Movies: Tōru Abe

  • 1958
    Underworld Beauty

    Underworld Beauty (1958)

    Underworld Beauty

    5.41958HD

    The moment he's released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his haunt to make good by friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by the greedy boss...

    Underworld Beauty
  • 1960
    The River Fuefuki

    The River Fuefuki (1960)

    The River Fuefuki

    7.51960HD

    In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followe...

    The River Fuefuki
  • 1981
    The Imperial Navy

    The Imperial Navy (1981)

    The Imperial Navy

    6.61981HD

    A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War....

    The Imperial Navy
  • 1964
    Main Street in the Underworld

    Main Street in the Underworld (1964)

    Main Street in the Underworld

    61964HD

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    Main Street in the Underworld
  • 1955
    Tales of Ginza

    Tales of Ginza (1955)

    Tales of Ginza

    6.81955HD

    In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior....

    Tales of Ginza
  • 1963
    Kanto Wanderer

    Kanto Wanderer (1963)

    Kanto Wanderer

    6.31963HD

    Handsome young Katsuta tries to follow the yakuza code, but even his boss doesn't believe in it. Diamond Fuyu is less ethical, and allows the idiotic Tetsu to trick a schoolgirl he fancies, Hanako, into a type of bonded prostitution. Because of gang ...

    Kanto Wanderer
  • 1950
    Battle of Roses

    Battle of Roses (1950)

    Battle of Roses

    61950HD

    A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom....

    Battle of Roses
  • 1965
    Abashiri Prison

    Abashiri Prison (1965)

    Abashiri Prison

    7.11965HD

    Abashiri Prison is located in the coldest place in Japan. Two men, handcuffed together have escaped from the prison, one a yakuza, the other a petty criminal, and although they hate each other they must work together if they are to evade capture in t...

    Abashiri Prison
  • 1969
    Trapped, the Crimson Bat

    Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969)

    Trapped, the Crimson Bat

    6.51969HD

    Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes t...

    Trapped, the Crimson Bat
  • 1968
    Admiral Yamamoto

    Admiral Yamamoto (1968)

    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 fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possib...

    Admiral Yamamoto
  • 1979
    The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

    The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979)

    The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf

    5.81979HD

    A seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salaryman leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme of payback, he seeks to dominate the corporation that employs him by day....

    The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
  • 1957
    Man Who Causes a Storm

    Man Who Causes a Storm (1957)

    Man Who Causes a Storm

    6.71957HD

    Shoichi Kokubun (Yujiro Ishihara) is a roughneck street musician, who has a brother that is determined to propel him into stardom. In attempt to catch the attention of a popular jazz band, his brother appeals to their manager who has the power to mak...

    Man Who Causes a Storm
  • 1957
    The Eagle and the Hawk

    The Eagle and the Hawk (1957)

    The Eagle and the Hawk

    5.71957HD

    In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew of a rusty cargo ship Kaiyo Maru. One is a troublemaker with bad attitudes, Senkichi Nomura, who pursu...

    The Eagle and the Hawk
  • 1969
    Okatsu the Fugitive

    Okatsu the Fugitive (1969)

    Okatsu the Fugitive

    6.11969HD

    Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmer...

    Okatsu the Fugitive
  • 1982
    Lovers Lost

    Lovers Lost (1982)

    Lovers Lost

    7.11982HD

    A poignant love story between a 29-year-old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19-year-old college student....

    Lovers Lost
  • 1958
    The Boy Who Came Back

    The Boy Who Came Back (1958)

    The Boy Who Came Back

    7.81958HD

    Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past....

    The Boy Who Came Back
  • 1944
    Jubilation Street

    Jubilation Street (1944)

    Jubilation Street

    6.31944HD

    The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye....

    Jubilation Street
  • 1965
    Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire (1965)

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire

    6.21965HD

    Fifth film in the series. When Kyoshiro, in a moment of weakness, saves the life of a woman being attacked on the road, he quickly finds himself entangled in a conspiracy involving a corrupt chamberlain, a wily merchant, the survivors of a pirate ga...

    Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
  • 1960
    The Blind Menace

    The Blind Menace (1960)

    The Blind Menace

    6.51960HD

    This is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi...

    The Blind Menace
  • 1961
    Three Young Samurai

    Three Young Samurai (1961)

    Three Young Samurai

    6.61961HD

    During Japan's Warring States period three young Tokugawa vassals head their separate ways after Takeda Shingen's forces overran their castle. When they next meet they have all joined opposing sides....

    Three Young Samurai