Daisuke Itō Movies

Silent Japanese film.

The first film in the Daiei series. At the command of Lord Aiba, Tange Sazen targets two famous swords owned by Onozuka Tessai.

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....

Mysterious incidents occur one after another on the express train as it plows through the dark night on the railroad tracks! The first woman is...

A film based on the life of the bakuto Kunisada Chuji

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel...

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

Silent Japanese film.

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

Adaptation of novel.

The film won 1959 Blue Ribbon Awards for best actor Raizo Ichikawa and for best cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa. The film also won 1959 Kinema Junpo...

In the town of Yumoto, Asakichi, a left-arm-less gambler who had been winning at the gambling hall, was attracted by the sound of a faintly heard...

Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet...

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the...