Kan'emon Nakamura

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Michiyo Aratama

Near the end of the nineteenth century, as the balance of power shifts from Shogunate towards the Emperor, Japan restlessly awaits the dawning of a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

The first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

“19 vassals of Lord Hosokawa ask permission to commit harakiri with him, as a demonstration of their loyalty. Only Yaichiemon Abe is refused...

Genre: History

Cast: Kan'emon Nakamura

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Yoshinaga

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

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sachiko Hidari

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

A forceful indictment of the devastating effects of war and nationalistic fanaticism on the average man, who, in the face of the absurdity of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time of famine. He is befriended by Kada Gentaro, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. He enters the service of Takeda, the lord of Kai domain. He...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Story of a bandit king.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father's former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinji Fujiwa

This suspense drama set in the mid 1700's depicts the plan of the Tokugawa rulers to send a number of homeless men to a remote island Sado to perform...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rentaro Mikuni

A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ai Sasaki

Story of a bandit king part 2.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Film about Japanese ghost story Banchō Sarayashiki.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kichisaburo Arashi

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai

A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki