Jinichi Amano

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Mizoguchi
CAST:  Shōtarō Hanayagi  •  Kōkichi Takada  •  Gonjurô Kawarazaki  •  Kakuko Mori

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenji Mizoguchi
CAST:  Shōtarō Hanayagi  •  Kōkichi Takada  •  Gonjurô Kawarazaki  •  Kakuko Mori

Chushingura: The Truth (1928)

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōzō Makino
CAST:  Kaoru Akiyoshi  •  Jinichi Amano  •  Shinobu Araki  •  Seiichi Arao

Lord Asano Takumi-no-Kami Naganori was charged with receiving a group of envoys from the Imperial Court in Kyoto. He was young and slightly inexperienced, so Lord Kira Kozuke-no suke Yoshinako was given the task of instructing Lord Asano in the customs of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shōzō Makino
CAST:  Kaoru Akiyoshi  •  Jinichi Amano  •  Shinobu Araki  •  Seiichi Arao

Ejima and Ikushima (1955)

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Ōba
CAST:  Chikage Awashima  •  Ichikawa Danjūrō XI  •  Mieko Takamine  •  Mitsuko Kusabue

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The heroine, Ejima, was a lady of the Ooku, the harem of Edo Castle in which the Shogun’s mother, wife and concubines resided, forbidden from contact with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Ōba
CAST:  Chikage Awashima  •  Ichikawa Danjūrō XI  •  Mieko Takamine  •  Mitsuko Kusabue

越後獅子祭 (1960)

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunio Watanabe
CAST:  Takahiro Tamura  •  Michiko Saga  •  Kyoko Kawaguchi  •  Jun Tazaki

1960 version of Lion Festival of Echigo  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kunio Watanabe
CAST:  Takahiro Tamura  •  Michiko Saga  •  Kyoko Kawaguchi  •  Jun Tazaki

Story of Lightning (1951)

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his father and younger brother. I left the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Tsumasaburō Bandō  •  Kinuyo Tanaka  •  Michiyo Kogure

Gensaburo Funaki and Oyuki were childhood friends, but Gensaburo misunderstood that Oyuki was hesitant to get married because he had to feed his father and younger brother. I left the town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiroshi Inagaki
CAST:  Rentaro Mikuni  •  Tsumasaburō Bandō  •  Kinuyo Tanaka  •  Michiyo Kogure

Casebooks of Dandy Sashichi: Blind Wolf (1955)

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Michitarō Mizushima

In this movie, Sashichi tries to catch a serial killer who kills his victims with shurikens.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Makino
CAST:  Hiroshi Koizumi  •  Jun Tazaki  •  Takashi Shimura  •  Michitarō Mizushima

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DIRECTION:  Tsuruo Iwama
CAST:  Kōkichi Takada  •  Yukiko Shimazaki  •  Chikage Awashima  •  Jūshirō Konoe