Undercurrent

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and

A Geisha

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu,

Hoodlum Soldier and the C.O.

170 Leagues to Edo

Drunken Harbor

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

Conflagration

Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golde

Sōran wataridori

1962 Japanese movie

The Magical Warrior

Rikitaro and Osayo are popular entertainers who throw knives. They are sweethearts. At one day They

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

Samurai Save The Virgin

A gripping historical drama full of suspense and a mysterious bewitching mood. A puzzle of a turbule

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

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

Clothes of Deception

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist boar

Sisters of Gion

The Grand Master

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m

A Spectacular Murder

When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano invest

Long Swords of the Loyal Forty-Seven

The Thieves' Who's Who

In the book of the world's greatest rogues, the number one man can only be one person.

Sansho the Bailiff

In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled y

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his b

Gate of Hell

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a vio

The Ghost Cat of Ouma Crossing

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji

Bored Hatamoto film #8

Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance

Official Shogunate executioner Ogami Itto has been framed for disloyalty to the Shogunate by the Yag

An Osaka Story

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji

Zatoichi the Fugitive

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local

The Gambler's Code

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds

Satan's Sword

The Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy is based on Kaizan Nakazato's unfinished long series of novels (41 book

Assignment Cloud

A sequel to the popular "The School of Spies", this film continues the adventures of one of the grad

The Daring Nun

One of the nuns at Senjuan is Sister Shunko (Michiyo Yasuda). Unlike the usual nun, however, she oft

The Temple of Wild Geese

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple i

Sworn Brothers

Ichikawa Raizo’s last film. He plays a Yakuza enforcer who kills a man on his boss's orders. He’s th

Bamboo Doll of Echizen

Kisuke, a young bamboo worker marries Tomoe, a geisha who was once involved with Kisuke's late fathe

Shinsengumi Chronicles

As winds of change sweep Japan, an honest man joins the Shinsengumi out of admiration for its leader

The Fencing Master

The Fencing Master tells the story of a man trying to survive as the only world he knows is becoming

Buddha

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of mo

The Woman in the Rumor

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, ru

Blood End

Sentaro is been severely beaten for his defiance of the government and the high taxes during a time

Zatoichi the Outlaw

When a local gambling house kidnaps some peasants because they failed to pay their debts, a rival ga

The Hoodlum Priest

The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to

Zatoichi's Vengeance

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no ide

Taira Clan Saga

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba

Secret of Naruto

From the pen of Yoshikawa Eiji comes this exciting story. The Naruto Strait separates Tokushima from

On the Road Forever

A wandering gambler strolls into a village searching for his father's killer, unaware that the villa

Matashirō Fighting Journey

Migratory Birds of the Flowers

Fighting Letter for 29 People

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the

Oniisan to oneesan

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

The Curse of the Ghost

About 1786 the doings of a demented lord results in many masterless samurai, including Iyemon (Kei S

Banchō sarayashiki

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Zenigata Heiji torimono hikae: madara hebi

刑事部屋

The Radiant Prince

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji

Maiko monogatari

The Tower of Nanzenji aka Return to Manhood

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi

Sound in the Mist

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma

Nage Utasamon sanban tegara: Fukumen dokurotai

Third in the Nage utasamon series

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s