Omenosuke Ichikawa

Professional Killers

A shikakenin was an under-the-cover trade that undertook killing in Edo. Hanemon of Otowa, an agency that intro...

Assassination

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex gam...

Gate of Hell

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

Samurai from Somewhere

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think...

Samurai from Nowhere

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting...

Love Under the Crucifix

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feuda...

With Wife, Children, and Friends

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two poli...

The Adventures of Chuji

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

Daikichi Konomura

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things...

The Image of Mother

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistr...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman

Detective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's daughter Teruhi...

Trapped, the Crimson Bat

Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She...

Echigo jishi-sai

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

お役者変化

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

Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emer...

Gyakushû Orochimaru

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan

Japanese film.

The Beloved Imposters

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

The Young Avenger

Akitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned to Itako, his...

The Three Magicians

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

Kobushidake denki

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Stories about Jirocho: Ishimatsu and Oiwake Sangoro

Ishimatsu is strong in fights, but weak in relationships with women and enjoys great popularity among them, and...

The Red Bat

近藤勇 池田屋騒動

Kyoto in the third year of Bunkyu. --Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi, and the group around him spend...

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star

film directed by Tai Katô

兵六大臣行状記 漁色のこよみ

1961 Japanese movie

Second Generation Married Couple

Second Generation Married Couple

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind

Yamihōshi

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain

Rashōmon

A 1941 Japanese film directed by Shinzo Yoshida.

A Gang of Five

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