Ryusei Koike

Kojiki Taishô (1952)

Gotō Matabei is the most able and fierce samurai of the Kuroda clan. However, he gradually dislikes the ruthless personality of Kuroda Nagamasa and leaves the clan. Seven years later, he joins Toyotomi Hideyori's army. Filmed in 1945 and released in 1952 ...

The Woman Who Opens the Door (1946)

Festival Across the Sea (1941)

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and teachers gather from all over the country, including sesame oil sellers and organ grinders. The day before the f ...

Maboroshijō kaiketsu-hen kizoji no gaika (1940)

Tsukinosuke narrowly misses capturing the lord of the phantom castle by a hair's breadth. The mountain map was with Kirisaku at the Ashiwara residence, belonging to the phantom gang. Tsukinosuke heads to the Ashiwara residence to rescue Kirisaku, but in th ...

Maboroshijō dainiwa shi no senpū (1940)

The undercover agent Tsukinosuke Kigurumi successfully escapes with Kirisaku, who possesses the coveted Shinshu Mountain map targeted by the phantom gang, but loses the key to unlocking it. The one who picks up the key is Osumi, a female courier. (Existing ...

Phantom Castle (1940)

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial. ...

Maboroshijō daiichiwa Hida no uzushio (1940)

Mt. Norikura's natural fortress, the phantom castle. A white-clad iron mask, offering prayers to the eerie triple-faced deity of the Sennjogadake Rocks - the lord of the phantom castle, scheming to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate that destroyed his lord. ...

Banquet of Torumarukiyo (1964)

Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme. ...

Samsara (1964)

Short film for the "A Commercial for Myself" programme. ...