Mitsugu Terashima
Samurai Assassin
as Chuzaemon NishikawaJapan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the...
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Satan's Sword: The Dragon God
as uncreditedThe sequel to Daibosatsu tôge (1960) and the second of the trilogy follows the adventures of...
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Flowers of Chivalry
as uncreditedKayama Ichinoshin (Raizo Ichikawa) has been traveling for ten years in search of revenge for his...
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Buddha
as Grand ChamberlainAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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The Blind Menace
as uncreditedThis is the story of a blind masseur who tricks people, steals, and kills; he is the anti-Zatoichi
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The Grand Master
as ShimazuShogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor...
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荒木又右衛門
as 酒井雅楽守Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but...
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Poppy
as Munechika's fatherBased on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story...
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流轉
as 太夫元In the eleventh year of the Tempō era, the Kawarazaki-za theater in Edo buzzed with excitement...
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Travels of Lord Mito
as Matsuyama, Shinto priestLord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a...
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A Baby Given by a Fox
as uncreditedA lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a...
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Hana no shôgai
as 尾張大納言In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times,...
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Song of Sado
as uncreditedSentaro (Raizo Ichikawa) from Ipponmatsu sets out to commit evil and gain dignity, but his...
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Travels of Lord Mito Pt.5
as uncreditedFifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.
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Gyakushû Orochimaru
as uncreditedAn early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.
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Tange Sazen
as uncreditedDrama about a famous one-eyed, one-armed samurai swordsman of the middle of the Tokugawa period...
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振袖釼法
as 生駒将監In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for...
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Den nana torimono jō bijo koumori
as uncreditedThe head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board)...
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女と海賊
as 中山太一郎In the early Edo period, among the pirate ships that roamed the seas near Ryukyu and Korea,...
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The Gambler's Code
as uncreditedOne of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who...
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Souls in the Moonlight
as uncreditedFirst part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long...
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慶安水滸傳
as 紀伊屋五左衛門Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata...
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大江戸出世双六
as 松平伊豆守Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
as 丸井屋源兵衛One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya,...
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The King
as uncreditedThe film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Vampire Spider
as 相良半四郎In the town of Izu known for its hot springs, Den Shichi from Kuromon Town sets off for a...
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I Saw a Phantom Fish
as uncreditedA village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.
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Monsters Catcher Oedo Seven Changes
as uncreditedFilm about Ghost-Cat.
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
as uncreditedA quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of...
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Seven Miles to Nakayama
as uncreditedWhen a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the...
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Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One
as uncreditedA Japanese silent film
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Merciless Blade Part 2
as uncreditedThe second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.
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Kutsukake Tokijiro
as Hyakusuke ŌnokiA traveling gambler becomes duty-bound to the wife and child of the yakuza he had slain and...
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Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
as uncreditedDirected by Daisuke Itō.
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Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao
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Obsessive Snake
as uncreditedUtaji heard that her ex-lover Seijirou would get married to Ochiyo a daughter of Ise-ya. She...
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Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
as uncreditedAdaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.
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Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
as uncreditedfilm directed by Tai Katô
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