Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Read More »
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The Japanese Yakuza AKA Nihon kyôkaku-den (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Minoru Ôki
A timber merchant and haulage firm in late 19th century Tokyo is in trouble. Read More »
Eddoko bugyo tenka o kiru otoko AKA An Edo Magistrate (1961) Kinnosuke Nakamura, Sasaki Yasushi, Kusuo Abe, Harue Akagi, Koji Arima
When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss Read More »
The Wind, Woman and Road (1958) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Rentarô Mikuni, Satomi Oka
A chance meeting between two traveling gamblers leads to a case of mistaken identity Read More »
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu (1965) Daisuke Itô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Takahiro Tamura, Kei Yamamoto
From one of the most important forces in Japanese filmmaking, Ito Daisuke, comes the biography of the greatest Warlord in Japan’s history. Read More »
Samurai Banners (1969) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yoshiko Sakuma, Kinnosuke Nakamura
Feudal Japan, 1543 to 1562. Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a country united, peaceful from sea to sea. Read More »
The Lucky Adventurer Oda Nobunaga (1959) Toshikazu Kôno, Katsuo Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eitarô Shindô
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. Read More »
The Conspirator (1961) Daisuke Itô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Haruko Sugimura, Chiyonosuke Azuma, Action, Drama
Two hostile clans had attained an artificial understanding which includes the union of someone from every family. Read More »
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Romance
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going to be bought by a customer, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Read More »
Mabuta no haha / The Mother He Never Knew (1962) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Hiroki Matsukata, Michiyo Kogure, Drama, Action
Sanada fûunroku / Sasuke and His Comedians (1963) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe, Wataru Ômae, Comedy, Fantasy, History
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield scavenging for armour when they encounter a young boy named Sasuke with magical powers he says came from a meteor that crashed onto the Earth…Outrageous but emotionally affective, the film represents the youth culture whose causes it proclaims, taking the historical facts of the Osaka siege and the long-standing legend of the Sanada clan…
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Sen-hime to Hideyori / Lady Sen and Hideyori (1962) Masahiro Makino, Hibari Misora, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ken Takakura, Drama, History
An all-star cast led by Hibari Misora and Kinnosuke Nakamura bring this stunning historical drama to life. From the late 1500’s through the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate many battles were fought as the great warlords vied for power over the nation. Princess Sen, a daughter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, is caught amidst the family feud between the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families. When her father Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu attacks her husband Toyotomi Hideyori’s castle, her life takes a sudden turn for the worse. Will she ever find peace in her life again? One of Hibari Misora’s most memorable performances, a movie you will never forget!
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