Acting
Japanese film.
A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom.
The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass
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The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family.
A film adaptation of the story “Gonzo and Sukejū” from a new perspective.
The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after seppuku by its lord Asano Takumi-no-kami and the termination of his family's power. This is the first film of the Ako Castle trilogy.
The first film produced by Daiei.
Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza.
1930s Japanese film.
Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.
Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi
A jidaigeki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.
A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.
A 16-year-old boy is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single night with the young man and teach him the pleasures of the flesh, out of motherly mercy and desire. However, the following day, a newly issued official decree changes everything...
