Ryōsuke Kagawa
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1896-10-10
Place of Birth:Saga Prefecture, Japan
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Hotta Hayato (1933)
Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.

Capone's Younger Brother: Heart and Speculation (1971)
Lesser, but still modestly entertaining sequel. Wakayama is wonderfully bastardly here, but has to do without Chicago bros. Yamashiro & Watanabe and...

20 Duels of Young Shingo - Conclusion (1963)
While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many...

The Life of Matsu the Untamed (1943)
Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...

Children Hand in Hand (1948)
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Scarred Yosaburo (1960)
The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...

Thus the Divine Wind Blows (1944)
Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood (1949)
The purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro Makino's 1923 film.

Wild Lion (1953)
A gripping historical drama that follows the explosive growth of Katsu Kaishu, the hero of the Meiji era, and the interesting human image of his...

Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 3 (1960)
The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is...

The Funeral (1984)
When Wabisuke's father-in-law unexpectedly dies, the family goes through a series of random events and occurrences as the funeral unfolds over three...

Professional Killer (1932)
Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Ooka Seidan: Devil Image (1960)
Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)
Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Glorious Firefighter’s Standard (1960)
Firefighter Sanji learns the secret of his birth.

越後獅子祭 (1960)
1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

Freelance Samurai (1957)
One of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in this terrific version of legendary Demon slaying Peach...

Jirocho Fuji 2: The Chivalrous (1960)
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...

The Acrobats of Death (1959)
Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

Shunjû ittôryû (1939)
After being expelled from the Chiba Dojo , Hirate Zoshu , along with his acquaintances Tadaki Ganryu and Tamon Jubei, were hired as bodyguards by...

Cantankerous Edo (1957)
It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular...

Lady Sen and Hideyori (1962)
From the late 1500's through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation....

Sabakareru Echizen no kami (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

Kabe no naka no bijo (1962)
1962 Japanese movie

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind (1951)

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star (1951)
film directed by Tai Katô

Lord Mito 2: The Nation's Vice Shogun (1959)
After settling the matter of shogunal succession, the retired Old Lord of Mito finds himself in a sea of trouble when he gets involved in the...

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with...

The Sword of Doom (1966)
Ryunosuke, a gifted swordsman plying his trade during the turbulent final days of Shogunate rule, has no moral code and kills without remorse....

A Chivalrous Spirit (1958)
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Conflagration (1958)
Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...

The King (1962)
The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

Samurai Vendetta (1959)
Two amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and the family of Lord Kira that led to the famous...

Tenka taiheiki (1928)
Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.

Hell Worms (1979)
A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

Road Warriors (1960)
A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow,...

White-haired Demon (1949)
A man dies in an automobile accident and returns as a white-haired demon and seeks revenge on his wife and her lover

Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary (1938)
A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and Kyoji Sugi.

Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes (1949)
Film about Ghost-Cat.

Kurama Tengu (1938)
This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

Taiko's Rising in the World (1938)
Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power of...

Case of a Young Lord 10: The Mystery of the Spider Lady (1962)
Young lord investigates the mysterious death that takes place in the underworld.

Samurai Banners (1969)
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...

New Tengu from Mount Kurama (1965)
The film is set in Kyoto at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is a fierce clash between the supporters of the Emperor, who are fighting for...

What Price Love? (1960)
Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

Oda Nobunaga (1940)
A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

武蔵と小次郎 (1952)
As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread, he was summoned by...

お役者小僧 (1953)
The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba...

The Brothers who Protect the Mountain (1953)
In the mountainous region of Koshu, Taikahara, there was an intense power struggle between the prominent families, Tamaki and Kakukura. Facing the...

快盗三人吉三 (1954)
On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at Nihonbashi...

Beautiful Tengu (1954)
During the tumultuous end of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Tengu Party rose in rebellion in Mito. Friends from their hometown, Tanaka Genzo and Fujita...

八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線 (1955)
Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....

お役者小僧 江戸千両幟 (1955)
Okazaki Domain samurai Inaba Gotaro accidentally killed a superior while trying to save his beloved geisha, Ko-en. On the run, they were rescued by...

荒木又右衛門 (1955)
Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but they inevitably became enemies after Matagorō killed...

若き日の千葉周作 (1955)
Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor of the Hokushin Ittō-ryū style, and his wet nurse...

Ejima and Ikushima (1955)
This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon (1951)
Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Shogun's Holiday (1958)
During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

Kaiketsu kuro zukin (1953)
First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.

大当り男一代 (1956)
Shinzō, the heir of the prominent Edo lumber dealer Yamashiroya, left home when his stubborn father, Chōzaemon, dismissed his lover, the maid...

のんき侍大暴れ (1956)
In the mid-Tokugawa period, a conflict arose over the "Seiryū Himon," a secret document left by the former shogun Iesai, bequeathing the eighth...

The Sun (1953)
Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

The Kuroda Affair (1956)
This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

Jigoku bana (1957)
Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

The Skull Coin (1938)
“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven...

Ancient Coins (1956)
This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Epic Crash (1958)
Utaemon Ichikawa plays the role of Hikoshiro Navate, who has a strong sense of justice and opposes power and tyranny with his will and spirit.

Miyamoto Musashi (1929)
Silent jidaigeki film

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 1: Revenge and Love (1954)
The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

The Grand Master (1948)
Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 1 (1963)
The tale of real-life Yakuza boss Shimizu Jirocho is told from his earliest beginnings as a gambler on the road as he forms his gang and sets out on...

The Kingdom of Jirocho 3 (1964)
The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

Kojiki Taishô (1952)
Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and...

Tabiwa Oiroke (1961)
Will the assassin take my life or will a beautiful woman take my chastity? Or will a beautiful woman take your chastity? On the Tokaido Highway of...

Shinran, Part II (1960)
Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

Jirocho’s Days of Youth: The Youngest Boss in the Tokai Region (1961)
He was married to his lover's butterfly and started a new residence. But good things do not last. In his uncle, Uzaemon in Kawashima, Yoshiji Akaji,...

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 2: Dance of Revenge (1954)
The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

The Revenge of Yukinojo, Part 3: Sword of Revenge (1954)
The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

Akagaki Genzo (1938)
Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of...

Echo of Love (1937)
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Aoi Secret Book (1958)
A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which...

The Duel at the Satta Pass (1962)
A variety of characters, including ninja Noto, a swordsman disguised as a komuso monk, and a young samurai chasing them, participate in a chaotic...

A contest worth a thousand ryo: In search of a bride (1960)
A village samurai with money, power and great masculinity goes to the flourishing city of Edo to have some fun and practice. And here he is attacked...

Lord Mito: All Star Version (1960)
In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

Ghost Ship Part 1 (1957)
As Part I opens, Jubei (Denjiro Okochi), the best of sea skippers, is unable to overcome the stormy seas of Luzon. All hands on board the Kannonmaru...

Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū (1940)
The undercover agent Tsukinosuke Kigurumi successfully escapes with Kirisaku, who possesses the coveted Shinshu Mountain map targeted by the phantom...

Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio (1940)
Mt. Norikura's natural fortress, the phantom castle. A white-clad iron mask, offering prayers to the eerie triple-faced deity of the Sennjogadake...

Phantom Castle (1940)
Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

The Gay Masquerade (1958)
The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

The Coin Thrower Zenigata (1963)
The film tells about a young detective Zenigata Heiji who successfully solves a disgusting and unusual case involving the manufacture of counterfeit...

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years before.

Gate of Hell (1953)
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her,...

Yagyu Chronicles 9: Assassin's Sword (1964)
The Yagyu Family have been teaching the Shinkage style of fencing for generations. Now a new fencing school has opened in Edo, claiming to be the...

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing (1954)
A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

Miyamoto musashi Ichijōji kettō (1942)
1942 Japanese movie

Onatsu and Seijuro (1954)
Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro.

Secret of Naruto (1957)
From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from the islands of Awaji and Honshu. On Tokushima...

Samurai Hawk (1961)
1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

The Conspirator (1961)
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

No Stronger Swords (1959)
Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style...

Shimizu Port of Chivalry (1957)
An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Singing Lovebirds (1939)
An umbrella maker with a shopping addiction finds himself in dire straits when his debts force him to consider selling his attractive, desirable...

A Martial Crowd (1958)
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...

Seven from Edo (1958)
When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...

Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka (1959)
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...

Yagyu Military Art: Jubei's Redemption (1963)
In the fifth installment, Yagyu Jubei must prove the innocence of his family who is suspected of conspiring to take Shogun's life.

Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)
Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

The Day the Sun Rose (1968)
Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned...

Claws of Iron (1951)
During the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape in the jungle. Later he starts to transform to a...

I Saw a Phantom Fish (1950)
A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Swordsman of the Two Sword Style (1956)
The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

Young Swordsman (1963)
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the...

Miyamoto Musashi: Birth of Two Sword Style (1963)
In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission...

Sword for Hire (1952)
Soldiers Hayate and Yaheiji secretly escape from their besieged castle. Hayate has left behind his lover, Kano. On his way, Hayate is wounded and...

Hidden Story of the Yagyu Clan (1956)
It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars...

Yagyu Secret Scrolls (1957)
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

Jirocho Fuji (1959)
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.

Banquet Under the Midnight Sun (1932)
In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

The Elegant Swordsman (1934)
This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...

Ishimatsu from the Forest (1937)
The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

Festival Across the Sea (1941)
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...

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963)
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...

Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
During the raging war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans, the swordsman Mohei (whose family has been completely decimated) is recruited by...

Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights (1962)
The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...

13 Assassins (1963)
A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring...

Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijo Temple (1964)
In the fourth installment, Musashi's potentially greatest opponent Kojiro jumps in and out of the story at the oddest and most coincidental moments....

Tales of Young Genji Kuro 3 (1962)
In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that...

Kojiro (1967)
Sasaki Kojiro tells the story of the genius who staked his love, glory, and life on a duel with the supreme master of the sword, Miyamoto Musashi...

Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro (1965)
Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

The Yagyu Military Art: Yagyu List (1963)
When the country is in peril, Lord Yagyu Tajima summons his son Yagyu Jubei to retrieve the mystical Yagyu Scroll in order to save all of Japan. This...

Case of Umon: The Nanbanzame Murders (1961)
The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....

Red Peony Gambler: Second Generation Ceremony (1969)
The industrual revolution comes to Japan with the introduction of the railroad system. This led to clashes between boatmen, who livihoods are...

Code Between Brothers (1966)
Famous enka singer Saburo Kitajima stars as Katsuji, a traveling craps artist who finds great camaraderie on the road.

Secrets of Fuji 2 (1959)
Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

Souls in the Moonlight II (1958)
This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

Sword Devil (1965)
Hanpei is a gentle young samurai that loves flowers. One day, he witnesses an old man's quick draw of the sword. He is so impressed that he becomes...

Shinsengumi Chronicles (1963)
As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader, and because he wants to live and die as a...

Gambler and the Princess (1959)
Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

Capricious Young Man (1935)
An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...

Sleepy Eyes of Death 8: Sword of Villainy (1966)
Nemuri Kyoshiro discovers a conspiracy centering around a band of disgruntled samurai wanting to avenge the death of their sensei, a political...

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion (1958)
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...

Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)
The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

Merciless Blade (1953)
The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

Code Between Brothers 5 (1967)
Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji...

The Master Spearman (1960)
This subversive period film features a hotheaded young samurai, Kurodo, who threatens to commit harakiri in response to the humiliation meted out to...

Festival of Swordsmen (1961)
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed...

Sazen Tange: The Monkey Pot (1954)
A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

Duel at Fort Ezo (1970)
1864. Samurai Shinbei is sent in a secret mission to Ezo, in the North of Japan, to stop riots of villagers commanded by Jirozaemon. A Russian...

Samurai from Nowhere (1964)
Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter...

The Magoichi Saga (1969)
Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners.

Chushingura (1938)
The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge...

Vengeance at Iga (1942)
Famed swordsman Araki Mataemon must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family...

Signal Fires of Shanghai (1944)
During the Taiping Rebellion of the mid-19th century, anti-Qing (Manchu) Chinese forces led by Taiping commander Li Xiucheng march on Shanghai....

The Wandering Gambler (1928)
Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of...

Castle of Flames (1960)
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon...

Gyakushû Orochimaru (1955)
An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Initiation of the Two-Sword Style (1943)
Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

The Red Shadow (1961)
Fifteen years after Ishida Mitsunari lost in the battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu foresees his unavoidable battle with Toyotomi Hideyori and...

Tange Sazen and the Princess (1961)
Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

Zoku Shimizu Minato (1940)
An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon (1942)
The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until...

Ukyunosuke on Patrol (1963)
This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...

The Invisible Swordsman (1970)
A coward boy fencer becomes invisible and matchless through a magic pill.

Chûshingura (1962)
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

Echo in the Mountains (1959)
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Keepers of Order (1962)
Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by...

Road of Chivalry (1960)
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...

The Wiser Age (1962)
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Ninja's Weapon (1956)
During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...

Tragedy of the Coolie Samurai (1963)
Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young...

Ugetsu (1953)
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

The Lightning Sword (1962)
Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...

Cases of Hanshichi (1960)
Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!

Female Ninja Magic (1964)
In Osaka during the Edo period, ruler Sanada Yukimura was in losing position, fearing Toyotomi's blood descendents would end, he impregnates one of...

Mysteries of Edo (1956)
A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.

Showdown of Men 4: Tetsu, the White Tiger (1968)
Tetsu, is a honourable and noble yakuza caught in a conflict between rival clans, and obligations each has toward their yakuza boss and brothers. A...

Mark of Blood (1962)
Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

The Flower and the Dragon (1965)
A story of manly life and the beauty of conjugal love. A story about a man and a woman establishing a family of longshoreman, centering on their love...

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (1964)
Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a...

Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965)
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure...

The South Sea Wolf (1961)
Namie's in trouble again, getting snatched by an evil gang in search of treasure. Kirimaru sets out to rescue his sweetheart, and falls in with a...

Sugata Sanshiro (1977)
The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means...

Taira Clan Saga (1955)
Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage (1960)
A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

A Samurai Never Tells a Lie (1963)
The shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they cannot be together due to a difference of their status....

On This Earth (1957)
Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty...

Magistrate of Dice (1961)
Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

Yakuza Beasts-Blood Settlement (1970)
Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.

The Magical Warrior (1955)
Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They help Ocho, who is a beautiful pickpocket when she...

Lords of Oppression (1957)
Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Lords of Oppression 2 (1957)
Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Sword of Wind and Clouds (1963)
This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thieves, robbers and roving samurai who want to take...

Revenge for His Lover (1962)
Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

Dedication of the Great Buddha (1952)
Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

The Official And The Princess of Thieves (1951)

Isshin Tasuke: Edoites Festival (1967)
A costumed film featuring the famous hero of Japanese history, Isshin Tasuke, arranged in the form of a popular song.

Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi (1965)
Nezumi Kozō is the nickname of Nakamura Jirokichi, a Japanese thief and folk hero who lived in Edo during the Edo period. His exploits have been...

Taki no shiraito (1946)
A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Last Days of Edo (1941)
It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period.

Kill! (1968)
A pair of down-on-their-luck swordsmen arrive in a dusty, windblown town, where they become involved in a local clan dispute. One, previously a...

Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the...

Traveling with Breeze (1953)
1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

The Greatest Man in the World (1932)
In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

Kuriyama Daizen (1936)
Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

The Domain: Where The Blade Enters (1967)
The Domain: Where The Blade Enters

Bored Hatamoto: Island of No Return (1960)
Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

Goblin Courier (1949)
Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Jiraiya (1937)
Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

Martial Arts Encyclopedia (1934)
Martial Arts Encyclopedia

Edo Purebreed (1961)
Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...

Ninja Assassins (1960)
Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

The Shogun and the Fishmonger (1961)
Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.

Straw hat of Itako (1961)
A film about young wandering Yakuza. Yukio Hashi's first film role.

The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume (1950)

Vampire Dead Beauty Carving (1961)
Japanese horror drama movie from 1961.

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko (1954)
Second in the Nage Utasamon series

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1960)
The legendary one-eyed one-armed swordsman Tange Sazen is back to aid a Magistrate in his efforts to steal bribe money on its way to Edo for the...

53 Stages of the Road (1959)
An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume (1950)

Big Time Gambling Boss (1968)
Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the...

Six Men Mustered in Great Edo (1953)
A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

The Shogun Assassins (1979)
This is a film about a real person. Sanada Yukimura fought a war against Tokugawa Ieyasu.

The Gambler (1965)
A crime film released in 1965

Three Sisters (1967)
The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.