Mitsuo Nagata

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

Tatsuo Osone movie

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chishū Ryū

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Genre: History

Cast: Susumu Fujita

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kanbi Fujiyama

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Cast: Hibari Misora

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

The beautiful daughter of a merchant with a penchant for danger proves to be too much to handle for her worried father. Disguising herself as a man...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Shin Saburi

1957 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

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Cast: Miyuki Kuwano

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

During the era of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, to strengthen the shogunate, many daimyo clans that did not align with the central power were...

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Cast: Kenji Susukida

The time was the first year of Keio (1865). Upon hearing the news that the Imperial Army was approaching Hida Takayama, the district head Shimizu...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Wakahara

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known...

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

At the end of the Edo period - On his way back after being invited by the three Mikados of Higashi Shirakawa, Kurama Tengu was attacked by the...

Genre: History

Cast: Shōgo Shimada

The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

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Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō I

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

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

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

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo...

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Cast: Teiji Takahashi

On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi...

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Cast: Eiji Wakasugi

At the Fugenji temple in Koishikawa, Edo, a memorial service for the 49th day after the passing of Kyogoku Takanori, the lord of the Tanba-Miyazu...

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Cast: Shinobu Asaji

During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Friends from their hometown, Tanaka Genzo and Fujita...

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Cast: Yatarō Kitagami

During the era of Tokugawa Ieyasu, one night a carver named Fujijiro was murdered. Immediately launching an investigation, Denhichi, accompanied by...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the...

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Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed...

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Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō I

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikage Awashima

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

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Cast: Achako Hanabishi

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Cast: Tatsuo Terashima

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Cast: Miki Mori

Second film of the Gokudo series starring Tomisaburô Wakayama

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the maid...

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Cast: Minoru Ōki

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

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Cast: Shūji Sano

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Cast: Eiichi Sugasawara

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masao Mishima

In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the prominent families, Tamaki and Kakukura. Facing the...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Hibari Misora

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) who has a crescent-moon-shaped scar on his forehead...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mikijiro Hira

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter?

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

1948 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kuniko Miyake

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jūshirō Konoe

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tomiko Ishii

Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from...

Genre: Action

Cast: Tetsuro Tamba

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukio Hashi

A samurai detective film.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kōkichi Takada

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isamu Nagato

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. ...

Genre: Action

Cast: Isamu Nagato

A gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

When Honjo is selected as Kansai district's chairman, Iwasa of the rival gang asks Itsuki to do everything possible to have Honjo step down, which...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his...

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Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō I

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruko Wanibuchi

Japanese crime film

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Cast: Michiko Saga

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Achako Hanabishi

Shimamura is a violent street thug who joins the yakuza & is merciless & unscrupulous on his rise, lacking any sense of either duty or chivalry. When...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama