Hiroshi Mizuno

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee...

Three Yakuza

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills...

Gate of Hell

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprisi...

13 Assassins

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his ow...

Queen of the Treasure Island

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten...

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressiv...

Hero of the Red Light District

A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot...

The Tattooed Lord

A Carpenter and Children

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate w...

Miyamoto Musashi IV: The Duel at Ichijo-ji Temple

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

Taira Clan Saga

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the mo...

Case of Umon: One-Eyed Wolf

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursu...

Minamoto Yoshitsune

A historical scroll depicting the story of the tragic fate of the young samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune, based on t...

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of troubl...

Lord Mito: All Star Version

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of S...

Souls in the Moonlight

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels...

Shadow Over Fuji

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open off...

Souls in the Moonlight II

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, fol...

20 Duels of Young Shingo, Part 2

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1

The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto film #20

The Emperor's Hat

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

The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

A samurai plots to reclaim his estranged wife after she leaves him over a murder scandal. When her sister falls...

Vanquished Foes

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families...

The Killing of Otsuya

Signal Fires of Shanghai

During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commande...

Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Ninja Assassins

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this fin...

Bored Hatamoto: Mysterious Crimson Tower

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Little Tengu

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

The Mad Fox

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

Goblin's Highway

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save th...

Virtue in Spades

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

An Actor's Revenge

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female...

Love's Zephir Along the Tokaido

A movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa