Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

1945 Japanese movie

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

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...

The Siege of Osaka

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...

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

1959 Japanese movie

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman