Masao Hori Movies

This remake of Satomi Hakkenden is the most requested of all Toei movies and features some of the greatest special effects ever filmed. Set in the...

Jidaigeki film from 1960

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they...

A high-ranking yakuza rises to national notoriety.

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

The first part of the series of films based on the Japanese epic novel Nanso Satomi Hakkenden by Kyokutei Bakin

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo.

The head clerk of a decorative shop that captivates Edo girls with goods from the Nanban trade is murdered. The weapon used is a Western longsword....

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many...

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato.

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

In this tale of bravery and honor among the roving gamblers of old Japan, the heroic Jirocho, Boss of the Tokaido is called upon to help a young...