Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Bored Hatamoto film #8

Four thousand gold coins were stolen from the vault of Nijo Castle in Kyoto, which were collected as a tax to the shogun. The guard of Nijo castle...

Sugimoto Gonkuro is travelling along from Tosa to Edo. On his journey he will meet both good and bad people.

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa...

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

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.