Sōji Kiyokawa Movies

Japanese drama film.

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets...

A 1942 film.

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Japanese film.

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

Part two of two.

Ryō Hagiwara movie

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

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...