
Eijirō Yanagi
1961 1957Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen
Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen0/101957HDUshinosuke returns broke to his hometown, where everyone believes he's rich and successful. Part two (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku...
1968Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
1961Tale of a Company Boss
1957Jigoku bana
1955Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda0/101955HDA dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character...
1952The Imposter
The Imposter0/101952HDAround the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known...
1959The Acrobats of Death
The Acrobats of Death5.8/101959HDSaotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.
1961Tange Sazen and the Princess
Tange Sazen and the Princess5.2/101961HDTange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.
1964Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Two Lives, Two Yakuza0/101964HDAn early ninkyo film from before the genre had truly established its form. Koji Tsuruta plays an honourable outlaw who saves an older man from an...
1951Sasaki Kojiro
Sasaki Kojiro5/101951HDDirector Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as...
1962Seven Miles to Nakayama
Seven Miles to Nakayama6.3/101962HDWhen a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and...
1957Advance Patrol
Advance Patrol5.5/101957HDIn 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...
1952Sisters of Nishijin
1951Miki, the Swordman
Miki, the Swordman5/101951HDAfter mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...
1971Morning Fog
Morning Fog0/101971HDKyoko and her mother Yuki returned to their hometown of Fukui. Yuki runs a dressmaker's store in the city, and Kyoko has taken a job as a nurse at a...
1951Farewell to the Highland Station
Farewell to the Highland Station0/101951HDA young botanical researcher moves to the highlands to collect plants for research, and falls in love with a nurse there.
1957白磁の人
1959No Stronger Swords
No Stronger Swords6/101959HDFeaturing some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style...
1958Zesshou
1950Kagebōshi
Kagebōshi0/101950HDOn the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...
1961The Yellow Climate
1959Whirlwind Magistrate
Whirlwind Magistrate5.5/101959HDOne of the most popular history-based characters is back when Magistrate Saemonojo Toyama no Kinsan investigates the tragic shipwreck of the...
1963Rififi in Tokyo
Rififi in Tokyo5.65/101963HDVan Hekken, an old gangster, arrives in Tokyo to direct a bank hold-up in order to get a very valuable diamond.