Tominosuke Hayama

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Cast: Tomiemon Otomo

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Kogiku Hanayagi

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Cast: Onoe Baiko VII

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

In early summer in Edo, Sanshirō, known for his beautiful singing, is a devoted son living in a tenement with his blind mother Okura. He works as a...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

Early film by Kenji Misumi.

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and...

Genre: History

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Sosuke Saotome, appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the woman is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Jewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and want to use his invention to acquire a diamond necklace...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader....

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kōtarō Bandō

Tomu Uchida's Gyakushu Gokumon Toride is a masterpiece which treats class struggle in the end of Samurai era(it's a fiction). The story is based on...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Fujikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tominosuke Hayama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yūji Hori

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

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Cast: Tomiemon Otomo

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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

Genre: History

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō