Screenplay: Teinosuke Kinugasa

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


A Page of Madness

1926 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Masuo Inoue · Yoshie Nakagawa · Ayako Iijima · Hiroshi Nemoto

Plot A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

7.1

561 votes

7.1

561 votes

Gate of Hell

1953 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Machiko Kyô · Kazuo Hasegawa · Isao Yamagata · Yataro Kurokawa

Plot In 1350, during an attempted coup, one of the court's ladies in waiting disguises herself as the lord's wife, and a loyal samurai conveys her from the city. This diversion...

6.9

813 votes

6.9

813 votes

An Actor's Revenge (Yukinojo's Revenge)

1963 · Movie · 113 min. · Japan

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Fujiko Yamamoto · Ayako Wakao · Eiji Funakoshi

Plot In 1836, in Tokugawa Japan, Yukinojo (Kazuo Hasegawa), a Kabuki actor specializing in female roles, arrives with his troupe in Edo. There he sets in motion a complex plot designed...

6.6

196 votes

6.6

196 votes

Jûjiro (Crossroads)

1928 · Movie · 72 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Akiko Chihaya · Junosuke Bando · Yukiko Ogawa · Ippei Sohma

Plot The film opens on 18th century Tokyo where Rikiya has fought a duel over the geisha O-ume. Severely wounded, Rikiya returns home where his sister, Okiku, serves as his nurse....

6.5

52 votes

6.5

52 votes

Gimpei from Koina

1933 · Movie · min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Toshiko Iizuka · Jûshirô Kobayashi · Yasuro Shiga

Plot The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put...

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Jôen

1959 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan

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A Portrait of Shunkin

1976 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Katsumi Nishikawa

Cast Momoe Yamaguchi · Tomokazu Miura · Moeko Ezawa · Akiko Kazami

Plot Okoto is blind since childhood. Her young servant Sasuke is in love of her. One day Koto is badly scarred on her face. In order to preserve the memory of...

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The Battle of Kwanakajima

1941 · Movie · 120 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Isamu Eto · Kazuo Hasegawa · Tatsuya Ishiguro · Taizô Fukami

Plot Historical war film set during Japan's sengoku ("warring states" or "civil war") period.

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A Spring Bouquet

1958 · Movie · 111 min. · Japan

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Kao

1960 · Movie · 90 min. · Japan

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The Loyal 47 Ronin

1932 · Movie · 139 min. · Japan

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Floating Vessel

1957 · Movie · 119 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Michiko Ai · Teruyo Asagumo · Mirasaki Fujima · Setsuko Hama

Plot Ukifune is the story of its eponymous heroine, a beautiful young woman, and two remarkable Heian noblemen. Its events unfold 20 years after the death of Shining Prince Genji, and...

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Castle of Carnage, Part I

1952 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

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End of a Prolonged Journey

1954 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

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Dedication of the Great Buddha

1952 · Movie · 129 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Shinobu Araki · Kotaro Bando · Kazuo Hasegawa · Sumiko Hidaka

Plot Dedication of the Great Buddha is a 1952 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. Companion piece to Kinugasa's more famous Gate...

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Love and a Warrior

1925 · Movie · min. · Japan

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The Romance of Yushima (The White Sea of Yushima)

1955 · Movie · 116 min. · Japan

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Fujiko Yamamoto · Koji Tsuruta · Masayuki Mori · Sumiko Fujita

Plot A highly esteemed student falls for Otsuta, a geisha.

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