Kōtarō Bandō Filmes

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Japanese drama film, originally released in two parts.

A jidaieki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.

1962 Japanese movie

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

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...

1948 Japanese movie

When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor Shamissen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the...

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

1962 Japanese movie

The story concerns the efforts of seven master swordsman who join together to protect the new inexperienced Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune from the evil...

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.