Kōtarō Bandō Movies

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

1962 Japanese movie

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...

Young girl Kichiza searches for her missing brother and the person responsible for the death of her parents.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the police. In the mean time, an innocent man is...

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

The first work in the series "Cases of An Actor in Disguise" starring Kokichi Takada, based on the original work of Tatsuro Jinde. Kasumi Ippei is a...

1959 Japanese film.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

The stormy tale of the Shinsengumi is told from its birth by master filmmaker Sasaki Yasushi, with an all-star cast based on the original story by...

The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of...

A story about a tomboy, Otoshi, who is good at singing, dancing and fencing.

1961 Japanese movie

Second sequel to Saiyuki (1952)

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...