Kinnosuke Takamatsu Movies

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

Detective Hanshichi (Kataoka Chiezo) solves 3 mysterious murder cases. Great story and an impressive all-star cast, a must see!

As a result of illness and unemployment, Yamaoka Tatewaki, a "Hatamoto" (or direct vassal of the Shogun), pawned his family heirloom, a valuable Gosu...

When master swordsman Mikogami Genshiro of the Ono fencing school returns to find that his ailing sensei has been murdered in the dead of night, he...

A group of five law enforcers search Edo for a missing sword.

First film of the The Black Hooded Man series.

Swordfighting instructor Danpei works at a local theater in Tokyo, instructing the actors how to fight realistically.

Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The...

​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court...

Bored Hatamoto film #21

Toyama Kinshiro, a commissioner from northern Edo, goes undercover to unravel the mystery behind a series of murders. Kinshiro, played by Kataoka...

1954 Japanese movie

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

1961 Japanese movie