Movies

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...

A musical film marking Yoshiko Yamaguchi's debut at Daiei.

Dai-ni-bu: Aijô ruten: Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

During the 20s in Japan, a romantic student at Tokyo's Waseda University is filled with noble sentiments absorbed from literature but his naive...

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

1951 Japanese movie

Dai-ichi-bu: Dôkai-wan no rantô - Kiyoshi Saeki directed movie.

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning...

The second film in the "Suruga yukyoden" series, in which Shintaro Katsu plays Jirocho Shimizu. The film features Omasa, Komasa, Ocho, who will...

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.

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered...