Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

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...

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.

The Siege of Osaka

Period film from 1934.

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

When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister...

1945 Japanese movie

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

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

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.