Movies by Kenji Misumi
As a director:
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons (1973)
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akira Yamauchi, Michiyo Ookusu …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
In this series of traveling assassin films from martial arts director Kenji Misumi, widowed samurai Ogami Itto traverses the country with his young son Daigoro, selling his deadly…
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Go Kato …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
After master swordsman Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) rescues a prostitute by volunteering to take on her punishment -- a brutal beating -- an impressed official hires Ogami to assassinate…
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Fumio Watanabe …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
In this series of traveling assassin films from martial arts director Kenji Misumi, widowed samurai Ogami Itto traverses the country with his infant son Daigoro, selling his deadly skills to…
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Kayo Matsuo, Akihiro Tomikawa …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
In this series of traveling assassin films from martial arts director Kenji Misumi, widowed samurai Ogami Itto traverses the country with his young son Daigoro, selling his deadly skills to…
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Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice (1972)
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
The first of a martial arts trilogy, this offbeat cult film helmed by Kenji Misumi introduces outrageous samurai constable Hanzo "The Razor" Itami (Shintarô Katsu), a maverick who lives…
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Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire (1970)
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ohara …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Japanese cult hero Zatoichi, who's headlined dozens of films, is a fighter who wields a mighty sword although he's blind. In The Festival of Fire, this wandering warrior blows into…
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Zatoichi: Vol. 17: Zatoichi Challenged (1970)
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Jushiro Konoe, Miwa Takada …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
The blind swordsman helps a family in need in the continuing story of Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu), a sightless samurai with a noble heart and a swift sword. When a dying woman asks Zatoichi to…
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Zatoichi: Vol. 19: Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Yoshiko Mita, Makoto Satô …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Zatoichi is duped into killing a man in the continuing story of a sightless Samurai with a noble heart. In this installment, a mob boss hires Zatoichi (Shintaro Katsu) to kill a man for an…
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Zatoichi: Vol. 12: Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
Cast: Shintarô Katsu, Mikio Narita, Chizu Hayashi …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Zatoichi and a chess-fanatic samurai grow to be close friends. Also, Zatoichi must battle an archrival in order to aid a young woman whose own sword fight has taken a dangerous turn for the worse.
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Sleepy Eyes of Death: Sword of Adventure (1964)
Cast: Raizô Ichikawa, Kôichi Aihara, San'emon Arashi …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
Wandering samurai Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizô Ichikawa) finds a bulls-eye on his back after befriending the shogunate's tightfisted financial adviser, Asahina, who's earned the…
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Shinsengumi Chronicles: I Want to Die a Samurai (1963)
Cast: Raizô Ichikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama, San'emon Arashi …
Directed by: Kenji Misumi
In this samurai action saga based on historical events, Raizô Ichikawa stars as a ronin who joins the Shinsengumi clan of warriors. Initially regarded as common ruffians, the clan…