Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

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...

1945 Japanese movie

Magistrate Ooka and a samurai fight against evil forces.

Bored Hatamoto film #9

A story about Ômura Masujirô

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...

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the...

Bored Hatamoto film #6