Old Woman
After accidentally causing the death of an old lady, Zatoichi tries to do right by buying the lady’s daughter’s freedom from a brothel - but this causes more problems than solves them.
dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Ohatsu
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
Gantaro Path
Osen
Jirokichi the Rat is wanted in Edo for robbing the mansions of the rich. While on the run, he falls for Osen, a girl who has been sold to a brothel by her criminal brother, Nikichi. When he goes to find Nikichi, Jirokichi immediately falls for Okino, a poor girl who is also under threat from Nikichi.
Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.
Geisha Ayoshi
Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating duel takes place on a night of fireworks.
A Japanese silent film
Silent Japanese film.
Oiwa
An adaptation of The Ghost of Yotsuya
Silent Japanese film.
Silent Japanese film.