Akitake Kôno

In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war, achieving nothing because fighting on the losing side, & then beginning his long period of wandering & training, with the goal always in mind of his duel with Kojiro. Part II builds toward that great duel on Ganryu Island, with considerable focus on Musashi's planning & forethought as to how to gain an advantage.

Okatsu the Fugitive is the third film in the "Ohyaku/Okatsu" series. Okatsu; a "tomboy" who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry and actually she doesn't seem too upset about the situation. At the same time, a bunch of farmers are being slaughtered by a corrupt group running a tobacco smuggling ring. They're being investigated by a man who is documenting their crimes and when they find out about it, they torture him for information but get none. It's not long before he and Okatsu's mother wind up dead and she sets out for revenge.

Suehiro Katsuji, a prisoner of Abashiri, is sent to Shikoku to work at a dock where a fierce turf battle takes place between a local gang and the dock operator.

The tragic, yet exciting story of the friendship between Nakayama Yasubei, a member of the 47 Ronin, and Tange Tenzen, a relative by marriage of the vile Lord Kira. Remake of Hakuôki AKA Samurai Vendetta (1959).

A young girl named Oichi is abandoned by her mother and blinded by a lightning strike. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling ronin. As she develops into a master swordsman, her profession becomes that of a bounty hunter. Many test her sword and many die by her skills. She travels throughout the countryside to seek her mother and her revenge.

During the early days of the war a young student, Makito (Kazuo Funaki), falls in love with Yuko (Mayumi Ozora), the widow of a naval officer. She, however, is living with the memories of her husband and it is her younger sister, Yumiko (Nana Ozaki), who grows fond of the student. Then, one day, a young naval officer, Tadayuki (Ken Ogata), a friend of her late husband, comes to see the widow and she becomes attracted to him. Though Makito is inspired to study for the navy, he is much upset when he learns that Yuko and Tadayuki are to marry.

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

Famous for his coin tossing when capturing criminals, an Edo detective, Heiji, launches an investigation into the mysterious murder of his friend Seigoro.

Three closely associated gamblers have adventures in Yokohama, Hokkaido, and Macao. Gambling trio endure hardships to rescue Naojiro’s family.

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Blind swordsman/masseuse Zatoichi befriends a young woman looking for her father, a village leader who has disappeared. As he helps her investigate the disappearance, Zatoichi also becomes involved with another young woman who is trying to help her brother, who has murdered someone at about the same time and place as the missing man was last seen.

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.

Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, moonlights as a hostess at a bar. One of the regulars, Eiji Kitami, invites her out on a date. Still only 19, she goes along out of curiosity and ends up spending the night at a hotel where she gives herself to him. They begin a passionate love affair and move in together, after which Yoshie begins skipping work at the factory and rarely returns to her family home. Before long, Eiji’s demeanor changes and he begins to constantly ask her for money. Despite claiming to be a businessman, he is actually a local thug, and his inability to pay his dues to his gang leads him to force Yoshie into prostitution.

도와대학 검도부에서 주장을 맡고있는 고쿠분 지로는 검도에만 전신전력을 다하며 부원들을 엄격하게 대한다. 신입부원 미부는 순수한 검의 세계만을 믿는 고쿠분을 존경하고, 그의 삶의 방식을 배우려고 한다. 그러나 고쿠분의 순수함은 주위 사람들과 크고 작은 마찰을 빚는데... (한국시네마테크협의회)

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu Clan tries to raise funds by obtaining a sword which holds the key to a wondrous, hidden treasure. After learning the sword's secret, Tange Sazen sides with the Yagyu Clan, but his motive seems to be more than just pure interest in the treasure...

Gonza was a handsome young laborer, a footman and spear-carrier, working hard for his meager wage. All Gonza wanted was to marry his young sweetheart, but despite their mutual poverty, her status as the daughter of a samurai blocked their path to happiness. A chance opportunity to achieve samurai status would come one day, but Gonza will regret trusting the so-called honorable samurai who extended this fateful offer, and the terrible price he'd pay, fighting for his life in one of the most blood-spattered samurai battles ever filmed.

Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the 'Taiko' becomes the target of an assassination attempt to be carried out by the Iga Clan of ninja spies. Master spy Juzo Tsuzura (Ryutaro Otomo) is assigned the task, but first he must defeat a former Iga spy who has become a traitor, and outwit the treacherous woman that is trying to seduce him.

Hibari Misora plays a singing guide, who is secretly in love, her fortunes turn for the worse when a gangster’s henchman hears her singing and takes a liking to her beautiful voice. The trouble starts when her family borrows money from the gangsters, setting off a series of incidents which lead to tragedy.

In 1919, a group of Japanese immigrants arrives in Hawaii. Among them Yoshio Inoue and his wife Kishimo and Sumi, a young woman ready to get married soon. With the soil that is hard to work and the subtroipical climate, the immigrants have to cope with a hard life. But after years of hard work, Yoshio finds work as a teacher while his wife manages to open a small grocery store. But with the war around the corner, life becomes more and more complicated for the Japanese immigrants in a foreign country.

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a drug deal taking place at their theater.

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness. His manipulative mother adds further complications through her constant interference and attempts at defeating the Nobunaga family.

Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)

Japanese comedy film.

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.

In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed: his peace-loving father has died in what he soon finds to be mysterious circumstances, and his mother's married to his uncle, whose ruthless ambition is causing turmoil in the kingdom. Not knowing who to trust, Masato feigns madness, vowing to get to the truth, even though his act causes distress to the girl he loves, who's waited for him all these years. The ghost of his father turns up now and then to show him the way. Meanwhile a peasant revolt is brewing... It all ends tragically.

The Chase after Opium Dealers

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

Detective Tarao investigates the deaths of police officers who were involved in solving a kidnapping case.

Yagyu Jubei proves his skills in this early adventure film.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion of the famed Jidaigeki series is an amazing film, with a completely different perspective on the story from the later versions. While the international audience is more familiar with the “Sword of Doom” and “Satan’s Sword” versions of Daibosatsu Toge (The Great Bodhisattva Pass), the “Souls in the Moonlight” trilogy casts an entirely different light on Ryunosuke and his motives. Can this brutal killer be brought to justice, or is living his life as a blind wanderer a more terrible fate? His sword skills have not diminished, nor has his desire to kill!

With flashing swordwork and a terrific story, wandering gambler Kusama Hanjiro inspires the wrath of Boss Jirotaro who has been terrorizing travelers along the route through his territory. When Hanjiro steps in to gamble with him one-on-one it leads to a deadly vendetta that will show no mercy. Along the way Hanjiro is called upon to help sisters with no one else to depend on. Will the feud end in tragedy, or can the honest wanderer prevail against the bloodlust of an angry yakuza boss whom he had scarred for life?

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

세계 2차 대전 당시 대기업에서 종사하고 있는 카지는 군대에 집영되는 대신 광산에 가서 군대에 납품할 광물들을 생산하는 광산의 간부로 발탁된다. 군대 입대 때문에 하지 않으려고 했던 결혼을 하고 부인인 미치코와 함께 광산으로 간다. 양심으로 똘똘 뭉친 카지는 그곳에서 일본인에게 당하는 중국 노동자들의 생활개선과 동시에 포로로 잡혀온 중국 노동자들의 인간적인 생활을 찾아주기 위해 노력하지만 일본군과 광산의 다른 간부들과의 갈등으로 이어지고 결국 일본군에 눈 밖에 나서 군대에 입영되게 된다.

A seventh part of the series.

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.

Based on Matsumoto Seicho's classic mystery novel of the same name, the story centers around a group of detectives who are determined to find the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."

Sinza who is secretly the well known "Sea Glow Burglar", gives to the poor the money he takes from the bad lords and greedy merchants, who live just to exploit the poor for their small coins. On his travel he meets a man and his little girl Onatsu. The man gets ambushed and killed in front of his daughter, so Sinza promises the man he will take his daughter safely to their destination, so the little girl is now his responsibility. The kind, non-violent Sinza now finds himself entangled in something far bigger than he expected.

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to overthrow the shogun is set in motion and Kondo Isami and his fellow samurai must answer the call and expose those behind it.

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and times of bloodthirsty samurai, Tsukue Ryunosuke. Blinded in an explosion and further injured from a fall, the master swordsman is taken in by Otoyo, a woman who falls in love with him. Under Otoyo’s dedicated care, Ryunosuke’s physical and emotional wounds seem to heal. However, deep inside, the demons that drive him to kill yearn to resurface. Meanwhile he is being pursued by Utsugi Hyoma, a young samurai seeking to avenge his brother’s death at Tsukue’s hands. Hyoma is being aided along the way by the clever thief Shichibei.

A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity when the farmers transporting gold to the governor think they are about to be robbed as the two gamblers face off against each other swords in hand.

Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden treasure of Lord Yoshitsune. When he gives a piece of the treasure to a couple of poor but honest people so they can pay their debts, it attracts the unwanted attention of several dishonest people, such as pirates, greedy merchants and rebels. While the government is fighting a battle for power against rebels and royalists, all want the treasure by any means possible.

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling against the contradictions of feudal society.

Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.

시대는 막부. 시나가와 유곽에 위세 좋게 뛰어든 사베이지는 사실은 한 푼없는 가난뱅이다. 일해서 빚을 갚으려고 여관에 남은 사베이지는 요령 좋게 일하는 척을 한다. 친한 손님을 둘러싼 유녀들끼리의 싸움이나 밀린 돈을 받아내는 일 등, 끊임없이 일어나는 귀찮은 일들을 차례차례 해결하여 모두의 보배로, 유녀 오소메와 코하루는 완전히 마음을 빼앗기고 말았다. 장기 숙박을 하고 있는 쵸슈(長州)의 무사 다카스기 신사쿠 일당이 영국 영사관을 불태울 계획을 세우는 것을 알고 사베이지는 출입하는 목수에게 도면을 만들게 한다. 슬슬 철수하려고 여행 준비를 하는 사베이지 앞에 행방불명의 코하루를 찾는 억만장자 노인이 나타난다. 코하루는 죽었다고 거짓말을 하고 엉터리 묘지로 안내 하지만, 묘비에 새겨진 글자를 잠깐 보아도 이는 아이의 이름. 속았다고 화를 내는 노인을 무시하고 사베이지는 동해의 소나무 가로수 길을 가볍게 뛰어서 사라진다.

A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to uncover the crime of an inhumane international prostitution organization called "Japanese women's smuggling."

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

A yakuza boss and his right-hand, Hawasaki, escape from prison. the film concentrates on their relationship, emphasizing loyalty and thier eventual betrayal, enroute they get involved in money trafficking, a cop killing and horse racing scams before the inevitable tragic ending. A patch-work production.

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career soldiers gaining power and influence, they ignore the will of ex-Emperor Toba and refuse to reward the captain. Reward recommender Lord Tokinobu is punished, and the captain sends his son Kiyomori to the Lord's residence, where he falls in love with Tokiko, the Lord's daughter. Meanwhile, Kiyomori finds out that he is possibly the ex-Emperor's son... Written by L.H. Wong

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.

여행 중 인신매매범의 손에 걸려 모친과 헤어지게 된 주시오와 안주의 오누이는 호족 산쇼다유에게 팔리게 된다. 노예나 다름없게 된 이 두 사람은 중노동에 시달리면서도 모친과의 재회를 꿈꾸며 하루하루를 보낸다. 그로부터 십년 후 여전히 산쇼다유의 수용소에 갇혀있는 이들은 어느 날 새로 들어온 젊은 여인이 부르는 노래에 자신들의 이름이 들어있는 것을 알고는 깜짝 놀란다. 인신매매가 횡행하는 헤이안 시대를 배경으로 부모 자식 간의 애정 그리고 인신매매 등의 인권 문제를 그리고 있는 작품으로, 단순한 이슈로서의 사회성을 인간 조건의 비극성에까지 끌고 간 걸작이다.

Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy. (Set in the 1920's)

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato

12세기 말 가마쿠라 막부의 무장 미나모토 요시쓰네의 도피 여정을 담은 노(能) 와 가부키 의 내용을 영화로 옮긴 구로사와 아키라의 첫 시대극. 원작에는 없는 수다쟁이 짐꾼 캐릭터를 주요 인물로 첨가하여 원작의 비장함을 비틀고 있는데, 당시 인기 절정이던 코미디 배우 에노모토 겐이치가 이 짐꾼 역을 맡아 독특한 분위기를 만들어 내는 데 일조했다. 노의 합창 부분을 서양식 코러스로 편곡하는 등 일본 전통 예술을 패러디한 뮤지컬영화라 할 수도 있다. 구로사와 영화로는 드물게 1시간이 채 되지 않는 짧은 상영 시간을 가지고 있는데, 이는 태평양전쟁 말기라는 제작 상황을 반영하는 것이다. 군부의 검열이 더욱 심해지는 가운데 필름을 비롯한 제작 물자의 공급도 어려워져, 대작은 제작에 착수하는 것 자체가 불가능했다. 이 작품은 “신이 3개밖에 없어 영상과 내용이 모두 간단하다”는 이유로 먼저 촬영에 들어갈 수 있었다고 한다. 촬영지는 영화사의 뒷산이었다. 촬영 중 종전이 되어 크랭크업 무렵에는 미군들이 촬영 현장에 구경하러 오는 일도 자주 있었는데, 그중에는 구로사와가 존경해 마지않던 영화감독 존 포드도 포함되어 있었다는 에피소드가 있다. 1945년 9월 촬영이 완료되었으나, “주군에 대한 충성이라는 봉건적 사상”을 취급하고 있다는 이유로 GHQ(연합군최고사령부)에서 상영 금지 처분을 내려, 샌프란시스코 강화 조약이 체결된 후인 1952년에야 뒤늦게 개봉될 수 있었다. (한국영상자료원 - 2010 구로사와 아키라 탄생 100주년 특별전)

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The film is located to Burma. It shows the everyday problems of soldiers in contrast of their ideas and the cynicism of their commanders. Soldiers are also victims of military bullying by their commanders.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Three and a half years after Japan was bombed, the tax authorities organized the T-Men. Nango is in love with a girl called Mibu, and the two are against the T-Men organization. Mibu whats to kill all of the T-Men one-by-one.

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought some of European realism to the Japan's stage. The relationship leads to the end of his marriage and the breakup of his Arts Society. This is another version of Kenji Mizoguchi's film "The Love of Sumako the Actress" ("Joyû Sumako no koi"), from the same year. Both tells the story of the famous actress Sumako Mitsui (1886-1919), considered the first great modern theater actress in Japan. Mizoguchi himself is said to have preferred Kinugasa's version.

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

쇼와 8년(1933년), 교토대학 학생 유키에는 법학부 야기하라 교수의 딸로 부족함 없는 생활을 누리고 있다. 아버지의 제자 중 신중하고 상식을 중시하는 이토카와와 정의를 위해 투쟁하고자 하는 노게. 유키에는 대조적인 두 사람 사이에서 흔들린다. 그러던 중 자유사상을 이유로 야기하라 교수가 탄압을 받게 되고, 노게는 좌익 운동을 하다 수감된다. 수년 후 검사가 된 이토카와의 청혼을 거절하고, 유키에는 노게를 찾아가 동거를 시작한다. 노게는 반전 운동을 하다 스파이 혐의로 체포되고, 감옥에서 고문을 당해 죽고 만다. 유키에는 노게의 유골을 안고 그의 고향으로 향한다.

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

The story of an airport and its air traffic control crew in a remote and northern Japanese town. Three of the air traffic controllers are female with one of them working with her dead fiancé's sister. The engaged man had gone to war and never returned.

에도 시대, 산주산겐도 사당에서 매년 개최하는 궁술 대회는 많은 이들의 관심의 대상이다. 다이하치로의 아버지는 이 궁술 대회에서 패배한 후 스스로 목숨을 끊었고, 다이하치로는 어릴 때부터 우승을 꿈꾸며 궁술을 갈고 닦는다. 하지만 최고의 실력자 간자에몽 등 어려운 장애물이 기다리고 있다. 나루세 미키오의 첫 사극 영화.

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword and martial arts. Hozoin loses a series of matches with master swordsman Kozumi Ise-no-kami. Bitterly ashamed, Hozoin embarks on a journey, trying to perfect his skills. A few years later, Hozoin is ready and it's time for the ultimate showdown with Ise-no-kami!

전작에서 5년의 시간이 흐른 메이지 20년(1887년). 히가키 겐노스케와 대결한 후 더 큰 깨달음을 얻기 위해 여행을 떠났던 스가타 산시로는 어린 인력거꾼을 괴롭히는 미국 선원을 유도로 제압한다. 그 모습을 지켜보던 미대사관 직원이 산시로에게 접근해 대사관에서 열리는 권투 대 유도 시합에 출전해 보라고 권한다. 돈이 오가는 오락일 뿐인 야만적인 시합 모습에 질린 산시로는 권유를 단칼에 거절하고 도장으로 돌아온다. 곧이어 겐노스케의 동생들인 뎃신과 겐자부로가 산시로를 타도하고자 찾아오는데, 고민하던 산시로는 도장의 규율을 어기고 대결에 임하기로 한다.

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their torpedo techniques. Mikami is posted as a staff officer at a base on an island in the Pacific. Kawakami and Murakami later joins him as the base squardron is reinforced. The enemy task force approaches the island and all three of them attack the fleet, killing themselves in the process.

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he is visiting to arrange an engagement for his friend who has been drafted to fight in the war.

태평양전쟁 말기인 1944년. 전국 각지의 공장에서 군수 증산 운동이 시작된다. 정밀병기에 쓰이는 렌즈를 생산하는 동아과학에서도 남자는 100%, 여자는 50%의 증산 목표가 발표된다. 남자의 반이라는 목표에 자존심이 상한 여자 공원들은 스스로 목표치를 3분의 2로 높인다. 조장 와타나베 쓰루를 중심으로 여자들은 생산 증가를 위해 온 힘을 모아 노력하지만 얼마 안 가 피로가 누적되며 오해와 반목으로 무리가 생기기 시작한다. 하지만 상사들의 따뜻한 보살핌과 동료들 간의 이해를 통해 공원들의 결속은 더욱 강해지고, 그들의 노력 역시 보답을 받는다.

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the pressure of the war had led the government to shorten the training and expand the age range of the recruits. Yokaren was highly selective, and thus an object of great fascination and desire for boys and young men. In this Navy–sponsored film, Setsuko Hara plays the daughter of a family that often entertains recruits on their days off—a surrogate sister to many trainees. Her fragile younger brother aspires to join the program, but is rejected. With perseverance and much support from Hara and their mother, he surmounts his weaknesses and becomes a flier.

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new form of self-defence: Judo. The main character is based on Shiro Saigo, a legendary judoka.

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa. Didn't find anything about it online, but Takizawa was a well-regarded director in his time. Akira Kurosawa worked as A.D. on several of his films.