Omenosuke Ichikawa

Regina e o Dragão de Ouro (1974)

Trapped, the Crimson Bat (1969)

Oichi may have met her match as she vies against the evil beauty that has set her sights on destroying her. She must face numerous other challenges before confronting her greatest rival. While longing to live and love like other women, she realizes that sh ...

Samurai from Somewhere (1964)

Young Lord Takenaka stands to succeed his father until a series of violent actions lead his retainers to think that he has gone mad with blood-lust. Never offering any explanation, he continues his seemingly unprovoked attacks until he is sent away from h ...

Assassination (1964)

In 1863, when American warships approach Japan, an enigmatic ronin becomes an important figure in a complex game of power between the Shogunate and the empire. ...

Samurai from Nowhere (1964)

Misawa Ihei (Nagato) is traveling with his wife Tae (Iwashita Shima) who abhors the practice of sword fighting for prize money. Tae is the daughter of the clan's chief counselor who married the low-ranking Ihei to avoid becoming the clan lord's mistress. I ...

The Image of Mother (1963)

A resolute young man searching for his mother, whom he was separated from as a child, defies a family who mistreat the poor and homeless. ...

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens. ...

With Wife, Children, and Friends (1961)

Japanese life during the past thirty-five turbulent years is depicted in this film through the eyes of two police detectives. One is Henmi, who comes to Tokyo in 1926 from faraway Kagoshima to join the Tokyo police force. His closest friend is Nihei, a far ...

Echigo jishi-sai (1960)

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo ...

The Three Magicians (1960)

The Beloved Imposters (1958)

1958 Mito Kōmon film. ...

The Red Bat (1958)

Denshichi Torimonocho: Mad Skullwoman (1958)

Detective Denshichi is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the Kishu family's daughter Teruhime and the activities of a dangerous group dressed as skulls and their female leader. ...

Stories about Jirocho: Ishimatsu and Oiwake Sangoro (1957)

Ishimatsu is strong in fights, but weak in relationships with women and enjoys great popularity among them, and we see how an exciting historical drama about love, enmity and friendship is played out. ...

The Adventures of Chuji (1957)

Chuji Kunisada runs into strange adventures which tests his skill as a samurai as he untangles intrigue and murder against the backdrop of the majestic Mount Akagi. ...

The Young Avenger (1957)

Akitaro Orizuru, who set out on a journey to avenge his father's death in the darkness, returned to Itako, his hometown, where the Ayame Festival was approaching, for the first time in five years. His late father's brother, Sutezo, who took off his waraji, ...

Kobushidake denki (1956)

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

Gyakushû Orochimaru (1955)

An early fantasy film starring Tomisaburô Wakayama. ...

A Gang of Five (1955)

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

The Princess Sen (1954)

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a rival force led by her grandfather. ...

Daikichi Konomura (1954)

A samurai is struggling to make ends meet at the end of the Edo period. He has students and, among other things, teaches them about the evils of the government. A member of the yakuza thugs has fallen in love with the samurai's daughter and conspires to re ...

Nage Utasamon niban tegara: Tsuri tenjô no semushi otoko (1954)

Second in the Nage Utasamon series ...

Denshichi Torimonocho: Senryo Human Skin (1954)

In the era of the twelfth Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, a notorious bandit known as "Shippu" (or "Swift Wind") emerged in Edo. Shippu would send a warning message called the "Thief's Summons" before striking, yet despite the magistrate's desperate search effor ...

Gate of Hell (1953)

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love with her, but becomes distraught when he finds out that she is married. ...

Shimizu Harbor Is More Frightening Than the Devil (1952)

Early jidaigeki by Tai Kato. ...

Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth (1952)

Period film about the legendary detective Umon ...

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. ...

The Flower That Crossed the Mountain (1949)

Rashōmon (1941)

A 1941 Japanese film directed by Shinzo Yoshida. ...

Second Generation Married Couple (1940)

Second Generation Married Couple ...

Monster Cat Akabe Daimyojin (1938)

Film about Ghost-Cat. ...

Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan (1937)