Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Fujikawa

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Kogure

Eiko seeks out Miyoharu, a geisha, and asks to be her apprentice. When she is ready to receive clients, both women want the right to refuse certain...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Kogure

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Machiko Kyō

A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rieko Sumi

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

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Cast: Shusuke Agata

A young delinquent wants to avenge his sister from a college student who abandoned her after leaving her pregnant. To do this, he decides to seduce...

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Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

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With plenty of action, and a strong story about the growth and development of an expert swordsman, who just happens to be from an extremely...

Genre: Action

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

While on his journey through the countryside of Japan, Shingo encounters many people whose lives have been affected by his actions. Though the many...

Genre: Action

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.

Genre: Action

Cast: Minoru Chiaki

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

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

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Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

A lost film directed by Mori Kazuo.

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Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Machiko Kyō

A young scriptwriter with a yakuza upbringing, an iron-fire dancer, a young painter, and a pure-hearted downtown girl fall in love in Asakusa in this...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Koji Tsuruta

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Hibari Misora

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiyo Kogure

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local...

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Machiko Kyō

This film is about the curse of a jealous woman destroying the lovers on the run.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Eiji Nakano

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jun Negami

The first of five Musashi series, Shinobu and her brother Genichiro plead with the famous swordsman Musashi Miyamoto to teach them swordsmanship to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

A demon-faced monster seeking revenge appears in the forms of a gigantic ox and a huge spider! The young Genji warrior protects the Fujiwara Clan and...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shizuko Mori

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tatsuo Saitō

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shūji Sano

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mie Hama

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

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Cast: Mariko Okada

1962 Japanese movie

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Cast: Mariko Okada

1948 Japanese movie

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Cast: Ichirō Ryūzaki

1954 Japanese movie

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Cast: Machiko Kyō

1961 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Two sisters, Kyoko and Hisako, run a restaurant in Kyoto. But an incident with the latter's fiancé puts their relationship, and the future of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shiho Fujimura

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

1939 Japanese movie

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Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Young Sentaro struggles to avenge the murder of his younger sister Osuga and their father.

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Cast: Hibari Misora

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

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Cast: Ayako Wakao

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

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Cast: Kōkichi Takada

A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fumiko Yamaji

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Genre: History

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Kawaguchi

These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite...

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Cast: Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular...

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Cast: Hashizo Okawa

Hikaru Genji, the haunted romantic hero of Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s “Genji Monogatari” (Tale of Genji) comes to life in this new...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Kiyone Sakurai, an apprentice swordmaker makes a sword for his guardian, Kozaemon Onoda. Onoda breaks the sword while defending his lord which...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto

Genre: Drama

Cast: Den Obinata

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ayako Wakao

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ayako Wakao

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Cast: Aiko Mimasu

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yuko Asano

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.

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Cast: Ichijirō Oya

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tadashi Date

Genre: Mystery

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

Genre: Drama

Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

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Cast: Raizō Ichikawa

After Aoi Shingo, the illegitimate son of Shogun Yoshimune has gained prominence as the finest swordsman in the land, he tries to lead a peaceful...

Genre: History

Cast: Hashizo Okawa

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Cast: Utaemon Ichikawa

A film commemorating the 25th anniversary of Hibari Misora's performing career. Written by Matsutaro Kawaguchi for Hibari Misora to celebrate her...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hibari Misora

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. ...

Genre: Action

Cast: Toshirō Mifune

The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

Genre: Action

Cast: Tomoyuki Kunihiro

Genre: Drama

Cast: Hiroshi Akitsu

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Cast: Keiko Hibino

A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Miyuki Kuwano

A 1961 film directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda.

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Cast: Shintarō Katsu

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the...

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Cast: Ayako Wakao