Takatoshi Suzuki Movie Trailers

Hero of the Red Light District Trailer (1960)

03 September 1960

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face.

The Mad Fox Trailer (1962)

01 May 1962

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover's twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.

Souls in the Moonlight III Trailer (1959)

28 April 1959

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions.

Case of a Young Lord 6: Mermaid Murder Case Trailer (1957)

29 September 1957

The sixth episode of Hashizo Okawa's "Wakasama Samurai" catch series.

Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji Trailer (1955)

27 February 1955

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.

Souls in the Moonlight II Trailer (1958)

20 April 1958

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke.

Gamblers Trailer (1967)

28 January 1967

Tsuruta is a respected tattoo artist working with comrades Machida and Yamashiro. His former boss, who also just happens to be the master who had tattooed the magnificent dragon on Tsuruta’s back, is now a dissolute, bitter drunk living with his son in law and sickly grandson.

Memoir of Japanese Assassinations Trailer (1969)

15 October 1969

This anthology film consists of nine incidents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when assassins changed the course of Japanese history.

Shameless: Abnormal and Abusive Love Trailer (1969)

21 February 1969

A Japanese woman is raped by her boyfriend day in day out.

Souls in the Moonlight Trailer (1957)

13 July 1957

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941).

A Wad of Notes Trailer (1970)

09 September 1970

A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.

Histories of the Chivalrous Trailer (1968)

01 August 1968

A Kansai gang is up to conquer the whole country under the mask of a patriotic group. However after an assassination their henchmen will struggle to avenge the death of their master.

Case of Umon: Hell’s Windmill Trailer (1960)

01 March 1960

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as suspects in several recent murder cases.

A Young Warrior on Mount Fuji Trailer (1961)

09 April 1961

The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal loss in December, 1159 as they had fought under the white banner of the Emperor, while the Taira fought under their red flags in a battle to the death.

Yakuza of the Present Trailer (1973)

27 October 1973

In the roaring 1970s, a man who has left the world of the yakuza to become the owner of a sushi restaurant decides to rise up again when he sees his former family being overrun by a modern yakuza group from the Kansai region.

The Lord Takes a Bride Trailer (1957)

02 April 1957

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro must use his phenomenal sword skills to overcome the evil and find the love of his life.

The Viper Brothers: The Blackmailers Trailer (1973)

01 September 1973

Upon his release from prison, Masa (Bunta Sugawara) is disappointed to not be picked up by his brother Katsu (Tamio Kawaji).

Eight Views of Samurai Trailer (1958)

27 May 1958

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai family to pretend they are a married couple, and gets involved in the troubles of the samurai clan.

Isshin Tasuke: A World in Danger Trailer (1958)

22 October 1958

Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide.

Yoake no hata matsumoto jiichirō Den Trailer (1976)

16 October 1976

The Master Spearman Trailer (1960)

15 May 1960

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of the two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.

The Maizuru Showdown between The Yakuza Brothers Trailer (1974)

01 June 1974

With a Kansai syndicate vying for Tokyo, one man reunites with his roguish half-brother in the midst of negotiations, when all hell breaks loose.

Bloody Battle at Dawn Trailer (1959)

10 October 1959

A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the province of Iga.

Rebellion from Below Trailer (1956)

19 November 1956

A master hunter is driven to defiance after a tyrannical magistrate's cruelty pushes his community to its breaking point.

Lord Mito Trailer (1957)

11 August 1957

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside rectifying government corruption along with his faithful attendants Suke and Kaku.

Nothing But Bones Trailer (1966)

12 June 1966

The harrowing journey of Kinu Wada, a young woman who is sold into prostitution to pay her family's debts.