Movies: Sōji Kiyokawa

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu plate for 100 ryo. When, of all occasions, Yokogawa Dewa came to visit and asked to see the Gosu pla...

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A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society. Considered a lost film....

1930s Japanese film....

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

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film....

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As his clan’s new leader, Tadayuki, becomes increasingly militant in his opposition to the Tokugawa shogun...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost....

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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 rescue them....

Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He promised that his love was no passing infatuation & she would never suffer for it. She resisted his ch...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki....

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family....

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2nd film in the Eight Brave Brothers trilogy...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki....

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô....

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In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her beloved cat takes revenge by becoming an incarnation of the cat....