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Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.
Hotta Hayato
Directed by Mansaku Itami.
Professional Killer
Yataro's Hat - Comings and Goings
Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.
Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki
Hiroshi Inagaki's first movie.
Tenka taiheiki
A captivating operetta by Masahiro Makino based on Juppensha Ikku's humorous novel "Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige" starring Chiezo Kataoka and...
Yaji And Kita's Traveling Diary
Film about Japanese ghost story Banchō Sarayashiki.
Shin Sarayashiki
“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven...
The Skull Coin
Silent jidaigeki film
Miyamoto Musashi
Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
The 26 Martyrs of Japan
Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao
Mito Komon - The Secret Letter
Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...
Mito Komon - The Bloody Swords
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.
The Elegant Swordsman
An adventurer and two accomplices unexpectedly invite themselves to a sword tournament and are offered a job with the lord who organized the...
Capricious Young Man
Date Mosui, a young samurai, one day gets a scolding from a nameless ronin that sets him thinking about what life is all about and his ways of...
The Wandering Gambler
A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.
Akanishi Kakita
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...
The Greatest Man in the World
Gantaro Path
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