Kōichi Katsuragi Movies

For nearly 300 years, Japan had been hermetically sealed to the outside world. When, in that pivotal year of 1854, the American Admiral Perry took...

A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a...

Chiezo Kataoka plays a cowardly samurai, whose honor is on the line when it becomes necessary to avenge the murder of his father. The culminating...

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A whirlwind sweeps through Takadanobaba. The familiar fighter Yasubei stuns the city of Edo in this exhilarating tale of swordsmanship and human...

Martial Arts Encyclopedia

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...

1945 Japanese movie

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

Directed by Minoru Murata.

A traveling gambler becomes duty-bound to the wife and child of the yakuza he had slain and desires to leave the criminal life for good. However,...

The heroic warrior uses his magical powers and great sword skills to battle a criminal gang who all wear devil outfits.

1947 Japanese movie