Haruo Tanaka Movies

A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.

A woman abandoned by the man she loved all her life becomes a ghost and takes revenge for her offense!

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of h...

The rise of the famed gambler.

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young yakuz...

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

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 s...

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for...

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

Romantic comedy.

Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain me...