Kenji Misumi
Director · 63 credits · 22 in highly-rated films
Best known for Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Directed movies (63 total, ranked by score)
31Sleepy Eyes of Death 2: Sword of Adventure
1964 · ★ 5.5 (11 votes)
Action
32Destiny's Son
1962 · ★ 6.6 (23 votes)
Action, Drama, History
33Gambler and the Princess
1959
34Internal Sleuth
1973 · ★ 7.5 (4 votes)
Action, Crime
35Sleepy Eyes of Death 5: Sword of Fire
1965 · ★ 6.3 (8 votes)
Action, Drama
36Satan's Sword
1960 · ★ 6.6 (12 votes)
Action
37The Ghost of Yotsuya
1959 · ★ 6.1 (13 votes)
Drama, Horror
38The Gift of the Fox
1971
39Her Hidden Past
1962 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)
Drama, Romance
40The Funeral Racket
1968
Drama
41Ōkuma Shigenobu the great
1963
Action, Drama
42Obsessive Snake
1958 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Horror
43Satan's Sword II: The Dragon God
1960 · ★ 6.5 (11 votes)
Drama, Action, History
44Sword Devil
1965 · ★ 6.3 (15 votes)
Action, Drama
45Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy
1966 · ★ 5.6 (8 votes)
Action, Drama
46The Angry Sword
1970
Drama, Crime
47The Virgin Witness
1966 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Drama
48Shroud of Snow
1967 · ★ 7.8 (4 votes)
Drama
49The Third Will
1963 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)
Drama
50On the Road Forever
1964
Action
51Devil's Temple
1969 · ★ 6.4 (7 votes)
Drama, Fantasy
52Life of Matsu the Untamed
1965
Drama
53What Price Love?
1960 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Drama
54Travels of Lord Mito
1958
Adventure
55Freelance Samurai
1957 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)
Action
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Asataro the Crow
1956
57The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
1961
Drama, Crime
58The Fiery Magistrate
1956
Drama
59The Demon of Sendai's Castle
1962
60Flowery Brothers
1956
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Sep 4, 2026.