During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt government and end the bloodshed between the Choshu and Satsuma clans which would ultimately lead to the alliance of these 2 clans and restoration of the emperor to full power. Based on the play that made Sawada Shojiro famous, this is the story of Tsukigata Hanpeita, a forward looking samurai from Choshu, who along with Katsura Kogoro and Sakamoto Ryoma of Tosa worked to bring their dream of a new era in Japan.
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.
En el Tokyo de 1885, Kikunosuke Onoue, hijo de un importante actor, descubre, desolado, que es aplaudido únicamente por ser el heredero de su padre y que, en realidad, el público se mofa de sus interpretaciones. La única persona que se atreve a ser sincera con él es Otoku, la niñera de los hijos de su hermano. pero precisamente por ello es despedida, y a Kikunosuke le prohiben verla por temor a los rumores que se desatarían por su relación con una sirvienta.
dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Hikobei
Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is arrested as the murderer and chaos ensues. Pre-war jidaigeki film.
Town official
An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.
In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the local lord and substitute his own "heir", an orphan, in order to get control of the late lord's estate and rule as the impostor's "regent". However, a mysterious stranger appears and sets out to thwart the magistrate's plans and free the people from his oppressive rule.
