Katsuya Ishimaru

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

Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The...

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Cast: Jūshirō Konoe

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

Genjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies, he helps his younger brother who is caught up in a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Yae and Kiku, daughters of drapers in Edo, must travel to Kyoto in place of their sickly fathers to attend to some businesses affairs. On their way...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

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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: Chiyonosuke Azuma

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Friendship between good samurais and aborigines in Hokkaido.

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Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

In this first episode, we are introduced to Takezo, what Musashi used to be before he became the man of legend. His beginning are not exactly...

Genre: History

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

This is the story of Gonpachi, a ronin who falls in love with the daughter of a man he had killed many years before.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takashi Shimura

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

Genre: Action

Cast: Michiko Ai

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura