Eitarō Shindō Movies

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at...

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

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

1949 drama film

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

The serial killing of a samurai each night by strangulation at various temples confounds investigators and brings a chill to the residents of Edo....

A man with two identical faces challenges the wicked and lawless escaped prisoner to an unsuitable battle, intertwining with the chilling image of...

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his...

Japanese comedy film.

Fifth delivery in the Tarao Bannai series, following the "master detective with seven faces" who uses his signature disguise to solve crimes with a...

A young female president of a company who hates men and a new male employee who hates women: a one-on-one fight in which sparks fly! A cheerful youth...

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.