Eitarō Shindō Movies

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

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

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

Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

Japanese noir.

1950s Japanese comedy.

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

Kichizaburo, a samurai keeping peace in Edo, helps a young geisha Kozome avenge her father’s death.

Umon goes on an investigation to unveil the murderer known as Red Lizard.