Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought Read More »
Tag Archives: Teinosuke Kinugasa
Gate of Hell / Jigokumon (1953) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Machiko Kyô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court’s ladies in waiting disguises herself Read More »
Dedication of the Great Buddha / Daibutsu kaigen (1952) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Shinobu Araki, Kôtarô Bandô, Kazuo Hasegawa
A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Read More »
Crossroads / Jûjiro (1928) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bandô, Yukiko Ogawa
After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Read More »
A Page of Madness (1926) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Masuo Inoue, Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa
A husband picks up a job as a janitor at an insane asylum scheming all the time to be close to Read More »