Shōzō Nanbu Filmes

The Color Print of Edo is a 1939 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Kazuo Mori. It is a cheerful period...

A story about Ômura Masujirô

In the first two films we learn the character's origins, including his childhood and how he learned his fighting skills. Later, he must face his...

Near the end of the shogunate in Japan, Katsura Shogoro and his fellow samurai from the southwestern domain of Choshu enter the dojo of Saito Yakuro,...

First of nine films based on the novel. The first live-action adaptation focuses on the origins of how Akadô Suzunosuke learned his skills as a...

Second in the Nage Utasamon series

It is brother against brother in this tale of love and betrayal within the famed Yagyu clan. In one of their earliest films together, superstars...

1945 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of Mori's 1942 original movie

On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she's a ghost, he becomes...

Police investigate a series of mysterious murders where the only clue is a strange buzzing noise at the scene of the crime.

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of...

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.

A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and...

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Princess Kiyo accidentally injures a local priest, Anchin, while on a hunt. She apologizes, but feels irritated by Anchin’s indifference to her...