Ryutaro Nagai

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's...

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.

1940 Japanese movie

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Japanese film.

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

During a battle against Destron's forces, Shiro Kazami helps a priest who has been attacked by the evil organization's kaijin Hasami-Jaguar. Little...

Japanese drama.

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple.

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance...

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

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

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Period film from 1934.