Movies

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to...

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

As a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin princesses are separated. Yukihime, who was sent away to...

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

A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his discipline against an American prizefighter and later...

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

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a...

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.