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1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

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....

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima Yasoemon, lost his face in front of people. It...

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers...

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

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

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...

A former samurai, whose lover had died while he was traveling, was returning to Edo when he met a woman at Shinagawa-juku.

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

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

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

The third in a trilogy of Kunisada Chuji films by Hiroshi Inagaki.