Matsutarō Kawaguchi Movies

Based on Kōda Rohan's novella The Five-Storied Pagoda.

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

1939 Japanese movie

The curse of a jealous woman destroys lovers on the run. Considered a lost film.

The tragic loves between a member of the Liberal Party, imprisoned following the Chichibu incident in November 1884, and an actress who resolves to...

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

Early film directed by Kenji Misumi.

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

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.

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...

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

A 1946 Japanese film directed by Keigo Kimura.