Kunitaro Sawamura Movies

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the...

The movie is about a man who started a brothel to make money out of his poor circumstances in the late Meiji period.

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

Ryō Hagiwara movie

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge...

Fourth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...

Japanese film.

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

Japanese drama film.

Based on the comic by Machiko Hasegawa

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a...