Kikutaro Onoe

As the Clouds Scatter (1961)

A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil. ...

The Tragedy of Bushido (1960)

A 16-year-old youth is ordered to commit ritual suicide to follow his deceased lord into death and preserve the honor of his clan. His elder brother's wife, who has raised him as if he were her own child, asks her husband for permission to spend a single n ...

Echigo jishi-sai (1960)

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo ...

Dancing Mistress (1957)

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is avenging the death of his brother. Jinzo, who wants to win over a rich merchant, pours boiling water on One ...

Kobushidake denki (1956)

1956 Japanese film, originally released in three parts. ...

Ninja Arts of Jiraiya (1955)

Ninja film by Tai Kato ...

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil (1952)

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato. ...

Castle of Revenge (1952)

The film vividly shows the misadventures of Oishi Kuranosuke and the human dramas inside the castle, which lead to the surrender of Ako Castle after seppuku by its lord Asano Takumi-no-kami and the termination of his family's power. This is the first film ...

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star (1951)

film directed by Tai Katô ...

Trouble Over Swords and Women: A Woman's Mind (1951)

Jūrokumon karasudō: Sennin higan (1951)

Japanese film. ...

Tales of a Drifter (1951)

Kōmon to yajikita kara su-gumi ihen (1951)

1951 Japanese movie. ...

Last Days of Edo (1941)

It is a historical drama that follows Katsu Kaishu's efforts to surrender Edo Castle bloodlessly in the first year of the Meiji period. ...

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon (1940)

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto. ...

Devoted Servant Naosuke (1939)

Naosuke, a servant of Okajima Yasoemon, devoted himself to his master. One day, his master Okajima Yasoemon, lost his face in front of people. It was a revenge by Oono, a karo (minister) who lost his chance to earn money by selling a fake antique to the ...

Kaidan Oiwa Yakusha (1938)

Taiko's Rising in the World (1938)

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. ...

Chushingura (1938)

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge their master and his family. ...

Echo of Love (1937)

A man is brutally murdered and his famed shamisen (a three-stringed musical instrument) called the "Yamabiko" stolen. Prince Kogenta swears to avenge his father-in-law's death and retrieve the family heirloom. ...

Kuriyama Daizen (1936)

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi ...

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2 (1936)

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass ...

Edo Spring (1936)

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but runs into trouble when he befriends the yakuza. ...

Great Bodhisattva Pass (1935)

1930s Japanese film. ...