Kyōko Kusajima

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

In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Bandō Mitsugorō VIII

An aging silent film actress hires a private eye and his wacky but helpful assistant to track down her missing daughter, Bellflower. The two follow a...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Shirō Sano

1957 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet...

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

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

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

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

In the fourth year of Keio (1868), defeated retainers sought to restore the Tokugawa shogunate with the help of Enomoto Takeaki's navy. Honda Koroiku...

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Cast: Ichikawa Danjūrō XI

1950 Japanese movie

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse...

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Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

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: Miki Mori

1953 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kuniko Igawa

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence....

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Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

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Cast: Hizuru Takachiho

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

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Cast: Keiko Tsushima

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ranko Akagi

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Shochiku's iconoclastic New Wave. At the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinichirō Mikami

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

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Cast: Mariko Okada