Kusuo Abe Movies

Based on a novel by Kôen Hasegawa

2nd film in the Eight Brave Brothers trilogy

An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.

Based on the exploits of real-life historical character Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan, this exciting tale brings the “Demon Magistrate” as...

An action-packed, dramatic gangster film.

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

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

Magistrate Ooka-Echizen faces a crime over a pillbox.

The Domain: White Blade

With the help of famous yakuza Jirocho, brave and quick tempered Eijiro takes revenge on the death of his close friend.

Kamio a mistreated samurai clerk of Edo Castle and ronin (“Sir Quarrel”) Ibara, take up a vendetta against 17 wicked castle men.

This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his...

Friendship between an ambitious young thief and an artist during the Warring States period.

Young swordsman, Tsukigata Hanpeita, longs for the day when rival clans cease their struggles for power and put an end to meaningless feudal wars....

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...