Saburō Sawai Movies

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche...

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself.

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest.

A 1942 film.

Karasudo, who charges 16 mon for his fortune-telling skill, asks for nothing when it comes to swordplay. His merciless blade is stained with the...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Japanese comedy film.

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the...

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring....

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Kizaki, an upstart at a trading company has one more assignment for the day before meeting his lovely girlfriend, Natsuki for a date. Little does he...

The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda.