Utaemon Ichikawa Movies

Jidaigeki film from 1960

Maeda Tsunanori, the lord of Kaga Domain, had two young princes - Katsumaru, the son of his legitimate wife, who died, and Yasunosuke, the son of his...

Bored Hatamoto movie #12

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Bored Hatamoto movie #15

A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which...

Part of the Bored Hatamoto series. The most popular samurai in Edo, Saotome Mondonosuke, known to most as the "Bored Hatamoto" is the only one who...

The success story of a group of ronin who fights against traffickers during the Edo Tenpo period.

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

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...

Bored Hatamoto film #21

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.

In the midst of the Siege of Osaka in the Sengoku period, a thrilling tale unfolds featuring a trio of ronin who manipulate a group of spies, a...

A film about the rivalry and friendship between firefighter Chоji and sumo wrestler Sokichi Fudoyama.

This most celebrated all-star movie version of the popular series features Tsukigata Ryunosuke as Mito Komon, the sage who wanders the countryside...

In Kyoto, a samurai named Boredom Otoko, Saotome Mondonosuke , appears and helps a woman being chased by a spy named Genshichi. Unfortunately, the...

A swordsman must foil a minister's sinister plan to assassinate the shogun.