Kajō Onoe Movies

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

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the...

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and...

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

It's an extravaganza of entertainment as famous magistrate in disguise, Toyama no Kinshiro attempts to confront the elusive thief known as the ...

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Bored Hatamoto film #21

The first film produced by Daiei.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

1942 Japanese movie

An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable...

The story of five easygoing Yakuza who come together to save the live of a young innocent girl, Oichi, from an evil vassal.