The best Masaru Shiga’s movies

Masaru Shiga

Masaru Shiga

13/01/1942- 03/04/2020
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
7.5/10
In the fifth film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto is challenged by five warriors, each has one fifth of Ogami's assassin fee and one fifth of the information he needs to complete his assassination.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity

Battles Without Honor and Humanity
7.4/10
In the teeming black markets of postwar Japan, Shozo Hirono and his buddies find themselves in a new war between factious and ambitious yakuza...

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
7.5/10
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new round of bloodshed.

Doberman Cop

Doberman Cop
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 02/07/1977
  • Character: Kidnapper Ono
The burned remains of a young woman discovered in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The police comes to the conclusion that its the work of a pyromaniacal serial murderer. The murder victim is identified as Mayumi Tamaki, a native of Ishigaki, Okinawa. As the investigation unfolded, her former boyfriend, a former rider of a motorcycle named Chōei Mikawa emerged as a suspect. But Kano did not agree Mikawa is the suspect. Kano started conducting the investigation himself to search the real criminal person.

Yakuza Graveyard

Yakuza Graveyard
7.1/10
A police investigator cracks down on yakuza business, but once he realizes the police are in negotiations with certain factions, he sides with his own syndicate of choice.

Eleven Samurai

Eleven Samurai
7.3/10
The lord of the Oshi fief is killed by his trespassing neighbour, the cruel and despotic Nariatsu, son of the former Shogun. After an investigation, the Oshi clan is blamed for what happened and sentenced to be disbanded. Eleven of the best samurai of the clan refuse the sentence and are willing to give their life for justice.

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Police Tactics
7.3/10
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down on the gangs, under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima.

Terror of Yakuza

Terror of Yakuza
6.8/10
Chiba, looking gnarly, and acting as animalistic as ever, stars alongside Matsukata as violent gangsters battling their way through fight after bloody fight with rival yakuza on the streets of Okinawa.

The General and His Empire of Joy

The General and His Empire of Joy
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/02/1977
Zenjiro (Masaru Shiga) is a lowlife criminal, roaming the country with his merry band of crooks, gamblers and rapists. When he gets done with his latest escapade of banging a samurai's wife, he finds that his love Okoyo (Eiko Matsuda), has managed to be recruited as one of Shogun Tokugawa Ietsuna's (Kantaro Suga) concubines. While attempting to win her back, Zenjiro becomes involved in increasingly murderous palace intrigues.

Hula Girls

Hula Girls
7/10
Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home's declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction.

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader

Yakuza vs. Gang Leader
Gokudo Shimamura comes to blows with the Delinquent Boss who rolls into town with his motorcycle gang.

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1

New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 1
6.9/10
The sixth chapter of Jingi Naki Tatakai series With the endless power struggle. The extraordinary combination of Kinji Fukasaku and Bunta Sugawara, along with new ideas and a strong touch of realism, created the sixth movie of the series that describes 'The War of Hiroshima Gangsters' which had lasted almost 30 years after World War II. It can be called the Japanese secret post WWII history. It focuses on the ugly, violent inside struggle of the Yamamori Group of 1959 in Kure City, Hiroshima. Director Kinji Fukasaku, the master of portraying violence and humanity, said "Having making the five previous movies, I found those characters very interesting. So I took a deeper look into them this time." He made this shocking movie with high enthusiasm and revealed the core of gangster's struggle which has never been touched before.

Company Buggers

Company Buggers
6.5/10
  • Genre: Crime
  • Release: 09/08/1975
Hiroshi, a small-time racketeer, makes a name for himself extorting vulnerable companies and their directors for financial gain.

Ninja's Mark

Ninja's Mark
7.7/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 27/01/1968
When the Shogun Tokugawa III is in bed with a girl, she turns into a monster. The court believes she is Ninja Magic, used to frighten the lord off women so that there will be no heir. Tôma, a famous swordsman, is called in and exposes the Ninja, even discovering their leader, a beautiful young girl named Kagiroi. Guessing that she is the daughter of some ousted daimyo anxious to get back into favor, he is about to unmask her when he is taken prisoner...

The Boss' Wife

The Boss' Wife
6.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 19/11/1988
  • Character: Mihashi
The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

Decapitation of an Evil Woman

Decapitation of an Evil Woman
6.6/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 22/01/1977
Crimes and misadventures of a girl named Oden. Loosely based on actual story of Takahashi Oden.

Story of a Nymphomaniac

Story of a Nymphomaniac
6.5/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/10/1975
  • Character: Sailor
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...

Samurai Wolf

Samurai Wolf
7.1/10
This is the story of a vagrant samurai – the solitary, savage and scrupulous Kiba – who arrives at a village to defend a beautiful, blind woman against a sinister plot. Her assailants then send against him another samurai, named Sana, who is without scruples. The fight between them will become personal, for the honor and love of the blind woman.

A Savage Beast Goes Mad

A Savage Beast Goes Mad
6.9/10
  • Release: 14/05/1976
  • Character: Ichiro Gokuraku
Test driver Hayami loses control of his car and rolls over. His company then learns that he has kept secret that he is visually impaired, and he is fired. Without the prospect of returning to his old job he makes a plan to rob several jewelry stores. A few days later, Hayami escapes with stolen goods worth 80 million yen in a violin case on a Kyoto city bus. A wild chase ensues.

The Silk Hat Boss 2

The Silk Hat Boss 2
6.7/10
The Silk Hat Boss becomes involved in a car imports business during his trip to Atami.

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