Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date...

Featuring some of the finest swordsmen ever to grace the silver screen, this Toei classic tells the story of a battle between the evil sword style...

Jidaigeki film from 1960

Directed by Daisuke Ito.

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

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Adaptation of the Riichi Yokomitsu novel.

The deputy shogun of the realm, accompanied by his loyal and capable aides, makes a stop at Jigokudani, a place along his journey through various...

An all-star cast highlights this Jidai-Geki classic. Set in the samurai era, this is the tale of period Yakuza. One of the real classics in this...

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan against the Mongol invasion in 1281.

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...

Period drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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

While the story of the Ako Clan's vendetta has been told countless times, never before has there been an array of major motion picture stars to bring...

1962 Japanese movie