Ryutaro Otomo Movies

Umon’s services are called upon when innocent bystanders, Kayo and Minokichi, along with the ronin, Gontaro are mistakenly identified as...

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

A fellow member of the company named Hanjiro tells Koharu, an actress in a traveling theatrical troupe, about a keepsake folding fan that his lost...

Tale of tragic love between samurai and princess during Heian period.

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Wandering swordsman Kanbei, parading through town with a sign that reads "Seeking fights, selling my life cheap." One day, he receives a request from...

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

1954 Japanese movie

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Third and last movie in the Yakuza Hijoshi trilogy.

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular...

This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and...

The story of an unusual friendship between a vagabond, masterless samurai and a magistrate.

1962 Japanese movie