Kōkichi Takada

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializi...

Tokaido Fullhouse

When Kanbe Nagakichi has his turf taken over by Ano-Toku, the father-in-law of his sworn brother Kira Nikichi s...

Actress

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji...

Keepers of Order

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Suk...

The Phantom Goblin

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep ou...

八幡鳩九郎

1962 Japanese movie

Hana no shôgai

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed i...

慶安水滸傳

Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki...

流轉

In the eleventh year of the Tenpō era, the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo buzzed with excitement for a new produc...

Battle Troop

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends,...

大江戸出世双六

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu...

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a pe...

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira...

The Lord's spy

Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, wh...

A Matter of Valour

Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen...

Showdown at Lightning Pass

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

Kisaragi Sword

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Sho...

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the...

Five Ronins

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an...

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957 Japanese movie

Taikoki - The Saga of Hideyoshi

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasan...

The Hidden Treasure

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself...

The Adventures of Chuji

Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and mur...

The Official And The Princess of Thieves

Denshichi Torimonocho: Tattoo Woman Trouble

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an inv...

Flames of Blood

​The story follows the chance meeting between Senkichi, a wandering gambler on the run, and Orin, a blind music...

The Siege of Osaka

The Siege of Osaka

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our...

Sinking the Unsinkable

Japanese Warmovie

Okoto and Sasuke

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manserv...

Tange Sazen

Drama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period by the name of...

柳生の兄弟

During the era of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, to strengthen the shogunate, many daimyo clans that did n...

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to ext...