"Shin Kamen Rider" (2023): Disappointment Augmentation http://hub.me/apY5X Shin Kamen Rider had a one-day theatrical run through Fathom Events on May 31. Here's my review of the film. #ShinKamenRider #moviereview #superhero #KamenRider #Japan #foreignfilm #movies #ToeiCompany #HideakiAnno #tokusatsu

51 years ago:
Street Mobster (JP)
Original title: 現代やくざ 人斬り与太
After serving time, a defiant street thug is incensed to find his town overrun by two yakuza factions. He gathers his crew and takes them on.
1972-05-06
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/21613
#StreetMobster #KinjiFukasaku #BuntaSugawara #HideoMurota #MayumiNagisa #ToeiCompany #ClassicFilm

63 years ago:
Runway to Hell (JP)
Original title: 天保六花撰　地獄の花道
When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.
1960-05-03
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/411776
#RunwaytoHell #KatsuoNakamura #TomisaburWakayama #JshirKonoe #ToeiCompany #ClassicMovies

54 years ago:
Inferno of Torture (JP)
Original title: 徳川いれずみ師：責め地獄
Japan nineteenth century. High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their "production". Europeans pay more for tattooed beauties. Against this background, and considering the gorgeous tattooed women develop the history of confrontation between two highly skilled masters of tat...
1969-05-02
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/76755
#InfernoofTorture #TeruoYoshida #MasumiTachibana #YumikoKatayama #ToeiCompany

65 years ago:
Seven from Edo (JP)
Original title: 大江戸七人衆
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades decide to take matters into their own hands. Lots of action in this all-star production from Toei Films, the foremost studio during that era. As with so ma...
1958-04-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/375703
#SevenfromEdo #TakashiShimura #ToeiCompany #ClassicFilm

45 years ago:
Message from Space (JP)
Original title: 宇宙からのメッセージ
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to...
1978-04-29
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/54160
#MessagefromSpace #VicMorrow #ShinichiChiba #PhilipCasnoff #ToeiCompany #SciFi

46 years ago:
Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (JP)
Original title: 恐竜 怪鳥の伝説
A Japanese geologist discovers that dinosaurs still exist in caves beneath the surface of a volcanic lake.
1977-04-29
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/72826
#LegendofDinosaursandMonsterBirds #HiroshiNawa #TakashiNoguchi #ToeiCompany #Horror #SciFi #ClassicMovies

60 years ago:
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (JP)
Original title: 武士道残酷物語
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.
1963-04-28
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/90299
#BushidoTheCruelCodeoftheSamurai #KinnosukeNakamura #InekoArima #SatomiOka #ToeiCompany #Film

50 years ago:
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima (JP)
Original title: 仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇
Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Meanwhile, the ambitions of mad dog Katsutoshi Otomo draws our series' hero, Shozo Hirono, and the other yakuza into a new...
1973-04-28
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/52980
#ToeiCompany #ClassicFilm

On April 21, 1977, Return of the Street Fighter debuted in West Germany. Here’s some original Sonny Chiba art to mark the occasion!
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#ReturnOfTheStreetFighter #ShigehiroOzawa #SonnyChiba #MartialArtsFilm #ToeiCompany #KarateFilm #JapaneseFilm #70sMovies #Karate #TCMUnderground #Art #PopArt #MovieArt #MovieHistory

49 years ago:
Violent Streets (JP)
Original title: 暴力街
With a Kansai syndicate setting their sights on Tokyo, a former yakuza boss gets dragged back into a world of violence.
1974-04-13
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/46559
#ViolentStreets #HideoGosha #IsaoNatsuyagi #MiyokoAkaza #BuntaSugawara #ToeiCompany #Movies

47 years ago:
Karate Warriors (JP)
Original title: 子連れ殺人拳
Sakata protects a little boy while coping with rival gangs.
1976-04-10
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/54863
#KarateWarriors #KazuhikoYamaguchi #ShinichiChiba #IsaoNatsuyagi #AkikoKoyama #ToeiCompany #Movies

58 years ago:
Cold Rice, Osan, Chan (JP)
Original title: 冷飯とおさんとちゃん
Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.
1965-04-10
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/360461
#ColdRiceOsanChan #KinnosukeNakamura #YoshikoMita #MichiyoAratama #ToeiCompany #ClassicMovies

48 years ago:
Wolf Guy (JP)
Original title: ウルフガイ 燃えろ狼男
Akira Inugami is the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by...
1975-04-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/165282
#WolfGuy #KazuhikoYamaguchi #ShinichiChiba #KumiTaguchi #YayoiWatanabe #ToeiCompany

59 years ago:
Fighting Tatsu, the Rickshaw Man (JP)
Original title: 車夫遊侠伝 喧嘩辰
Richshaw man Tatsu has wandered to Osaka from Tokyo. He has quarrels with Kimiyakko, a geisha, and throws her into the river. But later, he falls in love with her. Yasaburo, the oyabun of the Nishikawa Gang, loves her very much too. However, as he likes Tatsu's dynamic personality, he volunteers to ...
1964-04-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/334862
#FightingTatsutheRickshawMan #ToeiCompany #ClassicMovies

51 years ago:
Wandering Ginza Butterfly (JP)
Original title: 銀蝶渡り鳥
Gang leader Nami (cult film legend Meiko Kaji) kills a member of a yakuza group and goes away to prison. Upon her release three years later, she’s a shamed woman confined to living in the shadowy world of sex clubs and street gangs. She returns to the city to live with her uncle, a billiard-hall own...
1972-04-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/31861
#WanderingGinzaButterfly #MeikoKaji #AkikoKoyama #ToeiCompany #ClassicMovies

49 years ago:
Jeans Blues: No Future (JP)
Original title: ジーンズブルース　明日なき無頼派
Hijiriko makes off from the bar she works at with money and a car that isn't hers. Meanwhile, Jiro Katagiri is up to no good with his gangster friends and ends up making off with all their ill-gotten gains, much to their disapproval. The two misfits end up meeting after a car crash and soon end up o...
1974-03-30
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/64727
#JeansBluesNoFuture #SadaoNakajima #ToeiCompany #ClassicFilm

61 years ago:
The Challenge (JP)
Original title: 誇り高き挑戦
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of po...
1962-03-28
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/397043
#TheChallenge #KinjiFukasaku #KojiTsuruta #HitomiNakahara #TetsurTamba #ToeiCompany

62 years ago:
An Edo Magistrate (JP)
Original title: 江戸っ子奉行 天下を斬る男
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi. In a world where humans bow down to dogs and are behea...
1961-03-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/435196
#AnEdoMagistrate #KinnosukeNakamura #ToeiCompany #ClassicMovies

41 years ago:
Queen Millennia (JP)
Original title: 1000年女王
The planet LaMetal is on a collision (and conquering) course with the Earth, and the only one who can stop the forthcoming catastrophe is Queen Millennia, a former princess of La-Metal who has made Earth her home.
1982-03-11
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/139287
#QueenMillennia #MamiKoyama #ShigeruChiba #ToeiCompany #SciFi #Animation #Film