Best Nikkatsu
"Branded to Kill" is a 1967 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu studio. The film stars Joe Shishido as Goro Hanada, an assassin whose life spirals out of control after an assignment goes wrong. It is distinguished by its stylized visuals, surrealistic narrative breaks, an...
Tokyo Drifter is a 1966 Japanese yakuza film directed by Seijun Suzuki for the Nikkatsu studio. The film stars Tetsuya Watari as Tetsuya, a reformed assassin whose attempts to leave the criminal underworld are disrupted by rival gangs. It is noted for its stylized visual design, which incorporates e...
"A Colt Is My Passport" is a 1967 Japanese crime film directed by Takashi Nomura and produced by the Nikkatsu studio. The film stars Jo Shishido as a professional hitman hired to eliminate a rival yakuza boss, which leads to his eventual betrayal and pursuit. It is notable for blending traditional J...
I Am Waiting is a 1957 Japanese crime drama directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and produced by Nikkatsu. The story follows a disillusioned former boxer who operates a waterfront restaurant and shelters a nightclub singer attempting to escape her criminal employers, drawing both characters into a confron...
Cruel Gun Story is a 1964 Japanese crime and heist film directed by Takumi Furukawa and produced by Nikkatsu. Joe Shishido stars as an ex-convict recruited to lead the robbery of an armored truck, only for the operation and its aftermath to become increasingly dangerous. The film combines the tightl...
Take Aim at the Police Van is a 1960 Japanese Nikkatsu crime film directed by Seijun Suzuki, an early studio noir about a guard probing a deadly ambush.
Nikkatsu's 1967 kaiju film features Gappa, a family of giant winged reptilian creatures discovered on a tropical island, one of the studio's sole ventures into the genre.
This 1967 Japanese kaiju film produced by Nikkatsu focuses on a pair of reptilian bird monsters whose infant is abducted by a greedy businessman on a Pacific island.
