Kinnosuke Takamatsu Movies

Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo's kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata (a male actor who plays female roles). But hidden behind the placid...

1961 Japanese movie

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

Sixth film in the ‘Travels of Lord Mito’ franchise.

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

This adaptation of a Hideji Hojo novel, about the historical uprising of the Kuroda clan in 1633, is told through the eyes of retainer, Daizen. As...

During the Age Of Wars (Sengoku Era), Tokugawa Ieyasu and Toyotomi Hideyoshi are vying for power and each uses their secret weapons in order to try...

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

A sadistic Daimyo (feudal lord) rapes a woman and murders both her and her husband, but even when one of his own vassals commits suicide to bring...

An Edo appointed official Baba must ensure the safe delivery of shogunate funds to Kyoto.

1954 Japanese movie

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...

Gombei is Nameless, a wanderer who is skilled with a sword and has a great sense of humor, who tries to save the good people of the Kiso Valley, he...

Japanese horror movie from 1955.