Movies: Shojiro Ichikawa

A classic wartime jidaigeki about the life of the famous samurai and first of the "Great Unifiers" of Japan, Oda Nobunaga, with Kataoka Chiezo and Shimura Takashi...

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film like the other two is similar in tone and spirit to the Yamanaka Tange Sazen film and would appeal to f...

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios...

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushin...

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

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi...

Based on the old tale of Jiraiya, this 1937 version is essentially a revenge story with fantastic visuals....

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....

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto....

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima Yasoemon, lost his face in front of people. It was a revenge by Oono, a karo (minister) who lost his chance to earn money by selling a fake antique t...