Akitake Kōno Movies

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

The story is set in a rural village, where the village mayor gives a speech at the local community center as a theater troupe visits the village for...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

The Chase after Opium Dealers

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts.

While performing in Kanazawa, the renowned water-trick artist Taki no Shiraito falls deeply in love with a young student, Murakoshi Kinya. Determined...

A young yakuza who respects obligation and humanity must face cruel and heartless turf wars leading to a fight to the death with his own brother.

Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden...

Escaping the hustle and bustle of Edo, the Young Lord came to Oshima Island in Izu to take a vacation. Unexpectedly, the island's boss, Amimoto, was...

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato

Japanese comedy film.

From birth Hideyoshi was a restless, defiant spirit--a child of the poorest of the poor. Cast out of his peasant cottage, he would live by his wits,...