Kōtarō Bandō Movies

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

1959 Shintoho adaptation of Kyoka Izumi's novel "A Woman's Pedigree".

The Opium War is a 1943 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Masahiro Makino. "Ahen senso" in Japan refers to the First Opium War. The story of...

1960 Toei film

1961 Japanese movie

Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

Japanese comedy film.

Yotsuya Kaidan, the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story...

1948 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

1959 Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

An injured Edo official is rescued by a vassal whose appearance is exactly like himself, and swears to sweep out the criminals from the town on his...

After the massacre of Christians at Shimabara, followers of Amakusa Shiro band together in a plot to overthrow the shogunate in order to exact...

At the crowded Komatsuya in Kawadome, travellers are holding a secret art contest to relieve boredom. However, a thief goes around. During the sudden...

Sequel to "Saiyuki" (1952)

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

A family is brutally murdered in their own home and the official government's sake dealer is framed as a rebel by a corrupt member of the Shogun's...

A Japanese drama featuring the one-eyed, one-armed swordsman