Best Gosha

A 1969 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha, starring Shintaro Katsu as a manipulated Bakumatsu-era assassin, with Raizo Ichikawa in one of his final screen roles.

1971 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha set in the Taisho era, following a released convict who is drawn back into lethal yakuza factional conflicts.

A 1979 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha, starring Tatsuya Nakadai as a yakuza-connected swordsman in an Edo-period story of crime, betrayal, and survival.

A 1966 Japanese chambara film directed by Hideo Gosha, following a wandering swordsman and representing Gosha's gritty, character-driven approach to the jidaigeki genre.

A 1967 Japanese chambara sequel directed by Hideo Gosha, continuing the wandering swordsman's story from the first film with the director's characteristic moral ambiguity.