Movies by Akira Ōizumi

Legend of the Cat Monster

Legend of the Cat Monster

A legendary actress thought to be dead is discovered living in an isolated mansion. A screenwriter is tasked with writing her comeback film, which leads the two to live under the same roof.

Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat

Weak-kneed from Fear of Ghost-Cat

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse

A sly gangster hatches a plot against his own wife, who works at a brothel-cum-bathhouse, with the help of the bathhouse owner’s wife.

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

Watari the Conqueror

Watari the Conqueror

Watari is a young Iga ninja boy in feudal Japan who has magical adventures with his two heroic companions against an army of Ninjas and other-worldly creatures.

Tiger of the Sea

Tiger of the Sea

A group of pirates sail the treacherous Pacific ocean in search for wealth.

Gate of Flesh

Gate of Flesh

The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

てなもんや三度笠

てなもんや三度笠

The Tokaido highway is crowded with people heading for Shimizu Port with the dream of defeating Jirocho of Shimizu and becoming the strongest in Japan. Tokijiro is a fallen yakuza who is trying to make his mark by heading for Shimizu Port with his partner, Chinen.

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

The S.S. Happiness Sets Sail

Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

The Black Gambler: Left Hand of the Devil

The fictional land "Pandora" sends three (numbered) graduates of the "National Gambling University" to Japan. You should defeat the master player Kôji, control the international casino empire and use the profits to achieve world domination. But Japan's most famous left hand knows what to do.

Little Tengu

Little Tengu

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill

The Man's Crest: I Shall Kill

Live and Learn

Live and Learn

Tetsuko (Eiko Yanami), a high school student, one day, forces Tsuneo, (Kei Wakakura), the brightest boy in her school, to make love to her after school is out and they are caught by the old school janitor. Tsuneo's mother, orders Tetsuko to pay for what she did to her son but Tetsuko blackmails her instead, saying that she is ready to inform a news company of what has happened to Tsuneo and receives one million yen hush money. Expelled from school, she comes to Tokyo, intending to take a round-the-world trip. But Sankichi (Yoshihiko Aoyama),...