Kōtarō Bandō Movies

1948 Japanese movie

A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.

A jidaigeki movie about the strange fate of Ranmaru Mori.

Film about Ghost-Cat.

1959 Japanese film.

Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)

This happened at a post station on the Shinshu road. Takizo Hoshigoe, a wanted man who has been missing since breaking through the Oto checkpoint,...

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

At a tavern in Shimoda, Ronin Tadakazu Yamakawa saved a samurai girl named Mino from the clutches of the Benten family. When Mino's father, Kyohei...

Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.

1961 Japanese movie

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

Second sequel to Saiyuki (1952)

1959 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Japanese film.

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...

Japanese drama film.

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...