Samurai Assassin (1965)

Summary: When a samurai clan attempting to assassinate a feudal lord begin to suspect a traitor, they start an investigation on a ronin who is helping their cause.

Release Date: January 03, 1965

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Kihachi Okamoto

Writers: Shinobu Hashimoto

, Jiromasa Gunji

Runtime: 2 h 02 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Mifune Productions Co. Ltd., Toho Company

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

Summary: A detective protects a princess who prophecies Earth's destruction by a powerful alien dragon, which Mothra and her fairies - aided by Godzilla and Rodan - must battle against.

Release Date: December 20, 1964

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Ishirô Honda

Writer: Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: G

Production: Toho Company, Toho

Distributor: Continental Distributing

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Yojimbo (1961)

Summary: A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.

Release Date: April 25, 1961

Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Writers: Akira Kurosawa

, Ryûzô Kikushima

Runtime: 1 h 50 min

MPAA: G

Production: Kurosawa Production Co., Sammy, Toho Company

Distributor: Janus Films, Seneca Productions, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Cowboy Pictures, The Criterion Collection, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Domestic: $ 46,808

International: $ 18,111

Rodan (1956)

Summary: A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at supersonic speeds.

Release Date: August 06, 1957

Genres: Action, Sci-Fi

Director: Ishirô Honda