Tetsu Tsuboi

Chutaro of Banba (1955)

Based on the play "Mabuta no haha" by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring role for Tomisaburo Wakayama. This heartfelt story concerns a wandering gambler from Banba by the name of Chutaro. Set during the Tenpo Period, Chutaro runs ...

A Mother's Love (1950)

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives. ...

Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he is on the brink of bankruptcy. Around town he is better known by his nickname Mr. Shosuke Ohara. ...

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious leg ...

The Living Magoroku (1943)

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness. ...

Sumida River (1942)

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big stars like Hasegawa or Bando. "Sumidagawa", named after the river that runs through Tokyo, is also a period ...

The 47 Ronin (1941)

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences Asano to seppuku and deprives the palace and lands from his clan, but does not punish Kir ...

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji (1937)

Bored Hatamoto film #8 ...

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. ...

With a Single Sword Bale (1934)

Period film from 1934. ...

Genpei the Carp (1933)

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the past behind him and risk his life for his friend. ...

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)