Hideo Hongo

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Sazae finally gets married, but right after that, Masuo is transferred to Osaka. A heartbroken Sazae sends her parents on a silver wedding trip, and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiemi Eri

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hiroshi Koizumi

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

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Cast: Shozaburo Abe

Story of two close friends who long to become pilots in the air corps. Only one succeeds in entering the service, while the other finds a job in...

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Cast: Toru Hirose

The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for...

Genre: Action

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

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Cast: Akira Kishii

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Based on the comic by Shosuke Kurakane. Shown in two parts.

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Cast: Mariko Miyagi

When a group of men from the Hanya clan search his town for a missing geisha, a brave ronin decides to help her and a drunken calligrapher. In doing...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Kōtarō Satomi

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisaya Morishige

Japanese film.

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Cast: Yatarō Kitagami

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi

Rival bands of pirates try to get hold of a priceless treasure.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tatsuya Mihashi

Bored Hatamoto film #8

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Frustrated with the bad behavior of his lord, Inaba Yajuro (Otomo) declares that he is leaving the clan and sets off on a journey that leads him...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Based on the famous novel by Yamagami Itaro, this is the story of a group of ronin living in abject poverty in the latter days of the Edo period....

Genre: Action

Cast: Jūshirō Konoe

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Legendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire Festival' in Akiba to a decisive battle by the Fujigawa.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

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Cast: Sentarō Fushimi

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A man from Osaka comes up to Tokyo to fight gangsterism.

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Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama

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Cast: Hideko Takamine

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ganjirō Nakamura II

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chikako Miyagi

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...

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Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroki Matsukata

Yutaro Kida, a worker at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, volunteers for the navy but finds himself a cook's mate in the galley of a gunboat. But his dream...

Genre: War

Cast: Isamu Nagato

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ushio Akashi

One of Japan's most enduring stories is the true-life yakuza boss Jirocho of Shimizu and his gang as they took over the Tokaido Highroad and went on...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Fate begins to smile upon young Chonosuke Tokugawa, son of eleventh Tokugawa Shogun, after some twenty years of life as a dependent at his...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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Cast: Seizaburō Kawazu

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

At the crowded Komatsuya in Kawadome, travellers are holding a secret art contest to relieve boredom. However, a thief goes around. During the sudden...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Tazuko Niki