Denjirō Ōkōchi Movies

With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took...

Ninja film by Tai Kato

1949 Japanese movie

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

A thrilling jidaigeki features a diverse cast of characters and depicts the showdown between Jakoneko, a woman seeking to overthrow the shogunate,...

Silent Japanese film.

When an altercation with a gangster forces Kikutaro to leave Edo, he is sent by his father to Hamamatsu to find a better direction in life. However,...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Counselor Mito and his companions departed from Mito to see Kikutaro, a young lord of the shogun family, who became the new lord of Shirataka castle...

A Japanese silent film