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The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...
Genpei the Carp
Lantern Under a Full Moon
Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather...
Omatsuri hanjiro
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.
An Actor's Revenge
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...
The Crucified Lovers
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...
Gate of Hell
Nakayoshi ondo: Nippon ichi dayo
Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara
The Devil of Edo
1962 Japanese movie
Sabakareru Echizen no kami
Judge of the Ashuras
In 221 BC, Qin Shihuangdi conquered the rest of China. Qin's great accomplishments and also his serious faults are showed in this film. Qin adopted...
The Great Wall
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a...
Demon Thistle
In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.
Yotsuya Ghost Story
The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.
Tôribêyama shinjû
In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious...
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...
Benten kozo
A colourful study of theatrical life. Two acting troupes vie for the Kyoto market during the Genroku Era. Tojuro, an extremely popular actor, feels...
Tojuro's Love
The hairpin murdered a young girl. Detective Zenigata Heiji begin to investigate. Suddenly a murder case turns into a case of smuggling.
The Casebooks of Zenigata Heiji: The Beautiful Shark
Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.
Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.
Banchô sarayashiki
In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.
Reimei izen
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
Kantaro of Ina
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.
Jirocho Fuji
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke
Two Lanterns
Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet...
治郎吉格子
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea, there was a ship called the Sueyoshi, led by a man known...
女と海賊
This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...
An Heir's Place
The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.
Blizzard Ronin
Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted in a brothel. Shortly after, four...
The Demon of Sendai's Castle
Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular....
Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
Wartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese...
China Night
During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...
Shogun's Holiday
風来物語 あばれ飛車
風来物語任侠篇
A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.
A Samurai's Love
A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and...
The Demon of Mount Oe
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...
The Tale of Genji
Song of the White Orchid was a co-production of Toho and Mantetsu, the railway that served the colonial region of Manchuria, and the first film in...
Song of the White Orchid
Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died in the Battle of Hong Kong.
I Believe I Am Being Followed
Shinzaemon has been Sukeroku’s enemy ever since Sukeroku fought and defeated gangs from Shinzaemon’s group at a Kabuki theatre over...
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...
The Groom Talks in His Sleep
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1958 Japanese movie
Hana no yukyo-den
Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...
The Fighting Firemen
1952 Japanese movie
Fuun Senryobune
1948 Japanese movie
Yūkyō no mure
1961 Japanese movie
晴小袖
Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...
Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo
A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.
Nogitsune Sanji
The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...
The Way of Drama
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima...
Secret of Naruto
When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...
The Snake Princess
At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...
Ghosts Die at Dawn
Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.
Harbor of Life
During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders...
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...
The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...
Three Women Around Yoshinaka
The exciting story of Jirocho and his yakuza gang that controlled the area of the Tokaido during the latter days of the samurai era. Awesome...
Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous
Daiei Film Company's three biggest stars shine in this exciting story about Vice-Shogun Mito Komon's journey to the land of the Ainu. As the shogun's...
Mito Komon’s Journey to Ezo
Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
Lord for a Night
During the bloody era of the Tokugawa Shogunate collapse, a man appeared capable of overthrowing a corrupt government and ending the feud between the...
Tsukigata Hanpeita
A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.
A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love
A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts...
The Man Who Waited
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
Onna keizu
Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...
My Elder Brother
A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at...
Oath on the Burning Sands
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing...
Iemitsu and Hikoza
The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of...
The Burning Sky
During the reign of Shogun Hidetada, both Hirate Musashi and Okamoto Musashi strive to become the finest swordsman in the land by defeating the Yagyu...
The Two Musashis
A 1942 film.
Omokage no machi
A 1943 film.
音楽大進軍
The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...
The Battle of Kawanakajima
Japan, 1643, as the Kato clan of Aizu falls from power two brave samurai will settle a dispute in the time-honored tradition of their clan, by...
Scars of Honor
Film directed by Kenji Misumi.
Gambler and the Princess
A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.
The Last Betrayal
A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.
Castle of Wind and Clouds
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...
Floating Vessel
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....
Dancers of Awa
Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Zoku Hebihimesama
A studio introduction version for Daiei Stars.
Daiei Studio is Bustling
The Magnificent Five
Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko
Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord
Ambush at Iga Pass
The Gaijin
Migratory Birds of the Flowers
Notebooks of Heiji Zenigata: Spider on the Skin
Idaten Kaido
Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi
Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.
Dedication of the Great Buddha
Sisters of Destiny
Zangiku monogatari
Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film
Dance of the Capital
The Siege of Osaka
Period film from 1934.
With a Single Sword Bale
Rikugun Daikoshin