Sōji Kiyokawa Movies

At the beginning of the Meiji era, three brothers of a samurai family each stand up to the times.

A 1942 film.

1961 Japanese movie

Yata, a boatman from Edo who is manipulated by the conspiracy of the Dewa Rokugo clan, is the spitting image of the young lord Yoshimitsu. The two...

Kyoto in the third year of Bunkyu. --Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi, and the group around him spend their days and nights having fun in...

1926 jidaigeki from Japan.

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money —...

Japanese silent drama from 1927.

Jidai-geki about the life of Yasubei Nakayama, a famous ronin who did participate in the revenge against Lord Kira Yoshinaka as detailed in Japan's...

The story of Japan’s greatest warrior, Miyamoto Musashi, after his historic duel with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island.

Jidaigeki from 1940

Final installment of the Okochi / Arai / Yamanaka Mito Komon series and just as good as the others (a good deal longer, as well). Again, this film...

10th film in the series about Lord Mito. This time, Lord Mito uncovers a conspiracy in Naruto.

Thanks to a secret message hidden on the two sacred swords Kaen and Suien, the samurai Genji Kurô (Nakamura Kinnosuke) found the hidden...

The film adaptation of the novel "Three Little Rats" by Tatsuro Jinde. In this fascinating story, the rebellious Jirokichi and three men, united by a...

Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

The long-awaited Hakkenshi arrive at Takita Castle, which is saddened by successive defeats.

A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society. Considered a lost film.

After the Onin War ended in 1477, Kyoto was left in ashes and the nation was in complete disorder. Bands of roving samurai called the "nobushi"...