Movies

[Period covered: 1582-1594]. As the film opens, the warlod Nobunaga Oda rides to Iga Ayanokuni shrine. He is asked if he thinks he has destroyed all...

Japanese comedy film.

Yoso is truly a lost classic, set in the Nara Era (710-794), from Kinugasa Teinosuke the same writer/director who gave us the recognized classic Gate...

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a...

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases,...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

On February 4th of the 16th year of the Genroku era, Yatō Uemon no Shichi reminisces while waiting his turn for seppuku at the Mizuno residence....

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil...

When a theater producer Kurato is murdered in the audience on opening night, Inspector Kawano investigates the prop pistols used on stage, but all...

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

Period drama based on the novel by Saisei Murō.

Japanese war drama.