Cast: Kogiku Hanayagi

Direction Tomu Uchida

Cast Isao Kimura · Minoru Chiaki · Shinobu Chihara · Kogiku Hanayagi

Synopsis Hero of the Red Light District (1960) follows the journey of Jiro Sano, portrayed by Chiezo Kataoka, a man known for his kindness and financial stability, who is deeply respected by his colleagues. Despite his positive attributes, Jiro faces a...

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Mikijiro Hira · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Michiyo Kogure · Jûshirô Konoe

Synopsis The Red Shadow (1961) unfolds fifteen years after the defeat of Ishida Mitsunari at the Battle of Sekigahara, as Tokugawa Ieyasu anticipates an inevitable confrontation with Toyotomi Hideyori and retreats to Fushimi Castle. One night, Hattori Hanzo, the commander of...

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Misako Watanabe · Wataru Ômae · Fujio Tokita

Synopsis Sasuke and His Comedians (1963) is set in Osaka during the early 17th century, following the tumultuous Battle of Sekigahara. A band of orphaned children roam the battlefield, searching for discarded armor and supplies. Their journey takes an unexpected turn...

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Ichirô Izawa · Yukiko Shimazaki · Keiju Kobayashi · Masao Shimizu

Direction Tomiyasu Ikeda

Cast Ryôsuke Kagawa · Takashi Shimura · Tsumasaburo Bando · Kogiku Hanayagi

Direction Ryo Hagiwara · Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Utaemon Ichikawa · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Eitarô Shindô · Ryunosuke Tsukigata

Direction Daisuke Itô

Cast Tsumasaburo Bando · Utaemon Ichikawa · Isuzu Yamada · Kôkichi Takada

Synopsis Five Men of Edo (1951) unfolds in the tumultuous 17th century, where rogue bands of hatamoto, samurai loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate, wreak havoc in the bustling capital city of Edo. Standing against this chaos is Banzui-in Chobei, a determined...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Susumu Fujita · Kogiku Hanayagi

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Eitarô Shindô · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Denjirô Ôkôchi · Chiyonosuke Azuma

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda · Kazuo Mori

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Utaemon Ichikawa · Haruko Sugimura · Ryunosuke Tsukigata

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Koji Tsuruta · Shinjiro Ebara · Hiroki Matsukata

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Jûzaburô Akechi · Hiroshi Ayukawa

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Utaemon Ichikawa · Kusuo Abe · Kogiku Hanayagi · Hiromi Hanazono

Synopsis Hatamoto kenka taka (1961) is set in the year 1716, when Yoshimune ascends to the position of the 8th Shogun amidst a series of assaults on high-ranking Shogunate officials. As the government attempts to conceal these events, they are compelled...

Direction Kinnosuke Fukada

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Shinobu Chihara · Eijirô Kataoka · Kunio Kaga

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Masao Wakahara · Kogiku Hanayagi · Sadako Sawamura · Ichimaru

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Koji Tsuruta · Jun Tazaki · Hisako Takihana · Kyôko Kagawa

Direction Eiichi Kudo

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Ryutaro Otomo · Satomi Oka · Shingo Yamashiro

Synopsis The Mysterious Purple Hood (1963) unfolds in the spring of 1784, as a peculiar gift from Kobori Masakata, the Fushimi Magistrate, reaches an Edo residence. A woman is forcibly sent to the mansion, with her parents' lives in Kyoto’s Rokkaku...

Direction Tsuneo Kobayashi · Sadatsugu Matsuda

Cast Kyû Sazanka · Isao Yamagata · Eijirô Yanagi · Kogiku Hanayagi

Direction Sadatsugu Matsuda · Kazuo Mori

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Haruyo Ichikawa · Utaemon Ichikawa · Haruko Sugimura

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Tomisaburô Wakayama · Jûzaburô Akechi · Hiroshi Ayukawa