Ryōsuke Kagawa Movies

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Lord Oda Nobunaga gains control of nearly all of Japan and tries to enlist the aid of Magoichi and his 3.000 gunners.

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa...

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

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thieves, robbers and roving samurai who want to take...

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals.

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

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