Movies: Sōji Kiyokawa

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The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of characters and exciting developments....

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he is visiting to arrange an engagement for his friend who has been drafted to fight in the war....

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...

1963 Toei film....

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the latter man's daughter (Setsuko Hara) who is both beautiful and aggressive. Yet, he picks a woman who is ...

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô....

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

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

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief...

A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's second daughter who has an insecure bone in her body and ponders a day when the good times might end. Then one day the family-owned company g...

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa....

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao...

After getting permission to dig up the pawnbroker's grave, Young lord samurai was surprised to find the body was missing, as was the Gosu plate. He had a suspect in mind, and was able to use him to learn of the pawnbroker's hideout and try to piece t...

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo....

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief...

Kyoto in the third year of Bunkyu. --Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi, and the group around him spend their days and nights having fun in Gion and Shimabara, squandering precious military funds, and even robbing townspeople of money and val...

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