Ranko Hanai Movies

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

1950 Japanese movie

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

Romantic melodrama about the loves and adventures of Kageyama (Takarada) and his fellow oarsmen at Meikyo University.

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household....

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Set against the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion, two Osaka families navigate the radical social shifts of the early Meiji Era. As the merchant class ascends...

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast...

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

A yakuza bodyguard is persuaded by Ōhara Yūgaku to take the farmers’ side.

A narrative rakugo film depicting the struggles of people desperately living under wartime conditions.

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.