Teinosuke Kinugasa Filmes

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

Period film from 1934.

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

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...

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

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

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,...

A film adaptation of the play by Leo Tolstoy.

Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a...

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

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

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa