Ichirō Amano

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Takako Irie

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

While transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a group of servants and onlookers suddenly come upon an...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Shoji Umewaka

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders...

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Based on a novel by Tsutomu Mizukami, this haunting melodrama focuses on a young bamboo worker who takes his father's prostitute as his wife.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming increasingly irrelevant. Danpei Ichikawa lives...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Machiko Kyō

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shintarō Katsu

A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matasaburô Niwa

The sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of Ryunosuke Tsukue after he is blinded.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

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Cast: Kazuko Miyagawa

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Haruo Minami

1958 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa