Movies: Kanjūrō Arashi

Taikoki is a legendary biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who rose to the office of taikō. And the story of this film is about the rise to power of Toyotomi Hideyoshi from a farmer's son....

Japanese film....

“Dokuro sen” (The Skull Coin) is the first film adaptation of the popular novel by Kikuo Sumita. The story evolves around the seven cursed coins (the Skull Coin) that are supposed to reveal the secrets of the hidden Tokugawa treasure....

Beginning of the Showa era, Takasaki City in Joshu (Gunma Province). Gambler Inufushi Yoichi continues to lose at Takamasa's gambling house. The authoritative female gambler Ai gives him money and advises him to think seriously about his life. She ha...

Based on Ito Hajime's original story, this is the seventh installment in the "Bangaichi" series, adapted jointly by Kamba Fumio and Matsuda Hiroo, and directed by Ishii Teruo of "Kamba 101: Killing Bouncer" fame. The film was shot by Kiichi Inada, wh...

Japanese noir....

1955 Japanese movie...

Japanese film....

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi...

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This time around, Sashichi is investigating a case of serial murders believed to be perpetrated by a giant bear....

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan....

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281....

A travelling group of young people running a pirate radio station from a small truck encounter an eccentric elderly couple who are on the run from the law....

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Iso no Genta accidentally kills a magistrate and becomes a yakuza. Considered a lost film....

Masked avenger Kurama Tengu and his young sidekick try to stop a mysterious adversary from assassinating a group of young warriors who want to bring down the Shogunate......

First part - Edo at the end of the Edo period, when the wind and clouds were rising rapidly - The people gathered at Kiba late at night are Shinnojo Hosoki, a loyal loyalist to the king, who has organized a gang of thieves for the king and works behi...

The Frightful Era of Kurama Tengu is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Teppei Yamaguchi. It is part of the Kurama Tengu series and features the battle between the title character, Kurama Tengu, and his ...

Directed by Daisuke Itô....