Michisaburō Segawa Movies

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

In the third, and final chapter of this epic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that...

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose...

1962 Japanese movie

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

1962 Japanese movie

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.

In a desperate crisis, Inamaru is plunged into the dark sea by a strike from Tokugawa Ieyasu. Ryutaro desperately tries to rescue Inamaru. However,...

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

1961 Japanese movie

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...