Eijirō Yanagi Movies

The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the social ladder in a world driven by money and...

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

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

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

A 300 year old witch agrees to assassinate a dead-sick businessman and his ignorant sexy wife upon the former’s own request – the kills...

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

Jidaigeki film from 1960

Japanese comedy film.

In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

After being mistaken for counterfeiters by the police, an inventor and reporter try to track down the real counterfeiters.

Koharu, a flamboyant geisha, unexpectedly wins a trip to Sado Island in a TV contest. She is accompanied by three people. Koharu had been dreaming of...

Saotome, a sword master and guard of the Shogunate, pursues the mystery of a deadly aerial weapon that is responsible for the multiple deaths in town.

A touching action film about a young yakuza who becomes infected with evil because he has the ability to easily decipher the mechanism of a safe....

Tange Sazen interferes with an evil plot against the Iga Yagyu family.

The actions and downfall of a man who lives a life of cold calculation, adapted from a Hideo Shirasaki novel.

A story of aristocratic star-crossed love.

The Shinsengumi is a special unit of ronin commissioned by the Tokugawa shogunate to counter anti-shogunate activities in Kyoto. A sinister plot to...