Kiyoshi Sawada Movies

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

An adaptation of the famous novel by Jiromasa Gunji about the difficult story of Niiro Tsuruchiyo, the illegitimate son of the great elder of the...

A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

Period film about a feudal era judge living in Edo

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

1962 Japanese movie

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

Revenge breeds revenge. Ikuta Denpachiro, the martial arts instructor of the Honda family in Koriyama, lost a fight to the young samurai Enjo...

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

10th film in the series about Lord Mito. This time, Lord Mito uncovers a conspiracy in Naruto.

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

The story opens in October of 1624 when the newly appointed Shogun Iemitsu visits the famed Kan-ei temple. On his way the procession is disrupted...