Gambler

Modern Lady Gambler
6.7/10
Fujiko wanders aimlessly through the country, seeking vengence on the man she onced loved, who betrayed her, and destroying her family and her life. When she discovers that man had already died, she loses her will to live. But in a twist of fate, she meets Tatsumi, a raising star in the Horikawa Family. She quickly falls in love with him and his yakuza lifstyle. But when Tatsumi is chosen to but the next Boss of the family, his jealous sworn brother Morito kills him with the help of a mysterious man behind the scenes. Now Fujiko becomes a Bakuto, a wandering yakuza gambler, and once again, walks the bloody path of vengence...

The Bullet and the Horse

The Bullet and the Horse
6.8/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 23/04/1966
A number of recently released prisoners become involved in a racket with a rancher who is a rival to a neighboring landowner and wants to use the convicts to seize his ranch. The rancher does not know, however, that he had years before killed the parents of one of their number.

Yukyo-retsuden

Yukyo-retsuden
  • Release: 04/07/1970

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him

By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him
6.9/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 23/03/1966
  • Character: Tadazo Onogawa
Also known as "History of a Man’s Face" and "By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him" . Immigrant gangs terrorize a Japanese town with their threats, loud jazz, and tasteless fashion sense, and only the tough but suave Dr. Amamiya (Ando) can stop them, as long as he gets rid of his silly peace-loving ideals.

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido

Abashiri Prison: Duel in Hokkaido
6.7/10
  • Release: 20/04/1967

Poem

Poem
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1972
  • Character: Moriyama
The young houseboy in Uta wakes up every night to patrol the house of a teacher with a flashlight. He leads an austere life of meditation and he focuses his devotional attention on writing inscriptions for tombstones.

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
6.9/10
Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

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