Ryuichi Nagashima Movies

Two short stories set in Edo during the Shogun era. The first, during a time when Christians are persecuted vehemently, Iori falls in love with a...

With soft curves and deadly cunning a widow and her two daughters take revenge for the killing of her husband who was the leader of their gang. Based...

A young wife of a blind older man undergoes strict and abusive training in his Geisha dance school. She had married her teacher after he was struck...

It's fighting fires and swordsmen with a touch of music in this free-for-all of action and excitement combining the talents of Japan's most popular...

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Kenzo, Azusa's husband, has a heart condition but his passion for sex has not diminished one iota from the time he was a virile young man. Azusa does...

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...

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

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately...

A hotshot investigator solves a series of gruesome murders in this exciting and dark classic.

A stage director who directs a “Mori no Ishimatsu” play time travels and becomes “Mori no Ishimatsu” himself.

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

1957 Japanese movie

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil...

The sequel depicts Yuki's love affair with a young brothel owner who was once a Noh singer, and his complicated relationship with a woman who follows...