Kusuo Abe Movies

Jirocho and his henchmen befriend Ishimatsu, a wanderer in Mishima.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

The first film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

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...

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....

Some of the finest jidai-geki actors appear in this exciting and entertaining tale of intrigue and action in old Japan. Teaming up the ever-popular...

The third part of the story about feudal boss Jirocho and his underlings.

Jidaigeki film from 1941

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...

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

The final film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

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

The sole survivor of a shipwreck pursues the whereabouts of his friends’ missing family members in Edo.

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in...

Okinu, the beautiful daughter of a feudal lord, discovers her true identity and leaves her lavish life behind to avenge her birth father's death.

A classic battle between good and evil pits an unscrupulous fortuneteller who has been preying on the good citizens of Edo against a master-less...

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.