Ichirō Amano Movies

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

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 Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbulent era in which various characters fall into a...

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.