The best Naoko Kubo’s movies

Naoko Kubo

Naoko Kubo

24/09/1932 (91 años)
Today we present the best Naoko Kubo’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 Naoko Kubo’s movies.
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Samurai Reincarnation

Samurai Reincarnation
6.5/10
After surviving the slaughter of many Christians 350 years ago, a samurai denounces God for ignoring the pleas of believers. He sells his soul to Satan and receives the power to resurrect the dead to join him in a murderous rampage.

Love Letter

Love Letter
7.1/10
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 13/12/1953
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction

Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
6.9/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 17/10/1964
A fugitive christian "saint" (female, of course!) and a sadistic drug-addled princess both have their eye on Kyoshiro. The fact that a bunch of ruthless smugglers also want him dead is the least of his problems!

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
7.2/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 11/07/1964
  • Character: Okuni
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.

The Escape

The Escape
Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Warrior of the Wind

Warrior of the Wind
6.7/10
A suspenseful Ninja fantasy based on Shiba Ryotaro's novel, woven with the mysterious fate and romance of Shinzo and a beautiful Princess who find themselves at the center of an intrigue surrounding the legendary land of Yasurai in the mountains of Kumano. Hidden gold, the love of a beautiful Princess, and the approaching evil sword all contribute in bringing you a Ninja action thriller that only the legendary actor Okawa Hashizo and the genius director Kato Tai could produce!

Sakura no ki no shita de

Sakura no ki no shita de
5.2/10
A story about love triangle between mother and daughter relation...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps

Sleepy Eyes of Death 9: Trail of Traps
6.6/10
  • Release: 15/07/1967
  • Character: Oen
The Son of the Black Mass returns in this ninth installment in Daiei's longstanding Nemuri Kyoshiro series. This time Raizo Ichikawa as Nemuri is called to see that a gold statuette of the Virgin Mary gets safe passage to Kyoto from the prying hands of a sect of murderous Christian ronin that call themselves the Black Finger Group.

The Cave of the Vampire Bats

The Cave of the Vampire Bats
A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls but was too late to save the maiden, quickly he finds himself mixed up in a mystery of murdered maidens, an unknown ninja clan, attempted assassinations towards himself and a cursed vampire bat cave, can the bored Lord solve this puzzle before maidens lose their lives?

The Second Bullet is Marked

The Second Bullet is Marked
4.5/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 27/01/1960
Tsunokichi and Ken face off against a rival yakuza in Kyushu.

Hoodlum Priest

Hoodlum Priest
6.4/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 15/11/1967
The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.

Prison Break

Prison Break
  • Release: 01/01/1969
Set up to be the patsy by a rival gang, Furuta Makoto attacks the yakuza boss he thinks is responsible for his father’s murder. He then learns it was all a plot to take over his father’s turf and he seeks vengeance against the puppet master behind the entire conspiracy. His quest for justice leads him to prison where he must fend off the attack of a master assassin before he can make his escape and go after the true killer!

Hoodlum Match

Hoodlum Match
A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

Ghost in the Regiment

Ghost in the Regiment
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeHorror
  • Release: 09/08/1958
  • Character: Akiko Tazawa
Desiring another officer’s new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which after he is assigned to a battalion with the victim’s brother.

The Flower and the Angry Waves

The Flower and the Angry Waves
6.6/10
Akira Kobayashi stars as a coal-miner who leads a rebellion against a nasty tyrant.

Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws

Yagyu Chronicles 3: The Valley of Outlaws
  • Release: 22/10/1961
  • Character: Omon
This time, sword-saint Yagyu Jubei battles the evil corruption in Akizuki Village, with the help of his friend, a samurai named Matashichiro. This spaghetti western style action swordplay film is exciting and dynamic from start to finish! One-eyed master of martial arts, Yagyu Jubei visits Akizuki Village and meets with his former teacher Akizuki Hayato-no-Kami. Jubei is shocked to see Hayato's sickly appearance. An evil gang has plotted to murder Hayato, but a deadly Yagyu blade will unleash a rain of blood and disperse the evil plot! The breathtaking climax in a huge ravine called Okamidani is the ultimiate pay-off. Jubei confronts several hundred riflemen and warriors in a bloody battle to the death.

Virgin Road

Virgin Road
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 21/07/1989
Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai

The Shogun and His Mistresses

The Shogun and His Mistresses
6.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/07/1967
  • Character: O-sume
Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.

Four Hours of Terror

Four Hours of Terror
6.1/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 30/09/1959
  • Character: Midori Ono
Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Devotion to Railway

Devotion to Railway
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 08/11/1960
  • Character: Kazuko Morihara
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...

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