Kenji Susukida

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular...

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Cast: Hibari Misora

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

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

Genre: History

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Detective Tarao goes undercover to battle an evil gun smuggling business.

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Private eye Bannai Tarao (Chiezo Kataoka) and his assistant Masako (Chizuru Kitagawa) investigate the mysterious murder of a baseball player who was...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Oshichi, a famous girl detective, takes it upon herself to investigate the murder of a woman which occurs during an event for the festival of Asakusa...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Eiji Okada

Daughter of a lumber shop in Edo strives to protect her family business from the competitor.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

The legendary tale of the forty-seven samurai who seek vengeance against the man who caused their master's death.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenji Susukida

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmers transporting gold to the governor think they...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Two sisters, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chieko Nakakita

One of Japan’s most popular folklore characters, Tange Sazen, the one-eyed and one-armed swordsman, must rescue the Yagyu clan from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

The story about the rise and fall of the famed mercenaries, Shinsengumi, who are hired by a crumbling feudal government.

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Toei’s 10th anniversary film, featuring an all-star cast from the golden movie era of the 1960s. A famous story of the 47 loyal samurai. When...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

In this film in the long running series, Tange Sazen and his friends are asked to guard a dragon-shaped incense burner that holds the key to hidden...

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Fearless girl firefighter Oharu and skilled firefighter Shintaro battle against their evil rivals who threaten to take over Oharu’s...

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Maguna no...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Edo, 1703. Young Sugino, one of the 47 rōnin seeking revenge against lord Kira, who caused that his master, Asano of Ako, committed seppuku, meets a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenji Susukida

A yakuza man is released from prison after serving a long sentence. He immediately sets about creating a new gang and attempts to pull off a huge...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryôhei Uchida

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenji Susukida

Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his elder sister. After their forest sanctuary is...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

Princess Kazu, the daughter of Shogun Ienari, is sent to marry Matsudaira Nobunao, master of Peacock castle in Kozuke province, a domain of 17,000...

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

The life, adventures and exploits of warlord Date Masamune the One-eyed Dragon: his early youth as an aggressive warrior, the battles he won until...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

This is one of the most powerfully effective ninja films that dispenses with the silly magic of earlier efforts, and concentrates on an excellent...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...

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Cast: Kinya Kitaoji

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Chuji and his family become the primary target of gangs in Nikko headed by Hasshu marshal Nakayama and boss Sukegoro Iioka. Chuji is then aided by...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A comedy about a free-spirited man Shosuke, whose life is turned upside down when he is ordered to serve the clan lord.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Fishmonger Tasuke and Shogun Iemitsu swap their identities in pretence for the protection of Iemitsu.

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

As the Shogun lays dying, seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kotaro Satomi

Two guardians of the Nijo Castle, Shioya and Kamazawa, discover a map leading to a secret passage to Edo Castle. Instead of reporting their find to...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sumiko Hidaka

A murdered pawnbroker found clutching a blood-soaked wedding gown, the kidnapped daughter of a Shogun vassal, mysterious robberies, brutal killings,...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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,...

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

From an original story by Shibata Renzaburo, the novelist who created such classics as: the "Nemuri Kyoshiro" series (Son of the Black Mass),...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Koji Tsuruta

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michitarō Mizushima

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The Siege of Osaka

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Chikage Awashima

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Wakayama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Akitsu

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Cast: Kogiku Hanayagi

Hashizo Okawa in the form of a courageous firefighter who confronts unscrupulous traders who make a profit even at the cost of human lives. A fireman...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Young Lord Gentaro (Otomo Ryutaro) takes a journey to Edo in search of his future wife. Easier said than done, evil forces lurk in Edo and Gentaro...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

On New Year's Day 1716, Munenaga of Owari and Yoshinao of Kii were both named as candidates for the title of 8th Shogun. The wise and just Munenaga...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Takakura

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadao Maruyama

First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.

Genre: Action

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa

In the third installment of Yoshikawa's novel Musashi, things continue from the 2nd film at the end of battle, where Miyamoto continues on a mission...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

Wakasama Samurai movie directed by Kinnosuke Fukada

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Jiromaru (Kinnosuke Nakamura) investigates the dark "Ghost Ship" in search of his father. Meanwhile, Princess Yuki (Yumiko Hasegawa) and Chacha (Eiko...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

1942 Japanese movie

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shūji Sano

During the era of the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, to strengthen the shogunate, many daimyo clans that did not align with the central power were...

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Cast: Kenji Susukida

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

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Cast: Matsumoto Hakuō I

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a...

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

In Marugame Domain of Shikoku, a low-ranking foot soldier named Tagami Genbachi was envied for marrying Tsuji, the most beautiful woman in the...

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Cast: Katsuo Nakamura

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sessue Hayakawa

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The second film about the adventures of Chosichiro Matsudaira. This time he fights against conspirators whose goal is to replace the 4th Shogun...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

In this exciting story, Sasuke Sarutobi, known as the bravest child in the world, fulfills the will of his father, growing up strong and correct, and...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Motoharu Ueki

The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Jun Usami

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Haruko Sugimura

1945 Japanese movie

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Cast: Tsumasaburō Bandō

Shogun Yoshitane’s order to recover the secret scroll triggers a series of ninja warfare during the Muromachi period.

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Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

Based on the original story by Seishi Yokomizo, House of Spider Webs is a gorgeous historical drama thriller starring Kinnosuke Nakamura and directed...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura