Kōmei Minami
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
as Shintomiza managerIn late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an...
Movie pageThe 47 Ronin
as Heihachirô KondôIn 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the...
Movie pageお役者変化
as 将軍綱吉During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar,...
Movie pageAn Actor's Revenge
as DaikanAn onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963...
Movie pageEjima and Ikushima
as 安藤志摩守This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
Movie pageDen nana torimono jō bijo koumori
as uncreditedThe head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board)...
Movie pageSouls on the Road
as TsurikichiA small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison...
Movie pageSamurai Town Story Part II
as uncreditedA representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese...
Movie pageHotta Hayato
as uncreditedJidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.
Movie pageThe Love of the Actress Sumako
as uncreditedThe stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the...
Movie pageTsukiyo Karasu
as uncreditedThe ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.
Movie pageYaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue
as Toshizo HijikataYaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by...
Movie page慶安水滸傳
as 石谷十蔵Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata...
Movie pageBanchô sarayashiki
as uncreditedshort film about Banchō Sarayashiki.
Movie pageIshimatsu of the Forest
as Shimizu no JirochoThe tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Arsène Lupin
as Akira Naruse / Gorô Katayama - Private DetectiveOne of Mizoguchi's first films, considered lost.
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