Tomiemon Otomo

The 47 Ronin

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the...

The Woman in the Rumor

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothe...

Forty-Eight Man

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

慶安水滸傳

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

Youth of Heiji Senigata

Hana no shôgai

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

Princess Finds Her Prince

Okuni and Gohei

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to he...

The Adventures of Chuji

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

Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Tsukigata Hanpeita

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ide...

Pirates

Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery

Bored Hatamoto film #16.

お役者変化

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

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...

One Thousand Ryo Ship in the Wind and Clouds

1952 Japanese movie

Satsuma-bikyaku

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin

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

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.4

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

Gyakushû Orochimaru

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Gyakushû Orochimaru

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Dakine no nagawakizashi

Tatsuo Osone movie

The Beloved Imposters

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

Ninja Arts of Jiraiya

Ninja film by Tai Kato

Kenkyō edo-murasaki

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

The Brothers who Protect the Mountain

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

Traveling with Breeze

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

Dancing with a Mask

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

The Three Magicians

Ejima and Ikushima

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The...

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...

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...

Zoku Sasaki Kojiro

1951 Japanese movie

花笠太鼓

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with h...

Sasaki Kojiro

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon...

Ushiwakamaru