Kikuko Hojo Movies

A playful short film made in the style of a trailer for a fictional feature film that seems to be a spoof of films that were popular in Japan at the...

The plot is based on the novel "Akechi Samanosuke no Koi," the final work in a trilogy by Hiroshi Kato about the forced suicide of Oda Nobunaga at...

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

The Purple-Hooded Man, Japan's version of Robin Hood, tries to uncover a corruption scandal in Edo era Japan.

1962 Japanese movie

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and...

1962 Japanese movie

A wave of terror is threatening to unseat Shogun Yoshimune. Police stations are erupting into flames, convicts escaping from prison, houses robbed...

Tetsunosuke, an eccentric doctor and an owner of a fencing school, takes aim against corrupt authorities.

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.

Detective Umon’s services are called upon when ronin Yaichiro is killed with a peculiar weapon, a stone wrapped in a towel.

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the...

A ninja movie co-written by Fuutarou Yamada's "Edo Ninpocho" by Hyougo Suzuki of "Whirlwind of Chusendo" and Koji Takada of "Yogiri no Joshuji," and...

Japanese horror film directed by Tsuneo Kobayashi.

1962 Japanese movie

A skilled assassin's services are called upon to put an end to the ugly turf battle between two yakuza families, Mitsuwa and Aikawa. Forced by the...