Shinobu Araki
Sansho the Bailiff
as SadayaIn medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was...
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Gate of Hell
as IesadaJapan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a...
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The Crucified Lovers
as CourtierWhen the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with...
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Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
as Old PriestA greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people...
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The Betrayal
as uncreditedA naively honorable samurai comes to the bitter realization that his devotion to moral samurai...
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Kojiki Taishô
as uncreditedGotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually...
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Taira Clan Saga
as uncreditedSpecial Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the...
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The Temple of Wild Geese
as Dokuseki SugimotoSatoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan...
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Shinsengumi Chronicles
as Dôjun MasakiAs winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its...
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The Third Shadow Warrior
as uncreditedIn the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a...
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Secret of Naruto
as uncreditedFrom the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima...
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Buddha
as uncreditedAn Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six...
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Freelance Samurai
as uncreditedOne of Japanese folklore's most popular characters is brought to life on the silver screen in...
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Satan's Sword
as Nakamura IsshinThe Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41...
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Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
as uncredited[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni...
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Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
as uncreditedDuring the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out...
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Bronze Magician
as монахYoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same...
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The Priest and the Beauty
as MasuzenPrincess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but...
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Zatoichi's Pilgrimage
as uncreditedZatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles...
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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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Red peonies on the skin
as uncreditedGenjiro was a samurai in the past, but he became a Yakuza, a dandy with a tattoo of red peonies,...
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The Demon of Mount Oe
as uncreditedA demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider!...
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Advance Patrol
as uncreditedIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive...
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Shogun's Holiday
as uncreditedDuring the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo...
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Swordsman of the Two Sword Style
as uncreditedThe story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki...
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荒木又右衛門
as 河合半左衛門Watanabe Kazuma and Kawai Matagorō from the Bizen Okayama Ikeda clan were close friends, but...
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Kenpu Renpeikan
as Saito YakuroNear the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the...
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Samurai Vendetta
as uncreditedTwo amiable samurai wind up on opposite sides of the vendetta between Lord Asano's retainers and...
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An Heir's Place
as uncreditedThis film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of...
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Ghost of Saga Mansion
as uncreditedA woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost...
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The Ghost of Yotsuya
as Hikoroku MatsumuraIn one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of...
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Oniisan to oneesan
as uncreditedA 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.
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Satan's Sword III: The Final Chapter
as uncreditedDisguised as a beggar monk, Ryunosuke is harassed along the road by the rowdy members of a...
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An Osaka Story
as uncreditedA poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi...
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The Bride from Hades
as uncreditedOn the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named...
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快盗三人吉三
as 笹川幸十郎On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a...
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The Invisible Man Appears
as Yoshihira HatanakaJewel thieves become interested in an invisibility formula invented by Professor Nakazato and...
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Flame of My Love
as Eiko's FatherA woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo,...
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Travels of Lord Mito
as Bizen'nokami NakayamaLord Mito Mitsukuni, the vice-shogun of the whole country, left the family estate and went on a...
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Ejima and Ikushima
as 老中This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in...
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Kojiro's Turning Swallow Cut
as uncreditedThe story of Sasaki Kojiro, a young swordsman, and his quest to train under master Seigen and...
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Sleepy Eyes of Death 1: The Chinese Jade
as uncreditedNemuri Kyoshiro, a youthful and cynical ronin with unparalleled skill, is approached by both...
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This Way, That Way
as uncreditedAn intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who...
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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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The Demon of Sendai's Castle
as uncreditedTsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down...
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Samurai Town Story Part II
as uncreditedA representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese...
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Saheiji’s Casebooks: The Purple Hood
as Kazuô MatsudairaThe purple hood reveals the embezzlement of public money by officials. A remake of Masahiro...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 1
as uncreditedThe first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by...
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Tough Guy
as ZenbeiAsakichi beats a ganster, Sada, in a physical fight, leading to recognition by Sada's clan boss....
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Ishimatsu - The One-Eyed Swordsman
as Mori no GoroIshimatsu of Mori, from his early days leading up to his joining with Shimizu Jirocho, Boss of...
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The Princess Sen
as uncreditedDuring the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with...
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The Life of Matsu the Untamed
as uncreditedMatsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 3
as uncreditedThe third part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by...
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The Black Hooded Man 2
as Matsudaira KatamoriThe mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the...
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The Kuroda Affair
as uncreditedThis adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in...
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Third Generation's Loyalty Offering
as uncredited1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie
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Lords of Oppression 2
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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A Samurai Never Tells a Lie
as Shimazu Satsuma no kamiThe shogun's vassal Harima Aoyama and a chamber maid are in love with each other, but they...
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White Snake Woman
as uncreditedWhile transporting a bride-to-be in a closed carriage (kago) while during a thunderstorm, a...
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若き日の千葉周作
as 千葉幸右衛門Chiba Sōsaku, whose childhood name was Otome, was raised by his father Yukiuemon, the successor...
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Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
as uncreditedAdaptation of Mito Kōmon.
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Cut the Shadow
as uncreditedThe womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good...
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Date Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon
as uncreditedThe life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth...
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Maiko and the Assassin
as uncredited19th century Japan, at the end of the Edo period. A samurai falls in love with a young woman...
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The Gambler's Code
as GenemonOne of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who...
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The Magical Warrior
as uncreditedRikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 5
as uncreditedThe 5th and final part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi...
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Akado Suzunosuke and the Vacuum Slash of the Asuka School
as uncreditedSuzunosuke visits a martial arts master and tries to learn the 'Vacuum Slash,' a secret...
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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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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 1 and 2
as uncreditedThese are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is...
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Jirocho Fuji
as uncreditedLegendary yakuza Shimizu Jirocho and his 28 henchmen travel the unruly path from a 'Fire...
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
as 山城屋重兵衛One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya,...
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Gambler and the Princess
as uncreditedFilm directed by Kenji Misumi.
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Chushingura: The Truth
as uncreditedLord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the...
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Thus the Divine Wind Blows
as Michitoki KônoSet in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the...
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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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Lords of Oppression
as uncreditedPeriod drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.
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Life of Matsu the Untamed
as uncreditedA poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband...
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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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Ghost-Cat of Yonaki Swamp
as uncreditedA remake of Kaidan Saga yashiki (1953).
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The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
as uncreditedWhen a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her...
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Iro no Michi Oshiemasu: Yume San'ya
as uncreditedA unique story of a life of romance, divided into three episodes about the profound secrets of...
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Police Officer
as Lieutenant OshimaItami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As...
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Akado Suzunosuke Destroys the Devil Mask Gang
as uncreditedThe heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who...
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Sorcerer's Orb: Part 2
as uncreditedThe first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by...
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Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star
as uncreditedfilm directed by Tai Katô
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Shippu no Seitarou
as uncreditedA historical drama directed by Yukiya Sato, and co-written by Rokuhei Susukita and Jiro Okuzawa....
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