Cinematography: Ko Matsui

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Chiyonosuke Azuma · Hibari Misora · Ryutaro Otomo · Michiko Ôe

Plot In one of Toei's best early period films famous actress Koharu, played by Misora Hibari in one of her strongest roles, becomes involved in the search for the Shogun's treasure....

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Yoshio Yoshida · Akira Ôizumi · Masao Hori · Akira Kishii

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Hashizo Okawa · Hiroko Sakuramachi · Naoko Kubo · Sanae Nakahara

Plot The film tells the story of the womenizing ninja named Nabari Shinzo (Hashizo Okawa) during the Tokugawa shogunate. Hired on a mission by the government, Shinzo soon finds himself in...

Direction Daisuke Itô

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Katsuhiko Sawa · Chieko Soma · Ryôsuke Kagawa

Plot From the deepest archives of Japanese film history comes this superbly restored edition of one of the epic adventures of Miyamoto Musashi, the greatest swordsman in all the land. Known...

Direction Sentarô Shirai

Cast Utaemon Ichikawa · Kokuten Kôdô · Ritsuko Niizuma

Plot A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Of note is Utaemon Ichikawa's extraordinary memorable final scenes...

Direction Toshikazu Kôno

Cast Shinobu Araki · Teruyo Asagumo · Chiyonosuke Azuma · Shinobu Chihara

Direction Kôzô Saeki · Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Kusuo Abe · Hachirô Daijôji · Hideo Hongô · Jûshirô Konoe

Direction Kinnosuke Fukada

Cast Chiyonosuke Azuma · Sentarô Fushimi · Yumiko Hasegawa · Hiroko Mikasa

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Hisako Yamane · Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Kensaku Hara

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Tsumasaburo Bando · Akihiko Katayama · Momoo Shimoto · Shinobu Araki

Plot Set in the late thirteenth century, Kakute kamikaze wa fuku (Thus Blew the Divine Wind, 1944) depicts an important historical event as the defense of southern Japan led by the...

Direction Toshikazu Kôno

Cast Chiyonosuke Azuma · Hibari Misora · Reiji Tsumura · Kunijirô Yanagi

Direction Daisuke Itô

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Tetsurô Tanba · Noriko Kitazawa · Hiroko Sakuramachi

Plot In the third, and final chapter of thisepic tale, handsome swordsman Genji helps a vulnerable princess who is in search of a missing scroll that belongs to the Shogun. This...

Direction Shoji Matsumura

Cast Kensaku Hara · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Takashi Kanda · Haruhisa Kawada

Plot During the period when Japan was opening itself to the West, attractive young women are disappearing in the capital city. When her boss is kidnapped, star Hibari Misora joins a...

Direction Tomiyasu Ikeda · Sentarô Shirai

Cast Kanzo Yoshii · Utaemon Ichikawa · Kusuo Abe · Seiji Taki

Direction Shigehiro Ozawa

Cast Utaemon Ichikawa · Kotaro Satomi · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Sonosuke Sawamura

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Hashizo Okawa · Keiko Okawa · Harue Akagi · Ushio Akashi

Plot The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to fall in love with. It turns...