Sōji Kiyokawa Movies

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susumu Fujita

The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

10th film in the series about Lord Mito. This time, Lord Mito uncovers a conspiracy in Naruto.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Yoshitsune Minamoto, disguised with his retinue as monks, must make do with a comical porter as their guide through hostile territory en route to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Akitsu

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

Genre: History

Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets...

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Cast: Susumu Fujita

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

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Cast: Hideko Takamine

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

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Cast: Ken Uehara

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yūji Hori

In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Ronin Sasaki Kojiro pursues his ultimate goal of becoming a master swordsman. Along the way he encounters another great swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi.

Genre: History

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

Kondo Isami, the “Devil” commander of the Shinsengumi was one of Japan’s greatest national heroes and a peerless swordsman who...

Genre: History

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Part one of two.

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Cast: Den Obinata

1962 Japanese movie

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace amidst disruption over an inheritance...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Ryō Hagiwara movie

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Cast: Kanjūrō Arashi

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

9th directorial work by Yamamoto Satsuo.

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Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sadao Maruyama

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats.

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Sentarō Fushimi

2nd film in the Eight Brave Brothers trilogy

Genre: Horror

Cast: Sentarō Fushimi

9th film in the series about Lord Mito

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Fifth film in the 'Travels of Lord Mito' franchise.

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hisako Yamane

Tasuke stumbles across Kokichi, a distraught man whom having lost his fiancee to Lord Kawakatsu is ready to commit suicide. Tasuke learns that...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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...

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

The first part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

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Cast: Hibari Misora

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died in the Battle of Hong Kong.

Genre: War

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The second part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

The final, third part of an entertaining historical drama depicting the eventful story of the revenge of an actor with a strange fate, with a variety...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takako Irie

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

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...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Hibari Misora

Japanese drama film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susumu Fujita

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yataro Kurokawa

Japanese film.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

As a result of a superstitious belief that twins bring bad luck to the family, newborn twin princesses are separated. Yukihime, who was sent away to...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hibari Misora

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Uehara

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Roppa Furukawa

When Katsukawa, a low ranking vassal, learns that his greedy superior, Tatewaki, has hatched a plan to expand his territory, he and his comrades...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword...

Genre: Action

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

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Cast: Fujiko Fukamizu

The film was produced during Second Sino-Japanese War, before the Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941. The film mainly concerns the training of...

Genre: War

Cast: Susumu Fujita

Young men endure challenging flight training in the Yokaren, a program feeding new pilots into the Army and Navy. By the time of the filming, the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Setsuko Hara

A 1942 film.

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Genre: War

Cast: Joji Oka

When Boss Juzo's Shinmachi Yakuza family struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries, Boss Shohei's Okabe Yakuza family with a merciless gang of...

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader....

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honourable side of himself, and maybe some form...

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw.

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Cast: Yataro Kurokawa

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ennosuke Ichikawa

Kataoka Chiezo stars as Murasaki Zukin, a mysterious hero of the people who helps those in need. Now under the rule of the evil Tanuma, the people...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari...

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Cast: Hibari Misora

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

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Genre: History

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. He was the second son of Oda Nobuhide, a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

In the midst of the warring age, a young samurai Kyonosuke defies his former lord Hojo Ujikatsu in order to avenge his parents’ deaths.

Genre: Action

Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

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Cast: Sentarō Fushimi

The mysterious black hooded man, Kurozukin, helps transport funds raised to fight against the government.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

1930s Japanese film.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ranko Hanai

Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He...

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Den Obinata

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A mysterious coin found at a murder scene stirs the curiosity of young actress detective Oshichi and her brother Hyoma, who set out on a private...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hibari Misora

In the mist of the warring age (Sengoku Era), the Kyushu based Hayato Clan is faced with a monumental battle to determine their survival.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

The conclusion of the story of famed swordsman, Sasaki Kojiro. After surviving a series of daring adventures, Kojiro seems to have finally discovered...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiyonosuke Azuma

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kingorō Yanagiya

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

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...

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Cast: Ureo Egawa

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

Genre: History

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

While on the road, famed Yakuza Boss Jirocho is falsely accused of starting a peasant's uprising and chased by the law. Meanwhile, one of his...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

During a time of war, Lord Ogata is betrayed by two of his closest vassals and killed by his enemy, Sarashina Danjo. Ten years later, Lord Ogata's...

Genre: Action

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

It is presumed to be a lost film.

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Cast: Isuzu Yamada

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Susumu Fujita

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Katsuhiko Haida

With his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning with youthful passion, the eleven students felt...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yataro Kurokawa

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money —...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukiko Todoroki

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the...

Genre: Action

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

Kinnosuke of Toyama sets out on a private mission to clear his father’s name for a crime he did not commit.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Kinnosuke Nakamura

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

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Cast: Ryutaro Otomo

A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute"...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Jidaigeki from 1940

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Part two of two.

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Cast: Den Obinata

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ureo Egawa

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Japanese historical film.

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Sō Yamamura

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kamatari Fujiwara

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Yoshiko Fujita

A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's second daughter who has an insecure bone...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kotaro Satomi

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ryō Ikebe