Yoshito Yamaji Movies

A parody based on Kabuki plays about thieves led by the famous Soshun Kochiyama.

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese war movie.

Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....

1950 Japanese movie

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

Shinya Ban (Masao Wakahara) returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns that his mutual friend Yuriko (Mieko Takamine) is...

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are...

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities....

Japanese Warmovie

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the...

1962 Japanese movie

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...

Aboard a ship connecting Kyoto and Osaka, Osan was pickpocketed by a sham blind biwa player. A man who looked like a merchant retrieved the wallet...

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

A period mystery in which an unconventional priest exposes the truth behind the bizarre death of a maid in the shogun's harem. Kinuyo Tanaka...

Christian converts face persecution in the feudal society of 17th century Japan.

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless.