Movies

In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka Shōko, at a high school. As Yasuko confronts...

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

A film adaptation of the María Luz Incident from the early Meiji period that sparked widespread public debate.

A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

Ito Daisuke's wartime retelling of the Miyamoto Musashi story.

Third in the Nage utasamon series

The film adaptation of the famous tragic love story of the young samurai Shirai Gonpachi and the beautiful courtesan Komurasaki.

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

This gripping historical drama depicts a clash of swordsmen, secret government spies, mysterious thieves, robbers and roving samurai who want to take...

Saburo Kitajima, one of Japan’s most famous Enka singers, returns in the fifth of the Kyodai Jingi series. During the early 20th century, Ryuji...

On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at...

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

1945 Japanese movie