Sōji Kiyokawa Movies

Genji Kurô is a master swordsman and entrusted with protecting the ancient sword Kaen by the Otsubo family.

Harima Aoyama (Chiyonosuke Azume) was a young hatamoto (samurai bannerman) to the Shogun. He seduced his commoner house maid Okiku (Hibari). He...

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Upon his arrival to Dragon Island, ronin Yagi Hanzo, is propositioned by various shady individuals representing rival gangs to lend his services to...

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...

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

This 1956 adaptation of the novel with the same title puts more focus on the characters and their interactions than the previous version.

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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...

1930s Japanese film.

Early film directed by Eiichi Kudô.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief