Sumao Ishihara

Drunken Harbor

Third film of the yoidore hakase series…

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.

Zatoichi the Fugitive

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local…

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i…

170 Leagues to Edo

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming…

The Gambler's Code

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds…

The Radiant Prince

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji…