Michiko Saga
Nascimento : 1935-03-01, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Morte : 1992-08-19
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
A young drifter and a precocious sixteen years old girl slowly form a bond in a small town haunted by its wartime past.
Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.
Second delivery in the "Yakuza Hijoshi" series. The protagonist, played by Ando Noboru, is torn between the organization and his old friends.
Shiho
Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...
Yumi
Two convicts just released from prison find a green bauble filled with diamonds — and try to prove they didn't steal it.
Orin
Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple -- or save -- a mighty Clan, and while the swords of some angry samurai may not cause Kyoshiro much trouble, the deadly wiles of two women may be more difficult to survive!
Ebina Ginko
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...
The womanising master of a run-down dojo hires an unemployed samurai to make himself look good instead of learning the skills himself. He lives to regret this laziness when he falls in love with the daughter of a higher class samurai and is informed on their wedding night that he must defeat her before their marriage can be consumated....
Sakiko
The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.
Sakaki no mae / Kuzu no ha / Vixen
A court fortune-teller loses his mind after a conspiracy leads to the death of his lover. Hope appears to be on the horizon after he becomes romantically involved with his dead lover’s twin sister, but more complications arise thanks to a chance encounter with a clan of shape-shifters.
Soko Mishima
An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.
Ono
The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at the temple Honnoji. Historically, the general Akechi Mitsuhide is credited with causing Nobunaga's downfall. Kato's novel focuses on Mitsuhide's nephew Samanosuke, who fought alongside his uncle during the assault on Honnoji.
Japanese crime film
1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo
Tatsuo Osone movie
Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.
An entertainment movie featuring familiar faces of Toyama no Kin-san, Nezumi Kozo, Yaji Kita, and others who traveled around the Tokaido. Written and directed by Kunio Watanabe. A group of samurai rushed into the Sakura Opera Troupe in the mountain village, chasing a young woman named Chiyohime who was promoting dancing around Edo Asakusa area. Suri Nao and Kinshiro Toyama was there and saved her. Meanwhile, the samurai asked the acquaintance Nezumi Kozo Jirokichi to find her. Jirokichi visited Kinshiro 's house, and found her there…
The Undefeated Woman
Kayoko Kamiya
Japanese romantic comedy film.
Oshin
Ishimatsu is strong in fights, but weak in relationships with women and enjoys great popularity among them, and we see how an exciting historical drama about love, enmity and friendship is played out.
Omasa
Classic kaidan ghost story from the Edo period
Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majestic Mount Akagi.
Oura
Akitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned to Itako, his hometown, where the Ayame Festival was approaching, for the first time in five years. His late father's brother, Sutezo, who took off his waraji, runs a small prostitute with only one child, Sutematsu. In addition, only Shigezaburo, who left a mark in the middle wind, was ill-mannered by Inomatsu. Akitaro was accompanied by a daughter named Omitsu on the way to here, but she was Ura's younger sister who works at Fujikura's house, and the villagers worked on the fifty cars to meet her critically ill father.
Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
After killing the deceiver, the Masa gambler comes to Ina. There is a horse market in Ina, and the landowner Tamegoro, plans to steal the proceeds from the sale. Tamegoro steals money and blames the Masa for this crime. Masa has to go on the run, because now he is wanted for a crime that he did not commit...
Omitsu
Neste terceiro filme da Trilogia do Samurai de Hiroshi Inagaki (baseado no livro "Musashi" de Eiji Yoshikawa), Musashi (Toshirô Mifune) é desafiado pelo confiante e habilidoso Sasaki Kojiro (Koji Tsuruta), com o qual duelará dentro de um ano. Neste período decide viver nos arredores de uma vila cultivando legumes, enquanto ainda é perseguido por Otsu (Kaoru Yachigusa) e Akemi (Mariko Okada), ambas apaixonadas por ele. Conforme a data do duelo se aproxima, Musashi é forçado a tomar uma decisão que concilie ou não seus sentimentos por Otsu e sua paixão pelo caminho do guerreiro, ao mesmo tempo que se prepara para o maior desafio de sua vida.
This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the director, Eisuke Takizawa, together with the writers, formed a scenario writer group "Narutaki-gumi and they shot many historical masterpieces.
Japanese film.
In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.
An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama.
Ninja film by Tai Kato
Kazuko Yoshino
Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.