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1. The Street Fighter (1974)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After failing to reach a deal with her enemies, a mercenary karateka protects the daughter of a recently-deceased oil tycoon from the evil conglomerate gunning for her inheritance.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Goichi Yamada, Yutaka Nakajima, Chiyoko Kazama
Votes: 5,663
2. Bullet Train (1975)
Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.
Director: Jun'ya Satô | Stars: Ken Takakura, Shin'ichi Chiba, Kei Yamamoto, Eiji Gô
Votes: 1,732
3. Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978)
130 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the Tokugawa shogun's death by poisoning, his sons Iemitsu and Tadanaga compete for the shogunate, dividing the land into warring factions. Iemitsu's mentor, betrays all to secure Iemitsu's power, leading to widespread conflict.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Kinnosuke Nakamura, Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroki Matsukata, Teruhiko Saigô
Votes: 1,667
4. Message from Space (1978)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Vic Morrow, Shin'ichi Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan
Votes: 1,646
5. Sister Street Fighter (1974)
R | 86 min | Action, Crime
A young martial artist is on a mission to rescue her brother who's being held captive by a sadistic drug lord.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Asao Uchida, Sanae Ôhori
Votes: 1,629
6. The Streetfighter's Last Revenge (1974)
R | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Mercenary karate master Tsurugi is hired to retrieve a cassette tape which holds a very sensitive recording of governmental corruption. A back and forth game of who got the tape ensues.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Reiko Ike, Kôji Wada, Tatsuo Endô
Votes: 1,494
7. Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Princess Shizu was born under a terrible curse. Only the eight legendary samurai, hailing from across Japan, can protect her from an ancient supernatural clan to fulfill their destinies as foretold by prophecy.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi
Votes: 1,311
8. Fall Guy (1982)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A lowly obsequious member of a movie star's entourage agrees to marry his boss's pregnant mistress so he can continue his feckless lifestyle. He then takes up dangerous work as a stunt man ... See full summary »
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Hirata, Chika Takami
Votes: 789
9. Ninja Warriors (1980)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the middle of the 16th century, Hideyoshi, a power hungry warlord sets out to destroy the Momochi clan. He sends his war commander in search of the clan's hidden gold only to find that ... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Etsuko Shihomi, Yuki Ninagawa
Votes: 771
10. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A HK cop investigates several similar murders done by Chow's men. Golgo 13, top sniper, is the 4th assassin hired to kill HK drug lord Chow for Americans wanting the HK drug market.
Director: Yukio Noda | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Lun Chia, Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Shindô
Votes: 610
11. The Bodyguard (1973)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Karate master and anti-drug vigilante Kiba returns to his home in Japan, where he aims to wipe out the nation's drug industry.
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Mari Atsumi, Kinji Takinami, Yayoi Watanabe
Votes: 578
12. Sister Street Fighter: Hanging by a Thread (1974)
Not Rated | 85 min | Action, Crime
This time Koryu heads to Yokohama in search of a woman named Birei, kidnapped by diamond smugglers who move their hot rocks by surgically implanting them into the nubile buttocks of Chinese... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Tamayo Mitsukawa, Michiyo Bandô, Hisako Tanaka
Votes: 561
13. I Are You, You Am Me (1982)
113 min | Comedy
9th-graders Kazuo (boy) and Kazumi (girl) take a tumble at a temple in a small seacoast town in Japan. Through supernatural intervention, their minds and bodies are switched, and the result... See full summary »
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Toshinori Omi, Makoto Satô, Sayuri Ishibashi
Votes: 526
14. The Killing Machine (1975)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama
Sonny Chiba plays the character referred to as "Mr Soh", who is based on the true life founder of Shorinji Kempo, Doshin So. Mr Soh has been acting as a secret agent in Manchuria during the... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Yutaka Nakajima, Makoto Satô, Naoya Makoto
Votes: 511
15. Return of the Sister Street Fighter (1975)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Crime
When Koryu's childhood friend Shurel is abducted by gangsters, the desperate young woman recruits a female martial artist and a tough-as-nails stranger to join her for a dangerous rescue mission.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Akane Kawasaki, Mei-Ho Chang, Miwa Cho
Votes: 448
16. Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess (1976)
R | 90 min | Action
Karate master Kazuma gets severely beaten and crippled by nefarious rival Nikaido. Kazuma trains his loyal daughter Yumi in the martial arts so she can exact a harsh revenge on Nikaido and his band of evil thugs.
Director: Yutaka Kohira | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yasuaki Kurata, Jirô Yabuki
Votes: 423
17. Karate Warriors (1976)
R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A karate fighter and a samurai join opposing gangs to take them down from the inside.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Isao Natsuyagi, Akiko Koyama, Akane Kawasaki
Votes: 392
18. Sister Street Fighter: Fifth Level Fist (1976)
Not Rated | 77 min | Action, Crime
Although not an official sequel (Shihomi plays a different character), the film is often referred to as a sequel to the series. Kiku Nakakawa, the only daughter of an old kimono shop owner ... See full summary »
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Mitchi Love, Ken Wallace, Masafumi Suzuki
Votes: 368
19. Kenka karate kyokushin burai ken (1975)
87 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
This movie is based on the true life story of a Korean fighter named Choi Bae-dal (who later changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama), the founder of Kyokushin Karate in Japan.
Director: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | Stars: Bin Amatsu, Shin'ichi Chiba, Jun Fujimaki, Eiji Gô
Votes: 333
20. Kabamaru the Ninja (1983)
96 min | Comedy
Kabamaru is a young boy raised and trained by his grandfather as a ninja. After the sudden death of his grandfather, he starts living with Mai, his grandfather's mistress, who is a school ... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Strong Kongô, Hikaru Kurosaki, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 305
21. The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A former police captain recruits a group of deadly murderers to remove the corrupt and mafia Yakuza . Their first task is to intercept a briefcase from a band that trafficked drugs.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Yutaka Nakajima, Shingo Yamashiro
Votes: 290
22. Roaring Fire (1981)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Joji learns a dark secret from his dying father; he learns he has a twin brother and a sister. He travels to find his brother and finds he has been murdered in mysterious circumstances. ... See full summary »
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Mikio Narita
Votes: 253
23. The Visitor in the Eye (1977)
100 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
Komori Tiaki is a budding tennis student. However, one day in training her coach hits the ball into her eye accidentally. She is taken to hospital but is advised that she will never regain the sight in her eye.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Jô Shishido, Nagisa Katahira, Shingo Yamamoto, Etsuko Shihomi
Votes: 156
24. The Adventures of Kosuke Kindaichi (1979)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Kosuke Kindaichi is the most famous detective in Japan. Kindaichi gets a new case to figure out who has beheaded a valuable statue and made off with its head.
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Stars: Ikkô Furuya, Kunie Tanaka, Miyoko Akaza, Chiyonosuke Azuma
Votes: 137
25. Soul of Chiba (1977)
Not Rated | 94 min | Action, Drama
After his master is brutally murdered by his fellow disciple & vicious Drug dealer Shikimura, Sonny sets out to find out his whereabouts. However the drug king pin has too many fighters and... See full summary »
Directors: Tung-Min Chen, Yukio Noda | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Tadashi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Shikamura
Votes: 133
26. Gekitotsu! Aikidô (1975)
Not Rated | 81 min | Action
An action movie that illustrates the struggle of Morihei Ueshiba who was born in a farming family in Wakayama on his way of pursuing the heart of martial arts until he finally created his own well-polished Aikido.
Director: Shigehiro Ozawa | Stars: Jirô Yabuki, Shin'ichi Chiba, Nobiko Sawa, Ryûnosuke Kaneda
Votes: 131
27. 13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats (1975)
78 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Maki is the leader of a female gang that fights for justice, but she is taken and sent to a sadistic women's prison.
Director: Makoto Naitô | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Misa Ohara, Hiroshi Nawa, Tatsuya Nanjô
Votes: 127
28. The Great Chase (1975)
83 min | Action
A female plays a race car driver lends her services to the Japanese Secret Service. She goes in pursuit of a cartel of drug runners and assorted Japanese Yakuza types.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Hisako Tanaka, Mach Fumiake, Bin Amatsu
Votes: 117
29. Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973)
88 min | Action, Crime
Kiba is back again, but this time he has fallen from grace and sent to prison for all the violent acts he has committed. Once he's out, he begins working as a bodyguard in a club that is crawling with gangsters.
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Tsunehiko Watase, Maki Mizuhara, Akiyoshi Fukae
Votes: 112
30. J.A.K.Q. Blitzkrieg Squad (1977)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Cyborg warriors were created by the Special Science Investigation Squad to bear nuclear, gravitational, magnetic, and electrical forces. They fight the crime empire known as "Crime".
Stars: Yoshitaka Tanba, Tairayama Ito, Mitchi Love, Yûsuke Kazato
Votes: 83
31. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori (1986)
103 min | Comedy
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend's daughter, who... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Etsuko Shihomi, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 73
32. Cabaret (1986)
104 min | Crime, Drama, Music
University student sax player gets a lesson in the hard-boiled noir life.
Director: Haruki Kadokawa | Stars: Hironobu Nomura, Takeshi Kaga, Mitsuko Baishô, Junko Mihara
Votes: 72
33. The Second Is a Christian (1985)
101 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The story of beautiful Christian Nun, Kyoko (Shihomi) who is the object of affection for two very different men - one the happy-go-lucky Yakuza gangster, Haruhiko (Iwaki Kouchi) who is the ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuyuki Izutsu | Stars: Etsuko Shihomi, Kôichi Iwaki, Akira Emoto, Rino Katase
Votes: 66
34. Shogun's ninja (1983)
108 min | Action, Drama
A bitter rivalry between two Ninja clans has left countless dead over decades of fighting. During a critical point in their war with each other, one of the kings sends his commander in search of two mystical daggers.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Yuki Ninagawa, Shohei Hino
Votes: 59
35. Gekko kamen (1981)
108 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Director: Yukihiro Sawada | Stars: Takeo Chii, Etsuko Shihomi, Daijirô Harada, Yoshiro Uchida
Votes: 57
36. Yagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978– )
Action
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Yumi Takigawa, Ryô Tamura
Votes: 55
37. Kikaidâ Zero Wan (1973–1974)
30 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Stars: Shunsuke Ikeda, Shôzô Îzuka, Yoshihide Gotô, Masaaki Okabe
Votes: 42
38. Atami satsujin jiken (1986)
117 min | Comedy, Mystery
Director: Kazuo Takahashi | Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Etsuko Shihomi, Morio Kazama, Jun Etô
Votes: 35
39. Tetsuko no heya (1976– )
35 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Meiko Nakamura, Makoto Ôtake, Tomio Umezawa
Votes: 33
40. Kotaro makari-toru! (1984)
102 min | Action
Lewd, long-haired karate kid Kotaro Shindo spends his days causing amok at the prestigious Tsurugamine Academy, until the Disciplinary Committee decides enough is enough, and puts a bounty on his luscious locks.
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Mari Chihara, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Hikaru Kurosaki
Votes: 31
41. Shanhai bansukingu (1984)
121 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Set in the 1930s in Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Keiko Matsuzaka, Morio Kazama, Etsuko Shihomi, Ryûdô Uzaki
Votes: 29
42. Bôkensha kamikaze (1981)
115 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a Pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as "special fees" from parents wanting to assure their offspring's' acceptance.
Director: Ryûichi Takamori | Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Shizue Abe
Votes: 24
43. Kage no gundan III (1982– )
46 min
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Kenji Ôba, Jun'ichi Haruta, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 20
44. Kage no Gundan: Bakumatsu hen (1985)
46 min | Action, Drama, History
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Mie, Isao Hashizume, Yûtarô Ban
Votes: 19
45. The Audition (1984)
129 min | Drama
Director: Taku Shinjô | Stars: Masanori Sera, Yukie Suzuki, Saori Iwama, Yumiko Itaya
Votes: 11
46. The Gorilla Seven (1975– )
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Enver Altenbay, Elizabeth Maria
Votes: 10
47.
J.A.K.Q. Blitzkrieg Squad (1977)
Episode:
5 Flashes!! Roar, Panther
(1977)
TV-PG | Action, Adventure, Crime
The brother of a friend of Karen joins CRIME, Karen tries to help her friend convince her brother to left CRIME.
Director: Atsuo Okunaka | Stars: Yoshitaka Tanba, Tairayama Ito, Mitchi Love, Yûsuke Kazato
Votes: 8
48. Omatsuri yarô: uogashi no kyôdai-bun (1976)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director: Norifumi Suzuki | Stars: Hiroki Matsukata, Junko Natsu, Kôichi Iwaki, Jirô Sakagami
Votes: 7
49. Yagyû Jûbei Abaretabi (1982–1983)
1,170 min | Drama
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Sô Yamamura
Votes: 6
50. Kage No Gundan II (1981–1982)
46 min | Action
Stars: Shin'ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Mayumi Asaka, Jun Etô