Saburō Sawai

The Edo Fortune-Teller (1982)

Karasudo, who charges 16 mon for his fortune-telling skill, asks for nothing when it comes to swordplay. His merciless blade is stained with the blood of his enemies when he uncovers a sinister plot and finds that his martial arts skill must be called into ...

Dokonjo Taisho (1966)

Ryosuke Kotaki's life motto was his grandfather's will, "Study, make money, drink alcohol, and win the first prize". So, first of all, he went to Osaka to win the first prize with favorite shogi. In the car, he hit it off with a woman named Okichi and deci ...

I am the Judge (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...

Ren'ai Zubari Kōza (1961)

A omnibus movie consisting of the three parts: "Kechinbo", "Yowak" and "Kōshoku". ...

Counterattack of a Queen Bee (1961)

Five Violent Girls (1960)

Japanese comedy film. ...

Maboroshi Tantei: Yûreitô no Daima Jutsudan (1960)

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata. ...

Cave Queens (1960)

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring. Offstage, Rumi captivates the gang boss, Iwahara (Shuntaro Emi); while Emi attracts the portly club manager, ...

Ghost of the Pearl Divers (1960)

The film begins strongly, with an atmospheric opening sequence, predating John Carpenter's The Fog by two decades, of shuffling ghost-like zombies, blood streaming from their faces, rising from the waves to drag the workers of a deserted shipyard,swirling ...

The Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (1960)

Two lovers lost in the mountains. In what direction do not go, they find themselves in a mysterious forest pond, as if some kind of force does not want to let them go. Once upon a time, over a century ago, there had been a crime, whose shadow still hovers ...

Decisive Battle at Kuroda Castle (1960)

After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact revenge on the Tokugawa. At the same time there is a succession dispute in the Kuroda clan, as one faction tried ...

Female Slave Ship (1960)

The year is 1945, months prior to Japan's ultimate defeat in WW2, and military lieutenant Sugawa is sent on a critical mission to deliver micro-fiche war plans to Tokyo from his base in Malaysia. But while flying over Chinese waters his plane is shot down ...

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Chests Covered In Fresh Blood (1959)

Sashichi investigates the mysterious murders of four beauties, all of whom were stabbed in the chest. ...

No Police (1959)

Japanese crime film. ...

Nude Woman and Murder Maze (1959)

Japanese crime film. ...

Kyōen Kobanzame (1958)

Japanese film, originally released in two parts. ...

Underwater Murder (1958)

The film marked Yōko Mihara's debut as the star of Shintoho's series of ama films, a role she took over from Michiko Maeda. ...

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War (1958)

A Wicked Woman (1958)

In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss. ...

Traitors of the Blue Castle (1957)

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself. ...

Ghost Stories of Wanderer at Honjo (1957)

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer. ...

Evil Woman Yoarashi Okinu And Saint Otama (1957)

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner. ...

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an a ...

Casebook of Dandy Sashichi: Six Famous Beauties (1956)

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The film opens with the sextet humiliating a respected painter's portraits of them, driving the man to a sus­p ...

Shin ono ga tsumi (1956)

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901). ...

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets (1956)

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet. ...

Revenge of the Pearl Queen (1956)

Kizaki, an upstart at a trading company has one more assignment for the day before meeting his lovely girlfriend, Natsuki for a date. Little does he know that he's walking straight into a trap set up by his boss, Asanuma and his murderous right hand man. ...

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 ...

Omatsuri hanjiro (1953)

Every year, at the festival, familiar merchants such as Toraemon, a magic trick, Tokubei, a blowgun, Kaji, acrobatics, and Unsaibo, a ritual, gather toward the port town. ...

Princess Finds Her Prince (1953)

Sasaki Kojiro (1951)

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the leg ...

Enoken’s Boxing Generation (1949)

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business. ...

Daughter 18 Liar Era (1949)

Film directed by Hiroshi Shimizu. ...

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo (1945)

Young, timid bowmaster Kazuma seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumoured, drove the previous champion—Kazuma's father—to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is very much a coward, holing ...

Duel at Yagyu Valley (1945)

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword and martial arts. Hozoin loses a series of matches with master swordsman Kozumi Ise-no-kami. Bitterly ashame ...

Omokage no machi (1942)

A 1942 film. ...

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph (1941)

The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941)

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes ...

Dancers of Awa (1941)

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin. His brother (Kazuo Hasegawa) vowed vengeance on the day of his brother's death. So every year the villains a ...

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2) (1941)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo. ...

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) (1941)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo. ...

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

Feature film. ...

The Fighting Firemen (1939)

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the Ha-gumi group, from a samurai who is trying to kidnap her. Oshimo has feelings for Kichigoro. At this mome ...

Enoken's Kurama Tengu (1939)

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's incredible climax, when Enoken fends off dozens of men attacking with ladders and handcarts, brings to mind ...

My Daughter's Only Wish (1939)

My Daughter's Only Wish tells the story of a poorly paid and clumsy office clerk, played with much comedic talent by Atsushi Watanabe. His biggest problem: His daughter Hideko is too clever and is expected by her teachers to enter the school for higher gir ...

Old Songs (1939)

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends to economic prominence, the former samurai class faces a steady decline in status and traditional structure. ...

Nangoku taiheiki (1937)

Japanese film. ...

Yoru no hato (1937)

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her. ...

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen (1936)

dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa ...

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate (1935)

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder, but are too scared to report it to the police. In the meantime, an innocent man is arrested as the murderer and chaos ensues. ...

An Actor's Revenge (1935)

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge. ...

Two Lanterns (1933)

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke ...

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As t ...

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)