Michisaburō Segawa Filmes

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and...

1961 Japanese movie

In the midst of the depression, two ronin rack their brains to come up with a dishonest scheme. Taking a man from the countryside, they fashion him...

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

A poignant entertainment epic about a righteous mountain man, a young company director with new ideals, and a beautiful woman with wild charm, whose...

This film tells the story of a ronin's search for his parents, but primarily is a group portrait of life in a Tokugawa-era tenement. Considered a...

Bored Hatamoto movie #29

First part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...

His mother abandoned him as a child, so he had no choice but to live outside society. Even so, he grows up determined to reunite with her. Worried...

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

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

An adaptation of the famous 16th century novel, Journey to the West.

An actor, hit on the head, dreams that he has become legendary one-eyed gangster Mori no Ishimatsu.