Kunitaro Sawamura Movies

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a...

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

Itarō abandons his life as a hatamoto to become a yakuza.

Jirocho the gambler hits the road.

The second film in the 1953 trilogy based on the long novel series The Great Bodhisattva Pass.

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

The sword of the chivalrous warrior is drawn amid the struggle for a legendary sword and a plot to assassinate a young princess.

A series of murders surrounds the 70,000 ryō in buried treasure hidden by the Kanayama Magistrate.

Japanese drama film.

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

A historical drama about a foul-mouthed but good-natured traveller.

This is Kanjûrô Arashi's first film with Nikkatsu after his independent production company went bankrupt (many of these independent...