Shōtarō Ikenami Trailers

Dark hunter Trailer (1994)

01 April 1994

Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name of Yataro Tanigawa.

Professional Killers Trailer (1973)

09 June 1973

Two assassins are hired to carry out a hit on the second wife of a candle merchant, but someone is watching.

Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit Trailer (1991)

29 March 1991

When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in order to obtain a huge sum of money to enable his many subordinates scattered all over the country to live out the rest of their lives.

Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron Trailer (1978)

01 July 1978

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves.

Jōiuchi Trailer (2020)

05 December 2020

One samurai is ordered to kill another by their master in punishment.

Onihei Crime Files: Conscience of a Worm Trailer (2011)

15 April 2011

Detective Onihei better known as "Heizo the Demon" heads a group of skilled officers, however, one of those special officers got himself into a web of betrayal and deceit, and become the very thing Heizo the Demon investigates daily.

Onihei Crime Files: A Bandit Wedding Trailer (2011)

30 September 2011

Thieves broke into Yamashiroya, a drug wholesaler, and stole 780 ryo. In the storehouse, there was a sticker with a picture of an umbrella, the signature of Yahei Kasayama, a great thief who once ransacked the entire Kanto region.

Onihei's Detective Records Trailer (1995)

18 November 1995

A criminal syndicate wants detective Onihei dead, but the resolute hero proves to be hard to kill.

Onihei Crime Files Special: Bandits Trailer (2006)

17 February 2006

An old thief, Kuhei Sagiwara, used to visit his hometown at the foot of the Kurikara Pass in Kaga Province.

Onihei Crime Files: The Inside Woman Trailer (2008)

17 October 2008

Edo town thief called "Acrobatics boy" has been rampant in town, just that time, spy, Goro of Otaki will see a woman who had been an inside contact of the Yataro by chance.

Onihei Crime Files: Sutegoro Takahagi Trailer (2010)

18 June 2010

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed floor plans to them.

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife Trailer (2016)

09 October 2016

Inomatsu, a carpenter with a reputation as a skilled craftsman, has a wife named Oritsu. Oritsu is deeply in love with Inomatsu and believes that the purpose of her life is to devote herself to her husband day and night.

Onihei Crime Files: Unibrow Trailer (2007)

06 April 2007

Heizo "The Demon" investigates the shop of Toshimaya the swordsmith, where 280 ryo was stolen and twelve people murdered.

Onihei Crime Files Special: Okatsu from Yamabukiya Trailer (2005)

08 February 2005

Heizo's cousin Senemon Misawa and his son Katsuzo visited Heizo's home. Heizo learns that Senemon has fallen in love with Katsutoshi, a woman who works at the Yamabukiya Tea House, and has asked her to marry him.

Neck Bowed in the Rain Trailer (2018)

21 July 2018

Baijaku Nakamura takes the lead in a film where he has to dodge pursuit from a hostile gang whilst also helping out a family of innocent people who run a noodle store.

The Last Samurai Trailer (1974)

20 September 1974

The film follows the story of Sugi Toranosuke, a ronin, who returns to his home town of Edo many years after his attempted suicide as a sickly child.

Hunter in the Dark Trailer (1979)

17 June 1979

Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Gomyo hires Tanigawa as his bodyguard, or yojimbo, to protect him during an inter-clan conflict.

Onihei Crime Files: Bungoro Amabiki Trailer (2009)

17 July 2009

Heizo "The Demon" deals with an arson thief gang known as "Bungoro" the fire thief who leaves a calling card as evidence.

Onihei Crime Files: The Final Zenpen - Gonenme no Kyaku Trailer (2016)

02 December 2016

The Samurai and His Wife Trailer (2022)

12 March 2022

Samurai Detective Onihei: Blood for Blood Trailer (2024)

10 May 2024

When he was young, Hasegawa Hirakawa was taken care of by the daughter of an izakaya, who wanted to become a secret agent.

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 Trailer (2023)

07 April 2023

The main character, Baian Fujieda, is a dark hero who has two faces: one as a skilled acupuncturist who saves lives, and the other as a criminal who buries evil that cannot be kept alive for the sake of others.

Honno-Ji in Flames Trailer (1960)

11 September 1960

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji.

Samurai Justice 2: Mother & Daughter Trailer (2005)

11 January 2005

Master swordsman Akiyama Kohei’s simple life in retirement is jarred into violent sword action when he meets an elderly fencing instructor who may be the target of a group of thieves planning a major armed robbery.

Restoration Fire Trailer (1961)

14 October 1961

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Baian the Assassin Trailer (1981)

11 April 1981

This is an ensemble period drama adapted from Shotaro Ikenami's popular novel, featuring the famous Kabuki actor brothers Kinnosuke Manya and Katsuo Nakamura, who made the transition from the Kabuki world to the film industry, and a cast of gorgeous and diverse faces.

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1 Trailer (2023)

03 February 2023

Baian Fujieda, an assassin for hire, got an unusual job from his usual fixer to end up with an unexpected twist of destiny from the past.

Baian Fujieda the Assassin Trailer (2006)

04 November 2006

An adaptation of the Shotaro Ikenami novels, set in the historical Edo period, and centered on Fujieda Bayan, a medicine man and doctor by day, but ruthless killer for hire by night.