Masao Shimizu Movies

  • 1969
    Samurai Banners

    Samurai Banners

    Samurai Banners

    7.41969HD

    Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He...

    Samurai Banners
  • 1958
    Stakeout

    Stakeout

    Stakeout

    6.91958HD

    Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

    Stakeout
  • 1966
    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    The Great White Tower

    6.71966HD

    The story contrasts the life of two doctors, former classmates and now both assistant professors at Naniwa University Hospital in Osaka. The...

    The Great White Tower
  • 1958
    Rusty Knife

    Rusty Knife

    Rusty Knife

    5.91958HD

    Udaka is a new, post-war city where corruption has already taken hold. A persistent district attorney wants to arrest and convict Katsumata, a...

    Rusty Knife
  • 1963
    Young Swordsman

    Young Swordsman

    Young Swordsman

    6.51963HD

    This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the...

    Young Swordsman
  • 1953
    Wife

    Wife

    Wife

    71953HD

    Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can't treat herself and...

    Wife
  • 1949
    Flame of My Love

    Flame of My Love

    Flame of My Love

    5.61949HD

    A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls...

    Flame of My Love
  • 1950
    White Beast

    White Beast

    White Beast

    61950HD

    The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases,...

    White Beast
  • 1955
    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    The Wolves

    6.81955HD

    A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

    The Wolves
  • 1937
    The Straits of Love and Hate

    The Straits of Love and Hate

    The Straits of Love and Hate

    7.21937HD

    A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.

    The Straits of Love and Hate
  • 1968
    Admiral Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto

    8.31968HD

    As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese...

    Admiral Yamamoto
  • 1969
    Battle of the Japan Sea

    Battle of the Japan Sea

    Battle of the Japan Sea

    61969HD

    Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and...

    Battle of the Japan Sea
  • 1953
    The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific

    The Eagle of the Pacific

    7.71953HD

    Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war...

    The Eagle of the Pacific
  • 1970
    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny

    6.61970HD

    The upstart Godai family conglomerate plans to strengthen ties with the hardliners in the Kwantung Army as they plan military expansion into...

    Men and War I: Prelude to Destiny
  • 1942
    Mother Never Dies

    Mother Never Dies

    Mother Never Dies

    61942HD

    The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

    Mother Never Dies
  • 1944
    This Happy Life

    This Happy Life

    This Happy Life

    61944HD

    A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

    This Happy Life
  • 1968
    The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

    The Sands of Kurobe

    6.21968HD

    Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

    The Sands of Kurobe
  • 1972
    Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

    Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

    Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

    7.61972HD

    When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals...

    Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
  • 1962
    Mother Country

    Mother Country

    Mother Country

    6.51962HD

    In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married...

    Mother Country
  • 1969
    Savage Wolf Pack

    Savage Wolf Pack

    Savage Wolf Pack

    5.81969HD

    A professional hunter, Tetsuya, returns from Alaska to find that his hometown had become a lawless slum. He is shocked to learn that his younger...

    Savage Wolf Pack