Akitake Kōno Movies

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Saotome Mondonosuke pursues the culprit who placed a malicious curse upon Shogun Tsunekichi.

Playhouse employees Okimi and Otoshi become involved in an undercover officer’s investigation of a gang when they accidentally walk in on a...

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

Detective Morgan and the Japanese police cooperate to unveil the truth of the mysterious death of Morgan’s friend in Arizona.

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

In 1730, the Tokugawa Shogunate orders the Yagyu Clan to repair a huge shrine. Since it cannot refuse the Shogunate's request, the impoverished Yagyu...

A Dead Drifter / Hyoryû shitaî

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword...

The action of this historical drama takes place against the background of poverty and hunger in the city of Edo and depicts young people rebelling...

Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.

The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his...

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.