Akage 1969  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Red Lion
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Etsushi Takahashi, Shima Iwashita, Minori Terada, Shigeru Koyama, Nobuko Otowa, Yuko Mochizuki, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Tokue Hanazawa, Kawai Okada, Eisei Amamoto, Hideo Sunazuka
After a ten-year absence, Gonzo (Toshiro Mifune) returns to his village as a representative of the new emperor. His mission is to tell the villagers that there will be a cut in taxes, and he plans to bring an end to the villagers' suffering. But, when the army rescinds the tax cut and attacks the village, Gonzo is left with no choice but to lay siege on the army.
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Japan's Longest Day 1967 N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Emperor and a General
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, So Yamamura, Chishu Ryu, Seiji Miyaguchi, Takashi Shimura, Toshio Kurosawa, Shogo Shimada, Susumu Fujita, Yunosuke Ito, Daisuke Kato, Etsushi Takahashi, Jun Tazaki, Nobuo Nakamura, Koshiro Matsumoto
This is the true story of failed efforts by the Japanese War Minister Anami (Toshiro Mifune) to continue the war and includes plots for a coup to overthrow the Emperor. But, the problem was resolved when Emperor Hirohito (Koshiro Matsumoto) broadcast to his nation on August 15, 1945, that Japan would agree to the Allies' demand for unconditional surrender.
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Samurai 1965 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Samurai Assassin
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Keiju Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Yunosuke Ito, Eijiro Tono, Tadao Nakamaru, Koshiro Matsumoto, Nami Tamura, Kaoru Yachigusa, Susumu Fujita, Yoshio Inaba, Akihiko Hirata
In 1860, swordsman Tsuruchiyo (Toshiro Mifune) seeks his father but is denied entry into the powerful Lord's castle because he does not know who his father is. Unable to become a great warrior, he joins a gang of assassins who want to kill the Lord. After his ruse is discovered he escapes, fights his way into the castle, and kills the Lord–only to find that it was his father. Plenty of action.
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The Sword of Doom 1966  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshiro Mifune, Yuzo Kayama, Michiyo Aratama, Ichiro Nakaya, Yoko Naito, Tadao Nakamaru, Ko Nishimura, Kei Sato, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ryosuke Kagawa, Kunie Tanaka
After samurai Ryunosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai) is asked by an opponent's wife to throw a match with her husband, he kills the husband in competition and then is pursued by the slain man's brother.
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| 1. Akage (1969)
aka: Red Lion
2. Japan's Longest Day (1967)
aka: The Emperor and a General
3. Samurai (1965)
aka: Samurai Assassin
4. The Sword of Doom (1966)
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