List of the best Ittoku Kishibe movies: Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl(1998), East Meets West(1995), Rampo(1994), Zatoichi(2003), Onmyoji(2001) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Japan
1998
108 Minutes
Tanuki
Tadanobu Asano Sie Kohinata Ittoku Kishibe Kimie Shingyoji Shingo Tsurumi
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from ... See full summary »
Western
Japan
1995
124 Minutes
John Manjiro
Hiroyuki Sanada Chip Mayer Scott Bachicha Tatsuya Nakadai Ittoku Kishibe Richard Nason Etsushi Takahashi Angelique Roehm Jay Kerr David Midthunder Jed Curtis
(Japanese with English subtitles) A disgraced warrior planning the murder of a Japanese diplomat, and a ninja in the employ of a navy official are about to land in San Francisco when a band... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Japan
1994
100 Minutes
Cafe owner
Masahiro Motoki Naoto Takenaka Michiko Hada Teruyuki Kagawa Mikijir? Hira Shiro Sano Ittoku Kishibe Nekohachi Edoya Jyunichi Takagi Charlie Yutani Kirin Kiki
writer government official femme fatale murderer alter ego marquis eerie dreamy intricate profound spectacular japan library street imaginary world castle creative process fiction writing censorship murder investigation
Edogawa Rampo is a writer whose latest work is censored by the government, deemed too disturbing and injurious to the public to be allowed to be published. However, after burning his drafts... See full summary »
Action, Adventure
2003
115 Minutes
Boss Inosuke Ginzo
"Beat" Takeshi Kitano Tadanobu Asano Michiyo Ohkusu Yui Natsukawa Yûko Daike Saburô Ishikura Daigorô Tachibana Ittoku Kishibe Akira Emoto
farmer nephew geisha bodyguard samurai assassin thrilling gory amusing emotional small town japan farm yakuza murder gangs massacre honor sword battles revenge
A master swordsman (Beat Takeshi) battles a formidable ronin (Tadanobu Asano) and a deadly clan terrorizing villagers.
Fantasy
Japan
2001
116 Minutes
Takeshi Nomura Hideaki Ito Hiroyuki Sanada Kyoko Koizumi Eriko Imai Yui Natsukawa Ken'ichi Yajima Sachiko Kokuba Akira Emoto Masato Hagiwara Ittoku Kishibe
When samurai Hiromasa comes to Seimei, Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a fortune teller in commune with the spirits), to warn of a plot against the government, the two discover that the court's formidable magician, Doson, is indeed planning a coup.