Kimiko Tachibana Movies

Early Japanese three-part samurai / fantasy serial.

A ronin sets out on a journey with his horse, with no particular destination in mind. Re-released in 1953.

A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio Tamikado, who co-wrote "Nukiashisashi Ashi...

Mt. Norikura's natural fortress, the phantom castle. A white-clad iron mask, offering prayers to the eerie triple-faced deity of the Sennjogadake...

Set in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), this tragic love story takes its cue from a celebrated historical case tried by magistrate Tadasuke...

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman

Third in the Nage utasamon series

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A young samurai who’s strong in love but weak in compassion, with a string of eccentric antics, diving into the water, wielding his spear, and...

A lowly drunken samurai finds an abandoned baby in the woods and takes it home. A gift from a fox. But there's something special about the boy.

The TV drama of Ima Harube was adapted by Yagi Ryuichiro ("Komuso Henge"), directed by Mori Issei ("I Am Fujikichirou"), and cinematographed by Honda...

Tsukinosuke narrowly misses capturing the lord of the phantom castle by a hair's breadth. The mountain map was with Kirisaku at the Ashiwara...

Film adaption by Kenji Misumi

Bored Hatamoto movie #11

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl....

A historical drama spanning three generations, centered on the Sydney Special Attack Unit. Recommended by the Ministry of Education.