Ryutaro Chikamatsu

Fine Man

A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mo...

Last Days of Edo

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first y...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Ghost Ship

Bored Hatamoto film #20

Little Tengu

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

Singing Lovebirds

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider...

Magistrate Ooka’s Legends

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

やくざ大名

Mukōmizu no kenka kasa

1962 Japanese movie

Noble Tasuke

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On h...

Ninjutsu-tsukai to sennin masume

A two-part series of ninjutsu films directed by Masahiko Izawa, director of Yagyu Bugeichou (1961), based on an...

Ninjutsu tsukai to sannin musume: onna kitsune henka

1961 Japanese movie

Fencing Master

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realisti...

River Washes Away the Moon

Sword of Destiny

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has be...