Tokumaro Dan

Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword called...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A series of grisly murders with strange claw marks lead Mito Komon into discovering a deadly plan that involves a strange gorilla creature.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Five swordsmen are murdered and hung from a tree and the chase is on to find the killers. Two magistrates pursue the leads to solve the crime and it...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and Kyoji Sugi.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Hibari Misora

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Kangyô Nakamura

Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name....

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Cast: Jūshirō Konoe

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A group of Iga ninja risk their lives to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu from the villianous Koga Ninja. Kagemaru uses his amazing Iga ninja skills to fight...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Pinku from 1965.

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Cast: Tamaki Katori

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genre: History

Cast: Asataro Ichikawa

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Haruyo Ichikawa

In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Genre: History

Cast: Kusuo Abe

In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Chronichles the story of the Forty-seven Ronin.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harue Akagi

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

The Domain: Kanda Festival Showdown

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Cast: Ken Takakura

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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

A thrilling entertainment mystery period drama directed by Daisuke Yamazaki, depicting the remarkable feats of the puppet showman Sakichi of Otama...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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: Utaemon Ichikawa