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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...
Genpei the Carp
In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences...
The 47 Ronin
A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
A Page of Madness
Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki
The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.
Tôribêyama shinjû
First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...
Benten kozo
Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen
A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke
Two Lanterns
A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.
The Living Magoroku
Shinzaemon has been Sukeroku’s enemy ever since Sukeroku fought and defeated gangs from Shinzaemon’s group at a Kabuki theatre over...
Kurotegumi Sukeroku
Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...
Sumida River
Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This...
Chutaro of Banba
A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
A Mother's Love
A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.
Nogitsune Sanji
富士に立つ退屈男
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...
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...
Mr. Shosuke Ohara
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
An Actor's Revenge
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...
The Loyal 47 Ronin
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...
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
Period film from 1934.
With a Single Sword Bale
A young vassal is betrayed by his corrupt lord.
Kagaribi