Minpei Tomimoto

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

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

The Love of the Actress Sumako

Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako...

Women of the Night

In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's si...

大当り男一代

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon,...

The Inner Palace Conspiracy

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the...

流轉

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

Utau yajikita kogane dōchū

1957 Japanese movie

Beautiful Gonpati

A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpasse...

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood

The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

Seizoroi momoiro goten

1957 Japanese movie

振袖釼法

In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji,...

お役者変化

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with...

Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha

At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, K...

A Woman’s Uphill Slope

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

疾風からす隊

During the end of the shogunate, there was a group of black-clothed masked samurai known as the "Crow Squad" wh...

お役者小僧

The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

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

Castle of Revenge

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead...

柳生の兄弟

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

Story of Lightning

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get m...

武蔵と小次郎

As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, b...

The Brothers who Protect the Mountain

In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the prominent famili...

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu

Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a grou...

Utamaro and His Five Women

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the Tokyo brothels provide his model...

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...

Edo no yubae

In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of...

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

Edo no kaoyaku

Bantōhan to detchidon

1960 Japanese movie

Tsukiyo Karasu

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

film directed by Tai Katô

Notes of an Itinerant Performer

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s l...

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

命との対決

Princess Hibari's First Dream Journey