Yataro Kurokawa Movies

Japanese movie

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....

First of nine films based on the novel. The first live-action adaptation focuses on the origins of how Akadô Suzunosuke learned his skills as a...

Early film by Eiichi Kudô.

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

1930s Japanese film.

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, the rebellious Jirokichi and three men, united by a...

Japanese Navy air cadets train for the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the HMS Prince of Wales.

A story about a spear master’s spiritual and martial discipline.

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

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...

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,...

1962 Japanese movie

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

Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a stone wrapped in a towel.