Best movies of Saburô Date

Actors : Saburô Date, Nobuo Kaneko, Shintarô Katsu, Yoshi Katô,
Directors : Kenji Misumi,

When Zatoichi witnesses the murder of a young mother he promises to deliver the baby to the father. Along the way he gains the help of a reluctant criminal.

Actors : Saburô Date, Shin'ichi Chiba, Yuriko Azuma, Kyôsuke Machida,
Directors : Kazuhiko Yamaguchi,

Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba is WOLFGUY, the only survivor of a clan of werewolves who relies on his feral, full-moon-activated superpowers to solve mysterious crimes. One night, a bizarre and ...

Actors : Saburô Date, Raizô Ichikawa, Ayako Wakao, Chikako Hosokawa,
Directors : Kazuo Mori,

Actors : Saburô Date, Ganjirô Nakamura, Raizô Ichikawa, Midori Isomura,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

Tokugawa Ieyasu is the ruler of all Japan. But one last loose thread must be tied up before his domination is complete -- the destruction of the Toyotomi clan, now beseiged in Osaka castle....

Actors : Shinobu Araki, Tamao Nakamura, Saburô Date, Raizô Ichikawa,
Directors : Tokuzô Tanaka,

Nemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both sides in a game of corruption, ambition, and double crosses. The leader of the Kaga clan, who ...

Actors : Saburô Date, Kyooko Azuma, Raizô Ichikawa, Ryônosuke Azuma,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

Kyoshiro demonstrates his skill by slicing the clothes from the body of a female opponent, and gets involved in a plot that could spell his doom!

Actors : Saburô Date, Shiho Fujimura, Raizô Ichikawa, Yukiko Fuji,
Directors : Kazuo Ikehiro,

In part five of the 8-part Shinobi No Mono Ninja film series the heroic ninja Kirigakure Saizo (Raizo Ichikawa... See full synopsis »

Actors : Saburô Date, Takeshi Hamada, Machiko Hasegawa, Tatsuo Endô,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

A debt collector visits a gambling den in search of a gambler - the gambler's wife and daughter are sick; unknown to the debt collector he kills the gambler. He learns more about his wife ...

Actors : Kenjirô Ishiyama, Saburô Date, Reiko Kasahara, Teruo Ishiyama,
Directors : Kimiyoshi Yasuda,

A blind masseur sleeps with the wife of a samurai, who catches them in the act and kills them. The murdered couple return as vengeful ghosts. This film is a remake of a 1957 film. It was the final picture made by Daiei Studios.