Momonosuke Ichikawa

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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

1955 Japanese movie

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow,...

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Cast: Ryūji Shinagawa

Bright samurai movie innovatively adapted from a classic story. A traveling masterless samurai is asked by a daughter of an established samurai...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

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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

The year is 1805. Napoleon ruled Europe. Ienari is the 11th Tokugawa Shogun. An incident, which was an open official secret, took place on the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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Cast: Fujiko Fukamizu

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

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

Set in the Edo period, the film deals with two brothers falling in love with the same girl. Sadly, only 12 minutes of footage survive.

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

Genre: History

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A maiden is murdered by a mysterious ninja, unfortunately two young ladies witness this, good thing the bored Lord is walking by, he saved the girls...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

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Cast: Shinpachirō Asaka

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Genre: Horror

Cast: Momonosuke Ichikawa

Jidaigeki film from 1960

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

This remake of Satomi Hakkenden is the most requested of all Toei movies and features some of the greatest special effects ever filmed. Set in the...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Sentarō Fushimi

Genre: History

Cast: Tomisaburō Wakayama