Zenichiro Kito

The Battle of Kawanakajima

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle...

Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hu...

Zoku Hebihimesama

Shanghai Landing Party

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated wa...

Green Earth

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local...

The Way of Drama

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture an...

China Night

Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from...

Life Is like a Somersault

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant wi...

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

The Age of Beginnings

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night b...

Nangoku taiheiki

Japanese film.

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure wh...

The Devil of Edo

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

Kantaro of Ina

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

Kunisada Chūji

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Flowers Blooming In the Storm

Jidaigeki from 1940

Kuriyama Daizen

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Edo Spring

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into tr...

Yasubei Horibe

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios

The Sculpture of Master Choji