Movies: Saburō Sawai

A samurai rescues a mischievous tanuki from hunters and sets it free. When the samurai's wastrel son hatches a plot to kill his father for his fortune, the magical tanuki is determined to protect its rescuer....

Harada Kai, the Date clan's Chamberlain attempts to take power from the lord himself....

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The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba Goutaro. He was the adopted son of a samurai, Inaba Buemon. An incident occurred where his foster father ...

Okiyo runs a restaurant in Asakusa. She struggles with the times and the relationships around her....

Japanese film....

Third and last "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata....

Japanese crime film....

Rumi (Yoko Mihara) and Emi (Masayo Banri) are sisters who dance nightly at the Blue Moon cabaret, which happens be the headquarters of a drug ring. Offstage, Rumi captivates the gang boss, Iwahara (Shuntaro Emi); while Emi attracts the portly club ma...

1958 jidaigeki directed by Masaki Mori for Shintoho....

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo....

Near the end of the Taisho era (1912-1926), Enokichi, a popular figure in the world of boxing entangled in the Yakuza business....

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street urchins from their Fagin-like master. The film's incredible climax, when Enoken fends off dozens of men attacking with ladders and handcarts, brings to...

Kizaki, an upstart at a trading company has one more assignment for the day before meeting his lovely girlfriend, Natsuki for a date. Little does he know that he's walking straight into a trap set up by his boss, Asanuma and his murderous right hand...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo....

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901)....