Minoru Takase

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shojiro Ogasawara

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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Cast: Hideko Takamine

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

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Cast: Fusako Fujima

Japanese war-era film

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tsuruko Baba

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu,...

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Masuo Inoue

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara

Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hideko Takamine

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Gantama Ashinoya

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Junosuke Bandô

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Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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Cast: Yōnosuke Toba

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Cast: Yōnosuke Toba

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...

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Cast: Entatsu Yokoyama

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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Cast: Fujiko Fukamizu

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of...

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society. Considered a lost film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

1930s Japanese film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ranko Hanai

Directed in 1921

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Cast: Masao Inoue

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza.

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Cast: Kikutaro Onoe

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shuichiro Atsumi

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

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Cast: Shinpachirō Asaka

Enoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in which Yaji and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Japanese movie

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Cast: Yataro Kurokawa

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roppa Furukawa

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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Cast: Kiyoshi Sawada

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi