Akira Kishii Movies

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

The film tells the story of a young nobleman who finds himself alone in the midst of turmoil in his 70,000 koku estate, where he is surrounded by his...

Bored Hatamoto film #17

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

Hide-chan (Hideko Takamine) and her family are on a trip to Tokyo. While visiting a fairground, a pickpocket (Kamatari Furukawa) steals the father's...

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a...

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

Musical film

Airline captain saves passengers from a brutal murderer on a plane during four hours of terror.

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

Part one of two.

Tai Kato's first film directed at Toei.

1954 Japanese movie

An early Tōhō salaryman musical.

Based on the comic by Ichio Matsushita

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named...

1960 Toei film