Momonosuke Ichikawa Movies

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei’s duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in...

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

A dashing edition with fights , love, and laughter, in which the sorrows and joys of the guiltless world are colored by the guiltless travel crow,...

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

1955 Japanese movie

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...

A young lord lives against the will of his father Lord Tokugawa.

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

A Tokugawa Daimyo rebels against an his lord after the battle of Sekigahara. Samurai Matabei, a famous spear fighter and warrior, is a vassal of lord...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

Master swordsman and loyal vassal Saotome Mondonosuke goes on a mission to find a missing princess.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.