Katsuko Wakasugi Movies

This horror tale relates the consequences of a Japanese legend which tells of a man who has to betray his wife in order to achieve power.

The murder of the chief official of Kobe city's Customs triggers an investigation of a prostitution ring called the 'Yellow Line' that sells Japanese women. A hired assassin is betrayed by his organization, and kidnaps a woman who happens to be the girlfriend of a newspaper reporter.

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the U. S. A. war is declared with the attack on Pearl Harbour. Victories follow for Japan on land and sea and her forces push forward to the borders of...

In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss.

A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn...

Arrested for the murder of her wealthy businessman father, convicted on false evidence and sentenced to death, Kyoko is determined to prove her innocence.

Japanese mystery film directed by Michiyoshi Doi.

Japanese crime film.

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku".

Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.

Japanese war film.

1959 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Japanese film about a juvenile delinquent who becomes a part of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.

The last film produced by Shintoho.

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

The year is 1937, and it has been six months since the Sendai Infantry left for Manchuria. The rotted corpse of a young woman is found at the bottom of a well, but her face and limbs are gone. The military police begin an investigation and search fervently for the person responsible, but they can't...

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

Boxing film directed by Teruo Ishii in his directorial debut.