The Dai-bosatsu toge saga (a trilogy) is based on Kaizan Nakazatos unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to 1941). Read More »
Tag Archives: Tomu Uchida
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going Read More »
Souls in the Moonlight III (1959) Tomu Uchida
Daibosatsu Toge: Kanketsu – In this story, the third and final episode of the Trilogy Read More »
Souls in the Moonlight (1957) Tomu Uchida
Tsukue Ryunosuke is a master swordsman with an evil style, reflecting the evil in his heart. Read More »
Hero of the Red Light District / Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri (1960) Tomu Uchida, Chiezô Kataoka, Yaeko Mizutani, Isao Kimura
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Twilight Saloon / Tasogare sakaba (1955) Tomu Uchida, Shigeru Amachi, Korema Arima, Ureo Egawa
In Twilight Saloon a cast of diverse characters spend an eventful evening Read More »
The Mad Fox AKA Koiya koi nasuna koi (1962) Tomu Uchida, Hashizô Ôkawa, Michiko Saga, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white Read More »
A Hole of My Own Making AKA Jibun no ana no nakade (1955) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara
Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates Read More »
A Bloody Spear on Mount Fuji (1955) Tomu Uchida, Chiezo Kataoka, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata, Chizuru Kitagawa
A samurai travels to Edo with his two servants. On their way, they meet many people and encounter great injustice. Read More »
Policeman (1933) Tomu Uchida, Eiji Nakano, Isamu Kosugi, Taisuke Matsumoto
Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. Read More »