Shinobu Chihara

Kyoto Josei Kisha Series

Suspense Drama Series

Moving

Physically separated from her father and at odds with her distraught mother, a girl must negotiate her own pass...

The Christ of Nanjing

Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his return home....

Shimizu Port of Chivalry

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza....

Road of Chivalry

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by...

An Actor's Revenge

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

Hero of the Red Light District

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

The Ako Retainers

Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story...

Seven from Edo

When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand h...

Sasaki Kojiro

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters anoth...

The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a...

Bored Hatamoto: Idle Vassal Tribute

Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate...

A Spectacular Showdown

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown betwe...

Whirlwind Magistrate

One of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigate...

Bored Hatamoto: The Mysterious Demon Palace

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy...

Eighteen Years in Prison

A former soldier is caught working the black market and sent to prison while his partner escapes and goes on to...

Sasaki Kojiro, Part 2

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, K...

Hoodlum Match

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

Fall of the Shogun's Militia

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerles...

Japan's Top Gangster

A boy born in a poor village in Tokushima spends his days idly until a chance meeting sets him on the road to b...

Keepers of Order

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

Edo Purebreed

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi...

The Shogun’s Guard: Valor in Turbulence

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star...

Uragirimono wa jigoku daze

1962 Japanese movie

Cases of Hanshichi

Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star c...

Good Rascals

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives.

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region

He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle,...

One-Eyed Detective

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signa...

The Warrior from Kishu

This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Gen...

The Bloody Cherry Blossom Magistrate

Warriors of Ako: Scroll of Heaven, Scroll of Earth

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

Blind Monk Swordsman

This is the story of a bad man who re-discovering humanity via woman and child while clashing with the yakuza a...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

Vanquished Foes

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

Goblin Warrior

The Shogun’s Guard, Shinsengumi

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate act...