Tsukie Matsuura

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...

Genre: History

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

This film tells the story of a ronin falsely accused of a crime and unable to convince others of his innocence.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jūrō Tanizaki

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Go master Matashichiro Ryuzoji, during the game, was killed in anger by the Lord of the Nabeshima clan, Hizen-no-kami. The mother of the murdered...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A young man and a woman are on a mission to protect a mysterious mirror that hides the secrets of a great fortune.

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Cast: Hibari Misora

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Genre: Action

Cast: Michiko Ai

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Genre: History

Cast: Kusuo Abe

Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000...

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

Genre: History

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

In this gritty tale of gamblers battling in the samurai era, Okawa Hashizo gives perhaps his greatest performance as a gambler returning to his home...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful...

Genre: History

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom's family is moneyed and owns large...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Newly graduated Miyamoto Otone is to inherit a fortune from a distant relative on the condition that she marries Takato Shunsaku, a man she has never...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi sets in motion one of the most violent...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Sozenji Baba is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Masahiro Makino. It is an ambitious film in which Makino deals with the...

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Cast: Kōmei Minami

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tominosuke Hayama

A story of an orphan boy who wanted the love of parents so badly, another orphan sincerely pitied him to the point he gives his secret birthright as...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Teruko Makino

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Cast: Kōmei Minami

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genre: Horror

Cast: Sumiko Suzuki

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

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Cast: Kyōko Asagiri

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Movie directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

1958 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film"). This film lent status to ensemble casts that...

Genre: Action

Cast: Shinobu Araki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūji Hori

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shūji Sano

Genre: Horror

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa