Asako Yoshino

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. The Life of Bangaku

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

A story about Kinsaburo Kamiya, who infiltrated the Satsuma clan at the end of the Edo period. Based on the novel "Satsuma Hikyaku" by Jiro Daibutsu,...

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the...

The adventures of the samuraï Chohachiro Tonami continues (sequel to Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen).

A Japanese silent film

Before Masaoka Kenzō became one of Japan’s main animation pioneers, he directed two live-action featurettes full of special effects, both...