Akira Kishii Movies

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

Two thrill seeking young lords sneak out of their castles and travel under the disguise of townsmen.

The story is a dramatization of the Japanese folklore legend of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, who with his trusted companions of dog, monkey and pheasant...

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They are close. One day a woman named...

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

1954 Japanese movie

In 1691 a terrible fire broke out in Denmacho, Yotsuya, burning down the towns around it, up to the shores of Shibaura. A month and a half later,...

A kindhearted wandering gambler named Hajiro gets involved in a crisis of a village as he passes through and decides to lend a sword in hopes to...

Kingoro Yanagiya's 100th film.

Bored Hatamoto film #17

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

A fox in disguise, Okon, returns the favor to a man who rescued her from a fatal trap.

Japanese family drama.

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

One of the greatest film serials ever to come out of Japan puts together an all-star cast in the search for the key of the Crimson Peacock, a...

First part of the famous Dai-bosatsu toge trilogy, based on Kaizan Nakazato’s unfinished long series of novels (41 books, written from 1913 to...