The Frozen Moment

Created for the "Esso World Theater" series of films in 1964, it features excerpts from "Bugaku," "G

An Actor's Revenge

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as

Iemon

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

Sayonara

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial p

A Story of Floating Weeds

An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegi

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.

A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.

An Actor's Revenge

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deat

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan

Oiwa Nagaya

Shin Yotsuya Ghost Story

Murder in a Hell of Oil

Based on a true incident, this is a timeless story of a hot-headed young man who rebels against his

Travelling Actors

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Jack the Mouse: Noda Version

Nezumi, Jack the Mouse is a Japanese urban legend. His passion for money drives a cynical, duplicito

Kokuho

Nagasaki, 1964: Following the death of his yakuza father, 15-year-old Kikuo is taken under the wing

The Lion Dance

The lion dance in traditional Japanese theatre.

Kabuki Akadō Suzunosuke

Two young swordsmen, Akado Suzunosuke and Tatsumaki Rainoshin, arrive at the city of Edo in their qu

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds c

Shaman Star

Hanbei (Arata Furuta), the boss of the labor agency Fujitsuboya is known to the underworld as the le