Teinosuke Kinugasa Movies

The Siege of Osaka

Directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

1959 Japanese movie

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a...

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of...

Historical and political detective. The main characters are drawn into court intrigues, and the investigation of corruption in the administration of...

Kazuo Hasegawa's debut at Daiei.

The story of Yoshinaka during the tumultuous period of warring related to us in the Heike Monogatari. Close in setting to Kinugasa’s famous...

Shinjiro is a rambler, a single sword carrying lone wolf with only his fighting skills to protect him. He doesn’t know where his road leads,...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

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

A girl marries her elderly employer but in reality is in love with his son.

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

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