Kan Ishii

Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda breaks the sword while defending his lord which...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a...

Genre: History

Cast: Machiko Kyō

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hibari Misora

A geisha helps a runaway who looks just like her.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

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Cast: Ken Uehara

A self-absorbed young actor humiliates an elderly Noh performer, who then commits suicide. His act of cruelty compels his father to disown him,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Aratama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ranko Hanai

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Sakuma

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mariko Okada

This is a classic Japanese Ghost Story.

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kimiko Hara

"My mother is Japanese, a drifting diva of Tokyo" After the death of her father Reika goes to Japan to visit her mother, but can't find her, so she...

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Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.

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Cast: Ichijirō Oya

Comedy-drama about university tennis players.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Yuriko Hoshi

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a wild man who...

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Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

A lost film directed by Mori Kazuo.

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Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

Genre: Science Fiction

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō II

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

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Cast: Yōsuke Natsuki