Haruhisa Kawada

Mysteries of Edo (1956)

A princess in disguise, Oshichi launches an investigation to reveal the truth about the disappearance of young women in Edo. ...

Ancient Coins (1956)

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

Excursion to Treasure Isle (1956)

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant fought against evil in olden times. ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin (1956)

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same nig ...

Zenigata Heiji Case Files: The Dead Beauty in the Bathhouse (1956)

Song Festival, Full Moon, and the Battle of the Raccoon Dogs (1955)

Hibari Misora musical. ...

Quick Change Tanuki Palace (1954)

This is a paradise of dream and illusion, a country of Raccoon Dogs. The Bat Tribe lives in a neighboring country took a young prince of Raccoon Dogs as a hostage, and try to take a Buddhist saint from the temple by force. ...

Travels of Lord Mito Pt.3 (1954)

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

Onatsu and Seijuro (1954)

Based on the popular story of the tragic lovers, Onatsu and Seijuro. ...

Great Edo Song Festival (1953)

The feudal lord Kisaragi Yae no Kami (Minami Komyo) searches for a child he had with a low-borne woman, that was sent away from his home 16 years ago while carrying a special seal. At that time, Kanda's detective Zenshichi (Ichikawa Kodayu II) had three da ...

Princess Hibari's First Dream Journey (1952)

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove (1952)

Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a circus tour when she discovers that her father, Ryutaro, whom she always thought was an agricultural and forestry engineer, was a circus clown. Over time, M ...

Kurama Tengu: Anonymous letter to Tengu (1952)

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... ...

Big Hit Pachinko Girl (1952)

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman's son, only to have their romance derailed by a ruthless loan shark and a mounting family debt. As the parlor faces ruin, the narrative weaves through slapstick antic ...

Kurama Tengu: The Fire Festival (1951)

The masked avenger Kurama Tengu is linked to a plot to bring down the Tokugawa shogunate, but is it really our hero, or an imposter? ...

Somersault on the Way (1950)

A young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of Asakusa temple as bell ringers. In their house is an Echigo lion mask, a memento of Chomatsu's deceased father. After several incidents of Echigo lion masks being d ...

The Tokyo Kid (1950)

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlikely, and unwilling, parental figure, while avoiding her wealthy, absentee father, his hired goons, and the neighborhood fortune teller (Enoken) who's after ...

Blue Sky Angel (1950)

1950 drama film ...

Uta e! Taiyō (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

The Splendid Gold Mine (1941)

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

Feature film. ...

Harmonica Boy (1940)

The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his own way. ...

Roppa's Honeymoon (1940)

A Kajirô Yamamoto directed comedy starring Roppa Furukawa. ...

Entatsu, Achako and Torazo: Chuji Kunisada's First Smile of the New Year (1939)