59 years ago:
Oh, Bomb! (JP)
Original title: ああ爆弾
During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.
1964-04-18
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/87296
#OhBomb #KihachiOkamoto #AkemiKita #IkioSawamura #HideyoAmamoto #Film

60 years ago:
Warring Clans (JP)
Original title: 戦国野郎
A brave, highly principled warrior resigns his post as a body guard to the head of a powerful clan after he learns that his employers have been smuggling arms to the enemy. The remaining samurai try in vain to coerce him back, but their efforts are thwarted by crooked warriors who launch an attack.....
1963-03-23
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/339349
#WarringClans #KihachiOkamoto #YurikoHoshi #KumiMizuno #ClassicFilm

57 years ago:
The Sword of Doom (JP)
Original title: 大菩薩峠
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse. It’s a way of life that leads to madness.
1966-02-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/19884
#TheSwordofDoom #KihachiOkamoto #TatsuyaNakadai #ToshirMifune #KunieTanaka #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

Dai-bosatsu tôge (La espada del mal), 1966. #KihachiOkamoto #cinema

Amb Toshirô Mifune en un paper secundari i Yûzô Kayama encarnant el personatge principal.

53 years ago:
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (JP)
Original title: 座頭市と用心棒
With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogun...
1970-01-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/42601
#ZatoichiMeetsYojimbo #KihachiOkamoto #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film

32 years ago:
Rainbow Kids (JP)
Original title: 大誘拐
A wealthy matriarch is kidnapped by a gang of three. She is insulted by the amount of money they propose to demand as ransom, and a strange interchange of roles takes place.
1991-01-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/299789
#RainbowKids #KihachiOkamoto #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film