Tomoemon Otani

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.

남편과 사별한 후 하츠코는 교토에서 혼자 힘으로 유곽을 꾸려 나간다. 외동딸 유키코는 도쿄의 음악학교에서 공부하고 있다. 그런데 약혼한 지 얼마 되지 않았던 유키코가 돌연 자살을 시도하고, 놀란 하츠코는 도쿄로 달려가 유키코를 집으로 데려온다. 하츠코는 마음에 두었던 젊은 의사 마토바에게 유키코의 치료를 부탁한다. 상심해 있던 유키코는 마음이 통하는 마토바와 점점 더 가까워진다.

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

1953 Hiroshi Inagaki movie.

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who has killed the man who was Okuni’s husband and Gohei’s master, and they cannot return to their lord’s home until they have fulfilled their duty of hunting down and killing Tomonojo.

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1951 Japanese movie

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.